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Originally Posted by OverDriven
I appreciate your reply, Scott. However, I believe people in the US look at Tesla as a serious option because of the ways that it ISN'T different. In other words, it looks like a normal, high class car and it accelerates well. The people who would drive it would not be caught dead in a little boxy green car.
That said, Tesla also has yet to show a legitimate profit. They would have been $57 million in the hole last quarter if it weren't for the $68 million they generated from the mandated California emissions credits that they sold. My point is that I don't believe the i3 had any of the features that made Teslas sell, and beyond that, Tesla is not a business anyone should try to follow.
It's also a bit scary to us BMW enthusiasts to hear statements like the i3 is the most important thing in the history of BMW. That would mark a radical departure for the company that we know and love.
Just one more thing - I WILL buy an electric from BMW when:
1. Energy storage density increases enough that I can enjoy the same power and range as a gas-powered car.
2. You create a car that doesn't look like a pod or a space ship.
3. Charging stations are a bit more common.
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+1 to all that is said here. I would add, it BMW has eventual plans, or even keeps it an option to make a 3-series shaped/styled (though unique is fine) version of the i-series, then I am interested. I suppose it is fine to test the market with small goofy-looking cars, and it may make engineering sense to design it that way, ok fine.. But as Andre Agassi so elegantly put, 'image is everything' and this has a ***** image