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The idea of the Model 3 is that there is another, much larger, set of true believers who will pay $30-40k, behind those that already paid $100k. Behind that, a
by evrydayhustling 9y ago
The idea of the Model 3 is that there is another, much larger, set of true believers who will pay $30-40k, behind those that already paid $100k. Behind that, a much larger set if they get to $20k. In each case, early adopters can subsidize learning about the production run, and be happy as long as they get a unique experience (bumps allowed). I know a dozen folks who were part of the $100k group, and zero of them are "exhausted".
- rsynnott 9y agoIf it was getting better all the time, this might be convincing. But there’s no reason to think it is. They’ve been making cars for years, now, and the quality still seems to be dubious. If anything, achieving significant volume may make it worse; imagine how overloaded their service department will be in a couple of years if they’re still around.
- Someone 9y agoThat idea has yet to be tested. That will happen when/if (pick a word depending on your opinion of Tesla) Tesla’s production levels get large enough to make serious progress on fulfilling the existing pre-orders, especially of the cheaper models (afaik, Tesla is only delivering the more expensive variants of the 3, for now)
- Domenic_S 9y agoGP didn't mean "exhausted" as in tired, they meant "they've run out", i.e., once all the true believers with cash to buy have bought, and Tesla now has to sell to the population at large.