[andrewtbham]

This is a plan to effectively lease the car for 3 years (with the tax credit benefits of buying). At the end of 3 years, you will get back the $95/month, when you trade it in. (so it's the resale value minus what you still owe on the car)

[uvdiv]

That doesn't make sense. Other cars have resale value too, so how is this a comparative advantage? Why are they subtracting this off?

Google suggests the "average" car actually has higher resale value, at the same age/mileage, than what Tesla is guaranteeing: (I guess they're comparing to a subclass of luxury car which depreciates faster)

http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/how-fast-does-my-new-car-l...