Shipments have been higher than expected, but there’s been some controversy because some versions of the Model 3 will be perhaps more than twice that price tag, and Elon Musk has said okay, well, maybe that price tag is something we’ll see in the future, and it depends on all kinds of things including battery costs, etc. Tesla’s Model 3 has been turning many heads, I think chiefly because it was initially described as an electric vehicle for the masses, with the price tag of around $35,000. Tim Hornyak: That’s right, well as you know Elon Musk is a huge figure in US and global manufacturing industries, sending our local Japanese entrepreneur Maezawa-san, of Zozo to the Moon in the near future, and so having a name with his brand power attached to the industry is great for progress. Yes, in my very, very layman’s look at it, it seems to me that there does seem to be progress around these lines in these years, more people are buying electric cars now, they’re starting to be integrated into like actual real people’s lives, and I also see that Tesla seems to be, at least from what I can tell, the leader in terms of popularizing these cars. Michael Penn: Alright well so, electric cars. Michael Penn: There you go, maybe cash back payment or something. Tim Hornyak: I should get a loyalty rewards card or something. Michael Penn: Alright well Tim you were here two times in our first season and now you’re one of our guests in our second season, so you’re like the most familiar guest we’ve had. Tim Hornyak: Well thanks for having me, it’s great to be here again. I’m just going be asking what I hope are not stupid questions. He’s a technology journalist, so while he doesn’t consider himself to be a super, super expert on electric cars, he does follow the subject regularly, certainly a lot more than I do, so expect to hear him talking a lot more this time than I’m going to talk. He’s spoken to us in the past about robots, and he’s spoken about drones, and today we’re going speak a little about electric cars. This man here that you see is maybe a familiar face to those of you who are loyal audience members because Tim Hornyak is making his third appearance here at What’s the Rumpus. Michael Penn: Welcome to a new episode of What’s the Rumpus. SNA (Tokyo) - Technology journalist Tim Hornyak rejoins What’s the Rumpus to discuss electric cars and other vehicles of the future.
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