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> our Supercharger Network will never be a profit center. That said, certainly earning something from supercharging stations helps the economics of expansion s
by michaelmior 10y ago
> our Supercharger Network will never be a profit center.
That said, certainly earning something from supercharging stations helps the economics of expansion significantly.
- prostoalex 10y agoThose next to service centers are likely to be on Tesla-owned land lots, but there's a bunch located in outlet malls and third-party parking lots. I'd expect the landlords to want their piece of the pie or some semblance of rent once there's a profit motive.
- brianwawok 10y agoPerhaps not. You get a rich guy with 100k to blow on a car locked in your place of business for 30 minutes. Most companies would kill for that problem.
- jannotti 10y agoThen maybe it works the other way. Can Tesla charge business owners? It would be surprising if the correct pricing is zero, not positive or negative.
- hyperpape 10y agoZero is magic. People will try lots of things for zero they won't try for a small cost.
- prostoalex 10y agoCirca late 2017 (or let's get real, mid-2019) that gets diluted by median income guys with 35k to blow on a car.
- jdeeny 10y agoThe Tesla charging station where I live is located at traditional style shopping mall, which is in deep decline. I'm certain they are appreciative of any captive customer, and I wouldn't be surprised if they preferred increased quantity at the expense of 'quality'.
- prostoalex 10y agoThis argument could be applied to a gas station, though, and gas stations don't typically get free rent.
- adiabatty 10y agoIt only takes 30 minutes to fill up a gas-powered vehicle if it's an RV. Plus, you need to babysit the RV while it's filling and can't really wander off to go shopping for 30–60 minutes.
- tehmaco 10y agoIf they're charging more than cost for the electricity, they can just re-invest the extra money, and it ceases to be profit.