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This is a plan to effectively lease the car for 3 years (with the tax credit benefits of buying). At the end of 3 years, you will get back the $95/month, when you trade it in. (so it's the resale value minus what you still owe on the car)


That doesn't make sense. Other cars have resale value too, so how is this a comparative advantage? Why are they subtracting this off?

Google suggests the "average" car actually has higher resale value, at the same age/mileage, than what Tesla is guaranteeing: (I guess they're comparing to a subclass of luxury car which depreciates faster)

http://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/how-fast-does-my-new-car-l...




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