I drive a 2017 Ford Fusion Plug-In Hybrid. When the engine kicks on due to acceleration or any other factors like the power load on the PTC heater, it doesn't shut off until a certain engine temperature is reached. During the summertime, it can take a couple minutes; now, in the winter, it can take about 5 minutes.
Getting 37 miles on a 14.4 kWh battery absolutely sucks. In fact, might the 14.4 claim be a lie? The Ioniq 1st gen 28.8 kWh batter provides 125 miles. lighter car, sure, but come on, multiple magnitudes? If it really consumes 14.4 kWh to drive a mere 37 miles, will it even safe any money at all? Electricity isn't entirely free! Something is seriously off here !!!
Another big price drop. Alex, you just lost $3000. May be more coming. You will have literally zero resale value when you will try to trade-in or update your EV (No dealer will want to buy it, not knowing the resale value) ,Or once the battery warranty is over. How do you feel about it?
I am definitely wrestling and coming to terms with the price drop, but I am enjoying the car and was glad to take delivery before the March IRS changes (even though they didn't impact the Model Y). It's just like stocks, you can't always time the market perfectly. I'm just glad more folks will have the ability to get in to these awesome cars as the prices drop. I didn't really go into this purchase with resale value in mind; any new car is a foolish purchase from that perspective.
@@alexkno11 I bought Model Y LR for my wife the same time you did. It's a great car. I thought it was a good deal. I was going to buy a model 3P for myself this week. After this recent price cut I figured out buying Tesla car is like a buying a S&P stock. After 8 years I will need to buy another car anyway and that time I may have zero equity in my Tesla, means nothing to trade off as dealers may feel uncomfortable to buy a car which MRSP changes every week depending on supply and demand. One Tesla in a family is still good, but buying Tesla for everyone is a big No (financially). I understand Elon is the smartest Businessman alive. But he is trying to fit all in a few. If Model Y become same price as RAV4, people who buy Luxury cars will stop buying Tesla as they just don't buy car for performance but also for prestige. Tesla should have more models for different income groups and different personality. I understand it is still a small company though market cap is high based on high stock value. Also they are making a one time use car using Gega casting which is not fixable ( like back in those days we could fix TV, Computer, and now they are just onetime use and cheaper). Many very big genius companies disappeared over the time for taking a few wrong decisions. Hope Tesla won't end up in that list. They also heavily depend on Government subsidiary. Without Government credits they had negative cash in hand in last quarter. Who knows time will tell.
@@pharmasas The government subsidy part is the key. Only companies that manipulate the government succeed. Therefore, Elon Musk is NOT, as you say "the smartest Businessman alive"; but rather, the most manipulative Socialist alive! Thanks for pointing that out.
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I drive a 2017 Ford Fusion Plug-In Hybrid. When the engine kicks on due to acceleration or any other factors like the power load on the PTC heater, it doesn't shut off until a certain engine temperature is reached. During the summertime, it can take a couple minutes; now, in the winter, it can take about 5 minutes.
I would be very interested in an Escape PHEV if only a dealer within 250 miles had one. Oh, and without a huge markup above the already sky high MSRP.
Interesting to see the comparison.
Getting 37 miles on a 14.4 kWh battery absolutely sucks. In fact, might the 14.4 claim be a lie? The Ioniq 1st gen 28.8 kWh batter provides 125 miles. lighter car, sure, but come on, multiple magnitudes? If it really consumes 14.4 kWh to drive a mere 37 miles, will it even safe any money at all? Electricity isn't entirely free!
Something is seriously off here !!!
Another big price drop. Alex, you just lost $3000. May be more coming. You will have literally zero resale value when you will try to trade-in or update your EV (No dealer will want to buy it, not knowing the resale value) ,Or once the battery warranty is over. How do you feel about it?
I am definitely wrestling and coming to terms with the price drop, but I am enjoying the car and was glad to take delivery before the March IRS changes (even though they didn't impact the Model Y). It's just like stocks, you can't always time the market perfectly. I'm just glad more folks will have the ability to get in to these awesome cars as the prices drop. I didn't really go into this purchase with resale value in mind; any new car is a foolish purchase from that perspective.
I already have 3000 miles on it... what's $1/mile for the privilege of driving a Tesla? 😁
@@alexkno11 I bought Model Y LR for my wife the same time you did. It's a great car. I thought it was a good deal. I was going to buy a model 3P for myself this week. After this recent price cut I figured out buying Tesla car is like a buying a S&P stock. After 8 years I will need to buy another car anyway and that time I may have zero equity in my Tesla, means nothing to trade off as dealers may feel uncomfortable to buy a car which MRSP changes every week depending on supply and demand. One Tesla in a family is still good, but buying Tesla for everyone is a big No (financially). I understand Elon is the smartest Businessman alive. But he is trying to fit all in a few. If Model Y become same price as RAV4, people who buy Luxury cars will stop buying Tesla as they just don't buy car for performance but also for prestige. Tesla should have more models for different income groups and different personality. I understand it is still a small company though market cap is high based on high stock value. Also they are making a one time use car using Gega casting which is not fixable ( like back in those days we could fix TV, Computer, and now they are just onetime use and cheaper). Many very big genius companies disappeared over the time for taking a few wrong decisions. Hope Tesla won't end up in that list. They also heavily depend on Government subsidiary. Without Government credits they had negative cash in hand in last quarter. Who knows time will tell.
@@pharmasas The government subsidy part is the key. Only companies that manipulate the government succeed. Therefore, Elon Musk is NOT, as you say "the smartest Businessman alive"; but rather, the most manipulative Socialist alive! Thanks for pointing that out.