The Tesla Model 3 was supposed to be the “entry-level” electric vehicle for the middle class, that “made it up in volume”: leading up to the release of the Model 3, it was positioned as the people’s EV that everybody could afford and that, once mass produced, would help Tesla generate cash and profits consistently. The car’s relatively modest $35,000 price tag was heralded as one of its key selling points, low enough that Tesla could generate the volume needed to gain operating leverage from selling it to the masses.
But as Elon Musk himself admitted this weekend on Twitter, selling a $35,000 Model 3 right now would cause Tesla to “lose money and die“.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-21/elon-musks-great-model-3-bait-and-switch
