Any competition?

Infiniti is expected to have a sedan within the next 2 years. But they may decide to do the lower price, shorter range thing.

BYD could surprise us with something...

Daimler? VW/Audi?

On the other hand, Tesla may have the "premium, decent range, 100% electric, performance luxury sedan" segment all to themselves for a little while.

Would Toyota consider putting Tesla tech into a Lexus model?

I was going to mention Infiniti but they were talking 130 mile range..

Tesla would totally own the market if they could somehow drop the price point by $20k on Model S and still offer a 300 mile pack.

vfx said:

I was going to mention Infiniti but they were talking 130 mile range..

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I wonder whether Infiniti will do multiple range options. Also, they may be able to do the "160" mile instead of 130, if they have enough space.

I don't think anyone is planning a very large EV like the S - with enough space to hold enough batteries to offer 300 mile range (UDDS?).

Anything that comes out for the next several years will be at a disadvantage as the other car makers are trying to adapt an ICE designed car to an EV. Tesla is advanced in EV technology, and I believe it will take the others many years to begin to catch up. Tesla has a unique opportunity and advantage.

^^^^ well said!

GSP

Renault Zoe.
OK it is a compact car, but it seats 5 people. Should be on the market late 2012 / early 2013.
It is no competitor for the Model S though.

The Renault Fluence seems closer to the Model S. With a 22kWh battery, however....

Lloyd said:

Anything that comes out for the next several years will be at a disadvantage as the other car makers are trying to adapt an ICE designed car to an EV. Tesla is advanced in EV technology, and I believe it will take the others many years to begin to catch up. Tesla has a unique opportunity and advantage.

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I think the only direct competition might come from BMW - who are designing EVs from scratch. I beleive they have, apart from i3 & i8, other cars like i5 on the design boards. Something like i5 would be large enough to hold enough batteries to challenge S on range. But it might be more than 5 years away.

Robert.Boston said:

The Renault Fluence seems closer to the Model S. With a 22kWh battery, however....

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and to be charged within 1h with 32A 3-phase?