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I just want an inexpensive commuter that gets ~150 miles per charge. I live in a cold climate and I work about 25 miles away, so I need at least 75 miles range on the coldest days. I also want it to be cheaply repairable, so the battery pack needs to be inexpensive to replace.

Tesla isn't offering that, their battery packs are too hard to service and too expensive. So I'm going to keep driving my hybrid until someone makes something to replace it.

Those Chinese sodium-ion batteries look like the perfect solution. Inexpensive, enough range, and less fire risk. My company says they'll be putting in chargers, so I might be willing to go down a bit on range. If Elon wants my business (he probably doesn't), he needs to make a cheap commuter.

I wouldn't buy one. good job. elon destroying your brand name.

Lol

All their cars are 25000 dollar evs. They just sell them for 4 times that amount.

Dammit, the idea of a Tesla Hatchback could have been good. But no, they had to make that cyberjoke first...

that's fine, they have the perfect alternative, the cybertruck. /s

All those that claim this market belongs to China, Tesla already has production in China, and can use all the same benefits Chinese companies can. Including government subsidies.

You can't beat China on price