evnow
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True - I'm sure S is a nice car compared to Ininiti EV.Statik said:i know what you are saying about the base model, but the Infiniti is all still 'what ifs' and future tense atm...and I think the argument can be made that the Infiniti at 130 miles over the LEAF's 100 miles for maybe for an extra $12,000 is as much up a struggle in logic if you are 'running the numbers', as getting an extra 30 miles in the Tesla over the Infiniti for another $7,000 to $10,000...plus the Tesla has the 'electric car' cache.
But not having quick charge on the 160 miler makes it unviable. Why would I "downgrade" from Leaf with QC to a $50K car without one ? We are supposed to get some 30 QCs in WA in the next year.
For me Leaf's range is good - except in winter. So, Tesla's 160 (i.e. 115 EPA) should be plenty. But I'd take Infiniti's 130 + QC over S's 160. Ofcourse, S will probably end up costing more with options (3.7k for nav & fob & rearview ?).
Whether Tesla can pull all this off - ofcourse remains to be seen (unlike Infiniti). You must have seen the downgrade because the analyst thought Tesla doesn't have enough cash to implement.