There has to be a market for them at early prices to keep the system going. You can pick up a great hi-def TV now for less than a thousand dollars because there were enough wealthy people willing to buy them when they were $5,000 and up.
I'm not sure you can crack a production market open with an $800,000 car.
The Tesla is going for a base price of $98,000. That might be within the range needed to move the price downward. They have people waiting for all 600 cars scheduled for 2008 production and are taking names for 2009.
The GM Volt has a target price of somewhere in the $30,000 range, which, frankly, would be a frigging miracle. They would sell every last one they could build, and probably export a bunch too. But they have to get them on the lot SOON.
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Sure, but there's a catch