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Originally Posted by joshuastein55
I would say the Mode S is more "important" regarding history, than the Model 3. While the Model 3 is the EV for the masses, it wouldn't have been as possible without the Model S being introduced and changing the EV landscape as we know it.
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Yep, Model S was the first electric car with practical range, as in more than 100 or 200 miles. While still not for everyone, it can meet most people's needs for an automobile most of the time and took the fantasy and science fiction of electric cars into reality. The Model T takes it from all the others on the list due to mass production/line manufacturing. Even though it was a pretty horrible design, it brought automobiles to the masses, rather than custom coachwork and hand-manufactured stuff that was prevalent at the time. Although the Beetle was a very popular car, I'm not sure it's influenced much afterwards, maybe Kia Soul, Nissan Juke, Scion, and a few others that try to be "fun and cheap".