[TheMakeA]

> Unfortunately now those 250K people who reserved a Model 3 could be driving a EV right now and making an impact instead of waiting for 3 more years.

This is a false dichotomy. As an anecdote, I started a 3 year lease on an EV two weeks before the Model 3 was announced and still put in a reservation.

Who cares if I can get a Volt for 33k right now? It still burns dinosaurs and has a terrible electric range.

Tesla is the press "darling" because it's doing something that the other manufactures aren't: Good looking, All Electric, High Range, Affordable Price. These are things people clearly want.

Every other vehicle sacrifices at least one of those.

[dragontamer]

Tesla sacrifices classic sustainability, the do-it-yourself attitude, and "openness" of their platform.

http://syonyk.blogspot.com/2016/03/is-tesla-building-throwaw...

I do realize that the Silicon Valley types don't care about this issue, with iPhones behind walled gardens and all that jazz (or at least, SV doesn't seem to care about it anymore... what ever happened to the vision of open source and true ownership?)... but I know plenty of people who are still interested in vehicle with open standards.

Or hell, just a vehicle that can be taken from a junkyard and then repaired in a garage. You're not allowed to take a Tesla from a junkyard and salvage it, not unless you take it to a dealership and have it "reactivated" by Tesla.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1305...