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This is not what Tesla has ever done. Only a small fraction of people pay a large deposit for super-premium cars that come out first, and the rest pay a limited
by greglindahl 9y ago
This is not what Tesla has ever done. Only a small fraction of people pay a large deposit for super-premium cars that come out first, and the rest pay a limited deposit.
On the other hand, just about every Kickstarter ever has a ton of people who've paid in full. Yet these Kickstarters frequently fail, because it takes a lot more money than entrepreneurs expect to ship a quality product.
- mikeash 9y agoTesla took in $250 million of full-price preorders for their next-gen Roadster, which is years away from production. The comment you replied to didn’t imply that Tesla does this with every car.
- greglindahl 9y agoThe next-gen Roadster has 2 preorder levels, one that's full price for an early car, and another for 1/5 the amount that's farther back in the queue. Tesla has done the same system with every car they've launched. My purpose was to explain what Tesla actually does. I was not implying that the previous poster was wrong.
- mikeash 9y agoI’m not aware of any previous model where Tesla has offered a full price preorder. Certainly they haven’t done so for the X, 3, or semi. I don’t understand how “This is not what Tesla has ever done” could mean anything other than that they were wrong.