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Carlist.com reports from the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Symposium in San Jose, CA, breaking news about Tesla’s new sports compact design.
Tesla Announces Sports Compact
“The big news is that Tesla is also planning a sports compact car. The powertrain is in the prototype stage now, but Tesla is expecting sales of up to 100,000 units when the compact goes on sale.
[Tesla CTO JB] Straubel showed a slide on the Tesla sports sedan that plans production of the sedan in 2010. Of course they are planning for beautiful styling on the 4-door, 5-passenger car, with a 0-60 of around 5ish seconds. The price is supposed to be around $60,000. Projected volume sales of the sedan are up to 20,000 units.”
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4 responses so far ↓
1 NS // Jul 26, 2008 at 1:31 am
Tesla’s sports compact sounds very tempting, but it is still way out of reach of the average joe at 60 grand. The Xebra from ZAP still is, IMHO the only viable and affordable EV sedan right now.
2 Rob // Jul 28, 2008 at 6:21 am
The trend towards more affordable electric transportation is excellent. And although I agree with NS above that $60,000 is still out of reach for the average consumer, I don’t think the price will need to come down by MUCH more. When you take into account the low operating and maintenance costs, the long-term affordability allows for a higher initial investment.
3 Vertography » Blog Archive » Tesla Plans Compact EV // Jul 30, 2008 at 6:06 am
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4 Mike // Mar 22, 2009 at 11:35 am
NS,
The Tesla sports sedan is $60k and is expected to sell 10-20k cars.
The Tesla sports compact price wasn’t announced.
… but they expect to sell 100k compacts so they must be planning to sell it for less than $60k.
M.
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