EatsShootsandLeafs said:
This is also why I've given up on owning a model 3. I put a reservation in last year, but I am not one to be upsold, and Tesla has no apparent plans to actually build the $35k, certainly it will never be built within the federal credit timeframe (maybe for a tiny, tiny selection of people it will be).
The tax credit will last through at least Q3 2019 — and likely Q4 2019. It may well be that the 35k version won't be available with the full tax credit but I expect that it will be available with the half and quarter tax credit for some. If that isn't good enough, so be it. Since I don't qualify for the tax credit, being much too low income, I can't use it anyway.
Regardless, if Tesla can sell all the cars it can make for the next year or two, that's a good thing in my — admittedly biased — view. Others here disagree, as we've seen.