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Plans for future Tesla vehicles are for the batteries to be structural. As in non-replaceable. In that future and without right to repair, a crack in this tin

Plans for future Tesla vehicles are for the batteries to be structural. As in non-replaceable. In that future and without right to repair, a crack in this tiny plastic hose fitting would total the car (heck, depending on your insurer, this already does). Remember that car insurance costs are pooled. This kind of behavior makes _everyone's_ driving more expensive.

vfclists 5y ago
Who is to say that the insurance company owners don't have shares in Tesla?
drtgh 5y ago
It seems Tesla, Inc. makes most of the profit by selling Carbon-Emissions Credits to other vehicles manufacturers. I would not be surprised if they expects from that future making extra profit by "recycling" damaged structures, or something related to such structure. Something for cover the decline in carbon-emissions sales in such future. Anyway, I think that is called "Programed obsolescence". It's like when led bulbs suddenly fails, you know it can be repaired, even you know how to replace the bad quality capacitor chosen by the manufacturer, but the plastic encapsulation prevents it. Programed obsolescence + prevent to repair.
- simondotau 5y ago
  Tesla's core business of car manufacturing is extremely profitable. Their automotive gross margin is substantially higher than most of their competitors, including the likes of Mercedes and BMW. It's only after you add on the costs of growth (capital expenditure, R&D, etc) that overall company profits become marginal. This is because Tesla is doing exactly what you'd expect from a company undergoing rapid growth: they're spending every dollar they can on growing. Yes, Tesla have received a windfall of cash from credit sales, but all these have done is turbocharged their growth spending. If they didn't have this extra cash, they probably would have had to wait 12 months before beginning construction in either Berlin or Texas.
simondotau 5y ago
Tesla also plans to be the preferred insurer for their own vehicles. This is great, because it will provide a financial signal to Tesla to make their cars cheaper to repair.

vfclists 5y ago

Who is to say that the insurance company owners don't have shares in Tesla?

drtgh 5y ago

It seems Tesla, Inc. makes most of the profit by selling Carbon-Emissions Credits to other vehicles manufacturers. I would not be surprised if they expects from that future making extra profit by "recycling" damaged structures, or something related to such structure. Something for cover the decline in carbon-emissions sales in such future. Anyway, I think that is called "Programed obsolescence". It's like when led bulbs suddenly fails, you know it can be repaired, even you know how to replace the bad quality capacitor chosen by the manufacturer, but the plastic encapsulation prevents it. Programed obsolescence + prevent to repair.

simondotau 5y ago
Tesla's core business of car manufacturing is extremely profitable. Their automotive gross margin is substantially higher than most of their competitors, including the likes of Mercedes and BMW. It's only after you add on the costs of growth (capital expenditure, R&D, etc) that overall company profits become marginal. This is because Tesla is doing exactly what you'd expect from a company undergoing rapid growth: they're spending every dollar they can on growing. Yes, Tesla have received a windfall of cash from credit sales, but all these have done is turbocharged their growth spending. If they didn't have this extra cash, they probably would have had to wait 12 months before beginning construction in either Berlin or Texas.

simondotau 5y ago

Tesla also plans to be the preferred insurer for their own vehicles. This is great, because it will provide a financial signal to Tesla to make their cars cheaper to repair.