It will definitely be a talking point of nay sayers though.
BREAKING NEWS at 11: Tesla base Model 3 has 23 miles less range than a Bolt, is a bankruptcy filing imminent?
The nay sayers have lots of talking points, most of which are simply random FUD and stuff they make up. This one would be a legitimate one though.
Not clear to me whether Elon and company would be focused on requiring that the base Model 3 have more than 238 miles range. I suspect that from a business standpoint it wouldn't be a consideration given the Supercharger network. So maybe the nay sayers get to shout from the mountain top about the "totally inadequate range versus the Bolt". That shouting will last for about 2 months until the Model 3 delivered volume eclipses the Bolt. Maybe less than that if the Bolt sales continue the decline they showed from January to February (1,162 down to 952). People might be like "Whats a Bolt again?"; You know, the Tesla killer selling 200 cars a month...
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