since apparently some of you are incapable of going to tesla's website to look for yourself, I did it for you.
here you go:
from step 1 through 5 this box outlined in red, for the visually impaired, literally never changes, in the sense that purchase price is always there.
once finished you have your purchase price underneath the estimated price after savings.
and finally if you expand the "show details" from the above image, you get the line by line breakdown. In which it clearly stats all estimated savings are after purchase price, again, outlined in red for the visually impaired.
at no point, is estimated price on screen WITHOUT the purchase price, nor is it ever implied that you'll somehow be paying less than whats listed on the purchase price.
Furthermore as an actual owner of a tesla, the purchase process is clear as day with regard to the price. I put in my 2500 bucks for the reservation. As soon as that happened, i was taken to another page where i submitted my drivers license and insurance. I was then presented with the estimated final price (note this is not the actual final price as they have to generate this document based on your state, for state taxes and destination fees and what not) This took a few weeks as the car wasn't ready anyway it wasn't really a big deal. Once there, it was clear as day the price i was going to pay with taxes and destination fee, all minus the 2500 bucks i already paid.
anyone saying this isn't a clear process is just flat out wrong.
And finally, the estimate Tesla uses is pretty conservative IMO. The only thing i disagree with is they use premium gas. Some people use premium in their BMWs and Audis, some don't. They're using .13 cents per kWh, which is the national average. I typically pay about .09 cents per kWh. (once my solar panels are operational that will go up, but i will also get credits for over production and i'll be driving from my own power and much less cost.)
since december 30th we've put that many miles on the car. The car says we've used 743 kWh (note i would like to find a proper monitor for my charger so i can see what i've put into the car in kWh as there is some efficiency loss, but as of now all i have to go on is what the car says) 743 kWh * .09 cents is.... $66.87 and thats actually calculating the charge i put on it free destination charging in Austin and free super charging on the way back to houston. So what we've paid is actually less than that.
An ICE car driving those same miles, generously getting combined 30mpg at 2 dollars a gallon will have paid $223.33
throw in ICE maintenance, that tesla leaves out of their estimate, and I would hazard that over its lifespan depending on how much you drive, a Tesla could be compared with the TCO of a car ~10k cheaper if not more.
orly? guess you haven't been to a dealership in a while.
is this disingenuous too?
"let me go talk to my manager"
"idunno if we can do that price"
"its already a great deal, its below list!"
fuck off with that bullshit.
