While $46k is the lowest current price for a base vehicle, upgrade options can still add another $10k to that. The take up on options of some level is probably 90% and the value probably averages $6 kAlso made money this quarter with 2.9 billion in the bank and 1 billion coming due soon. Said they would start making money now. BUT: You're going to make less money selling $45,000 Model 3's than you are making $50,000 to $70,000 Model 3's and even less when/if $35,000 Model 3's come out. Big expenditures have to be coming along to start up truck manufacturing in 2019. Although the factory in China where Model 3 and Y will be made is from China's money, some of that will likely come from Tesla itself. I say the likelihood of consistent money making quarters, like Samuel Clemens' death, is greatly exaggerated.
Also made money this quarter with 2.9 billion in the bank and 1 billion coming due soon. Said they would start making money now. BUT: You're going to make less money selling $45,000 Model 3's than you are making $50,000 to $70,000 Model 3's and even less when/if $35,000 Model 3's come out. Big expenditures have to be coming along to start up truck manufacturing in 2019. Although the factory in China where Model 3 and Y will be made is from China's money, some of that will likely come from Tesla itself. I say the likelihood of consistent money making quarters, like Samuel Clemens' death, is greatly exaggerated.
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How many of these provide useful information ,, that is true,,, or is going to be true?
Oh, I thought you were referencing this: https://electrek.co/2018/10/25/tesla-model-3-base-35000-impossible-timeline-elon-musk/Ha, you clicked on it!
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How many of these provide useful information ,, that is true,,, or is going to be true?
What are other companies doing, we don't know. Vehicles don't get announced until closer to production time so the hype builds, not builds then dies down as too much time has passed. The question is how many people are prepared to switch. If every one is (we know that's not the case) then production can grow, the cheaper the more you sell as more people fall into your price ball park. If you want EV production (purchases) open ended you need infrastructure (charging stations), reasonably cheap electrical rates (how ever you get it), rebates/incentives (until parity is reached). Quiet driving alone is not enough, there has to be a monetary component. Personally I think one of the best incentives is free charging stations (even only L2's) at designated parking spots like malls etc. that are prepared to foot the bill for the foot traffic. There's nothing like seeing your neighbour getting "free" ride to get them to change their mind. It's human nature (perhaps not at its finest). OK maybe I'm a little cynical but I bet not by much.what we don't know, is the total demand out there for EV's right now and is the 35,000.00 car the tipping point ( it cant hurt)
what is gm doing - who knows?
Thanks for pointing the way, Elon!... At this moment in time....there is no serious competition to Tesla for an EV traveler. And the fast charging network is the secret sauce!
No. $22,000 would be the tipping point.what we don't know, is the total demand out there for EV's right now and is the 35,000.00 car the tipping point ( it cant hurt)
Increasing production of the Bolt EV by 20% this quarter.what is gm doing - who knows?
I don't know. I travel as far as quickly as someone in a Tesla Model S 60 using the Supercharger Network could. I'm just a country bumpkin in a Bolt EV, so what I'm doing can't be that special.My wife are on an Oregon vacation trip to Depoe Bay right now in our Volt. IF we had a Tesla, (any Tesla) this trip would be a piece of cake with supercharger stations along the way at convenient locations. The Volt cannot be fast charged, no matter where we are, so we are stuck running all but about 60 miles of our trip on gas. I really can't wait until I can afford a Tesla, or until someone like GM builds a comparable EV. At this moment in time....there is no serious competition to Tesla for an EV traveler. And the fast charging network is the secret sauce!
$22k is the tipping point for those that want to buy in on the USED market.No. $22,000 would be the tipping point.
Increasing production of the Bolt EV by 20% this quarter.
Moving battery and component manufacturing to the United States.
Designing additional electric vehicles based on the Bolt EV's technology.
Coordinating with public fast charging providers.
I don't know. I travel as far as quickly as someone in a Tesla Model S 60 using the Supercharger Network could. I'm just a country bumpkin in a Bolt EV, so what I'm doing can't be that special.
Nope. $22,000 was the median new car purchase price. The used market drops another $10,000 to $12,000 off that.$22k is the tipping point for those that want to buy in on the USED market.
How about Denver to Lincoln? Or do we have to find a place where the public DCFC are still being planned, permitted, and constructed? How about the Model S I go up against only gets to use the Superchargers that were available when the Model S was also only two years old?Where you live has a lot to do with how well you get around in your Bolt.
I Challenge you to drive across the plains states in your Bolt at any kind of efficiency anywhere close to the supercharging network.
Nope. $22,000 was the median new car purchase price. The used market drops another $10,000 to $12,000 off that.
according to Tesla, all the cars that are traded in are a lower cost vehicle to what they are buying at Tesla
so does that mean the median cost for ICE vehicles is lower than EV's
so does 35k bring it in line with ICE vehicles, because there is cost saving with EV's
just wondering out loud
I'm not sure what trade in prices have to do with anything. Plenty of people have junker cars that they've been holding onto for years, and if the new price of the traded in car is within $10,000 of the price of the Model 3 (many of them, such as BMW 3 series, were), then they are essentially the same price. Last time I drove through Brentwood (granted, this was a while ago), the two most common vehicle types were >$100,000 luxury sedans/SUVs and Toyota Priuses. Income has very little to do with cars purchased as status symbols.according to Tesla, all the cars that are traded in are a lower cost vehicle to what they are buying at Tesla
so does that mean the median cost for ICE vehicles is lower than EV's
so does 35k bring it in line with ICE vehicles, because there is cost saving with EV's
just wondering out loud
Right now there's only $45k Teslas; there's no $35k Teslas (yet?). So they're not a tipping point until they *sell some*.according to Tesla, all the cars that are traded in are a lower cost vehicle to what they are buying at Tesla
so does that mean the median cost for ICE vehicles is lower than EV's
so does 35k bring it in line with ICE vehicles, because there is cost saving with EV's
just wondering out loud