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>You cant build a scalable (planned 4000 cars a year) business around digging rare parts out of the trash No, but it should bootstrap you enough capital to be
by nexuist 7y ago
>You cant build a scalable (planned 4000 cars a year) business around digging rare parts out of the trash
No, but it should bootstrap you enough capital to be able to do your own R&D and develop your own battery pack, or at the very least enter into talks with manufacturers to lease existing battery packs for your business.
Also, Tesla is making ~5,000 cars a week. Of those 5,000, 77 have to crash and be written off (1.5%) for there to be enough battery packs for 4,000 cars a year. Not considering the 100,000+ Teslas on the road already.
- kosievdmerwe 7y ago4000 * 5600 = 22.4 million. This is revenue, so rent, parts and labor will significantly reduce that. I'm not sure how this would result in a good R&D budget. As for getting supplies from written off Teslas, it doesn't take into account location. What percentage is in Europe within a economically viable shipping distance?
- usrusr 7y agoIf you could reduce new battery prices to the level of crash salvage with just a little R&D of your own, you would not waste time with cute conversion kits, you'd take on Tesla, China and the rest of the car industry directly.
- skykooler 7y agoThat's assuming that this company manages to buy every single wrecked Tesla. Given that they're a French company I would assume that this is only economically feasible for Teslas that crash in the EU, as otherwise the cost of shipping across the ocean would make a significant amount of the price. There are much less than 5000 Teslas a week just going to the EU.