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		lloeki on Feb 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Test drive: DC to Boston in a Tesla Model S > Tesla fills a niche of drivers who commute to and from work, occasionally to meetings and maybe the airport The niche is in the price, not the use case, because you're describing what about 80% of the population does with their cars 95% of the time.

DigitalSea on Feb 15, 2013 [–]

I believe the niche is partially the price and partially those who want to arrive to work in style. Manager, CEO, COO style employees are the kind of people who'd buy this for the attention and to reaffirm the statement, "Yeah, I'm rich, but I work for it"

tomkarlo on Feb 15, 2013 | [–]

Sooo... pretty much anyone who buys a luxury car over $40K.

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