I think you're correct, but I don't agree that a Tesla is a $100,000 car, and it annoys me how often that gets repeated. I admit for many, $70k might as well be $100k, but for some (such as myself) it makes all the difference.
Oh god yes. How many times have we seen people saying that just because you _can_ load up options on a Model S, that Tesla's cars haven't got any cheaper, despite the fact that:
- the base Model S price is
$39,000 less than the Roadster, which was $109,000
- the base Model S has a larger battery than the Roadster
- the base Model S has a more powerful motor than the Roadster
- the base Model S has DC fast charging
- the base Model S is a 5-seater not a 2-seater.
You can buy a Model S and Volt _now_ for less than it cost to buy the Roadster in 2010!
And more on topic: any article where a journalist has the car and tries to describe living with the car when they don't have 120V charging isn't worth reading. (Also any articles by whiny journalists who like to make things difficult for themselves, who then don't follow up with a similar trip a year later demonstrating how the improved infrastructure changes things).