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I disagree completely. Tesla has 400k people who put down a grand to 'reserve a spot in line' for a Model 3. The issue is production. Tesla fired off hundreds
by mmanfrin 9y ago
I disagree completely. Tesla has 400k people who put down a grand to 'reserve a spot in line' for a Model 3.
The issue is production. Tesla fired off hundreds of workers a month ago, right as they were ramping up Model 3 production. Elon seems an awesome person in terms of what he's doing at a macro level, but he sounds like a horrendous person to work for.
- neilalexander 9y agoLike I said, the Model 3 will go some way to help that by being more affordable, and 400,000 people reserving a Model 3 does not make the Model S or the Model X any less expensive or any more competitive. Of course, the profit margin on the Model 3 stands to be substantially less, too.
- thedrbrian 9y agoHow many of that 400,000 are speculators trying to make a quick buck? Can go wrong for them, see the number of delivery mileage Focus RSs that are selling second hand for less than Ford want for a new one.
- ac29 9y agoIf they can achieve the production goal of 5000/week (an order of magnitude more than they are currently at), it will take nearly 2 years to just fulfill pre-orders. I have to believe a lot of people will be cancelling their pre-orders, and Tesla wont be getting many new pre-orders until production has caught up with demand.