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• zwily 8y ago
  They are not selling for a loss. Analysts predict the $35k model will sell at a loss but all currently selling models generate a marginal profit.
• rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
  >When you give away cars for a loss, its easy. That's quite an illogical statement. 1) If they were giving it away, that would be normal to make a loss. Giving away has to be free, isn't it? 2) If that was easy, why aren't the profitable cars not safer? Tesla has far less money to spend (and to profit, in your view) on the Model 3 than their competitors. Also, the Model 3 is a mid-sized premium model: why aren't the competitors most high-end vehicles not safer? There's nothing easy to make the safest vehicles among all cars sold in the US, irrespective of loss and profit. 3) Will you review your comment after Tesla release its Q3 financial reports? Because if they are actually making a profit on the Model 3 while ramping up production, I'm curious to hear your opinion when Fremont is at 10K unit/week and the Shanghai factory starts producing Model 3 (by 2020).