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Tesla themselves may be able to find cost savings further into production which could bring down the wholesale cost of the vehicle making somewhat up for the lo
by UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
Tesla themselves may be able to find cost savings further into production which could bring down the wholesale cost of the vehicle making somewhat up for the loss of the tax credit. Or if not maybe the "version 2.0" will.
I will say I'm not sure what price segment Tesla's endgame for the Model 3 is. I assume somewhere in the 25-35K mark, but there's a lot of variance in that range and without seeing the Model 3's trims and features it will be hard to judge where it should fall compared to the competition.
Tesla's site has impressively little basic information about the Model 3. Heck, I don't even know if it has electric windows (obviously it does, but my point is that Tesla's site lacks a 101 level spec sheet right now). Kind of ballsy to ask for a $1K downpayment for a vehicle they aren't telling you a darn thing about.
- yessql 10y ago400,000 reservations say it's enough info.
- MagnumOpus 10y ago> ask for a $1K downpayment for a vehicle they aren't telling you a darn thing about. It's not a downpayment, it's an instantly refundable deposit - it's basically a free* option to reserve a spot at the front of the queue. * free apart from the opportunity cost of investing $1k, which in a savings account or a money market fund might be less than $20 over two years...
- _ph_ 10y agoAccording to Elon, they only expected like a 100k reservations. So having 400k reservations was a very important information for Tesla about the initial demand and gave them a few more months to plan for higher production numbers. As they asked for the refundable 1k fee with the reservations, should make sure that people are not just reserving for fun or excessive amounts.