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On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:22:40 -0500, Paul <nospam at needed.invalid>
wrote:

>Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 01/06/2018 06:22 PM, nospam wrote:
>>> In article <fbd21uFug0vU2 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
>>> <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>   I haven't looked
>>>>>> lately as I am not in the market for any kind of electric vehicle
>>>>>> but the last time I looked the all electrics I saw didn't even have
>>>>>> enough driving range for my daily commute.
>>>>>
>>>>> how far is your daily commute?
>>>>>
>>>>> you'd need to be driving on the order of 100 miles *each* way for it to
>>>>> be an issue.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> See my last post.  My commute was 60-70 miles and the
>>>> majority of cars that normal working class people can
>>>> actually afford barely make that.
>>>
>>> see my reply to that post.
>>>
>>> while there are electric vehicles with very short range (for those who
>>> don't drive very far), there are also models with greater range.
>>>
>>> don't dismiss electric because you chose the wrong car.
>>>
>> 
>> Like most of us in the working class I can only choose from
>> the list of cars I can afford.  Tesla is not on that list.
>> 
>> bill
>> 
>
>Tesla Model 3 — 220 miles (354 km) or 310 miles (499 km)
>                 $35000                $44000

That's certainly affordable in the United States but becomes a lot
less so here in Canada. Add to that the fact that there is a wait time
for the cars and the deal is less interesting.