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Tesla has bumped the price of their vehicles _at least_ three times this year, in some cases well over $10K in total, so it's not all that much different to "ma
by FireBeyond 5y ago
Tesla has bumped the price of their vehicles _at least_ three times this year, in some cases well over $10K in total, so it's not all that much different to "market adjustments".
Not sure how a $5K refundable deposit is "obnoxious". Sure, it's less convenient than the Tesla deposit, but it wasn't like that money wasn't earmarked anyway. (And if you're in the market for a $50-75K vehicle and the difference between a couple of hundred and couple of thousand down is a deal breaker for you, you could argue affordability).
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThe manufacturer bumping the price due to demand and supply chain issues is one thing, dealers gouging is entirely different (pure profit for adding no value). Musk was entirely right that dealers would be an impediment to EV adoption. https://jalopnik.com/dealers-say-salespeople-still-arent-ready-to-sell-evs-1847940783 https://jalopnik.com/dealers-say-salespeople-still-arent-rea... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15346108/some-dealerships-dont-really-want-to-sell-you-an-electric-car/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15346108/some-dealerships... https://www.fastcompany.com/90294305/car-companies-put-in-a-lot-of-work-to-not-sell-you-an-electric-car https://www.fastcompany.com/90294305/car-companies-put-in-a-... Edit: @FireBeyond I don’t believe I’ll be able to help with the confusion
- FireBeyond 5y agoAnd yet, somehow, all the other manufacturers are not bumping the price at wholesale. I'm confused.
- FireBeyond 5y agoHow is a manufacturer raising prices due to demand “adding value”, but doing it at the dealership is not?
- wumpus 5y agoCheck out the definition of "rent seeking".