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Supposedly, Tesla's cars themselves sell for more than their production cost. The loss comes in supporting Tesla-as-a-fuel-reseller* - aka the Supercharger netw
by stephengillie 8y ago
Supposedly, Tesla's cars themselves sell for more than their production cost. The loss comes in supporting Tesla-as-a-fuel-reseller* - aka the Supercharger network.
It would be like if Toyota started opening gas stations, and Camrys and RAV4s and Siennas and Tundras got almost-free gasoline. While these businesses are complementary, they're very different operations, and should at least be in separate business units, if not a subsidiary or partnership with an existing fuel supplier.
*Electricity of a specific voltage and amperage is now a motor vehicle fuel.
- jonknee 8y agoAny source for this? The Supercharger network is no longer free (at all for Model 3, 400 kWh in annual credit for Model S/X), but either way it was and still is a heavily marketed feature of Tesla vehicles so you can't ignore the cost. They need to make money or they will go out of business.