Well they’re made here so it stands to reason they’d be a bit cheaper. No clue about the corolla tho
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Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It’s $30k in the US?.. I’d be looking at 43k€-ish here ($47k)… Corolla is even more…
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Mine would be made in Germany if I bought it. I think it’s more a matter of taxes/lobbying and all that, all cars are more expensive here.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Its sometimes cheaper to get a bmw or a mercedes from the us back to europe then to buy it here in the first place.
The economy™
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
TIL Tesla has a factory (factories?) In Germany. My mistake.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 months ago
Yeah, it has The so called GIGA Factory in Brandenburg(north east Germany).
TheDrunkard@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You also have TUV. Germans are… special.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 months ago
The US is special in not requiring cars to be roadworthy
april@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I checked the website it’s actually $45k sticker price in the US.
The $30k price is with the $1k discount mentioned plus the “Include est. incentives of $7,500 and 5-year gas savings of $6,000” check box the Tesla site has.
MoonHawk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What the fuck is this scummy marketing bullshit?
Tilgare@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I understand what they’re trying to do - bring attention to total cost of ownership and the price disparity between petrol and electricity. It’s clearly marked and impossible to miss when you’re on the website speccing out a car, so it’s maybe a little initially deceptive, but not scummy imo. But it also leads to screenshots like this…
Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 months ago
The proper way would be to lead with the sticker price and follow up with your estimated fuel savings. The other way around is scummy.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My friend, if you don’t think that’s scummy then I think you’re a little bit too acclimated to marketing scams.