Netflix going out of business? They just raised rates. Amazon going out of business? They just raised rates. I believe what you are confusing your argument with is a thing called pricing power which is a good thing, not a bad thing. Yes, Tesla is charging more for Supercharging because they are the only ones providing charging at the speed at which Teslas charge. Having said that, keep your eyes on Porsche and Volkswagen backed Electrify America which will provide the first mass network competitor to Tesla. While there are many other networks they are fragmented and have spotty coverage.
The issues with pricing in Tesla's case have been manifold. The Supercharging station hikes are, just the tip of the iceberg.]
Tesla has still failed to deliver a mass market electric. Musk's promises to the effect that they would were deceptive, as is typical with his carnival barker style of promotion. With perhaps a $44,000 base model, they are missing the mark by numbers approaching double the base sticker price of where they need to be.
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Tesla's price hikes on the S & X models are completely out of kilter with the higher capacity battery on which they are pinning the increase. I did a quick calculation and came up the fact that the $15,000 more they're charging for the new battery, would translate to the battery pack as a whole being worth $100,000.
And the tax incentives are drying up. Tesla has rarely to almost never turned a quarterly profit. While investors have often overlooked that, because Musk told them they should, it's something to consider for the unbaffled by BS, lucid investor.
Amazon and Netflix have long been well into the green, so not a fair comparison to be made. Especially in light of the fact neither Netflix or Amazon, is offering anywhere near the "major purchase" territory of an electric automobile.
So Netflix raises it's monthly rates by $2.00, and you're going to compare that with a $20,000 base price hike of an electric auto? Not on my watch.
OK next topic but without a quote. The electric proponents here at Techspot seem to hit a certain demographic, which with it carries the conceit that people will, "simply pull their Tesla into their home garage and plug it in. I can assure you this is a luxury that nowhere near most of Americans have, or can afford.
Next topic, the "I always run high test in this baby, and you're an a**hole if you don't run it in yours", obnoxious arrogance of a sizable segment of American motorists.
I was a mechanic, and have experience around high performance automobile. I have also lived through the EPA's lead fuel ban.
A 1994 350 cid Pontiac V8, delivered on the order of 275 BHP. The very next year, with the lowered compression, and catalytic converter, the same basic block, was rated a 155 BHP...!
Any claims of "better mileage" with high test, can most likely be attributed to today's methanol laced fuels, as the alcohol simply doesn't the same amount of BTUs per gallon as does gas. So, you tend to burn a bit more.
The need for high octane in a specific power plant, is based almost solely on compression ratio.
However, certain conditions could be met in a regular gas rated engine which could benefit from high test gas. One which springs to mind might be heavy towing in extremely hot weather.. That could cause pre-ignition, detonation, or "pingle", call it what you will. In January driving to work.....no way
(*) To be fair to Tesla, I priced a Chevy "Volt" the other night while posting to this thread. The advertised price was almost $40,000. Granted, that's lower than the Tesla Model 3, but not where it needs to be either.