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Tesla does not make money without subsidy, and their car is barely usable: none of people I know just own one Tesla, they all need some ice car to back up.
by up2isomorphism 4y ago
Tesla does not make money without subsidy, and their car is barely usable: none of people I know just own one Tesla, they all need some ice car to back up.
- panick21_ 4y agoNonsense. Tesla has industry leading margin and they actually get less subsidies then many other car companies. Tesla while selling 1/10 the cars of Ford/GM has has profits higher then those companies combined, or will very soon. That everybody has an ICE backup is just not true whatever your personal opinion is.
- leobg 4y agoThis thread isn’t even about that. Tesla has a 20% plus margin on their cars. Zero emission credits put Tesla actually at a competitive disadvantage. And I own a Model X, arguably the most complex model of their lineup, and it hasn’t “broken down“ on me even once. I’ve done roadtrips with it, thousands of kilometers, through heat and cold and mountains. And when you do that, you meet other owners all the time at the superchargers. Up to this day, I have not met a single one who didn’t love his Tesla, much less anyone who had experienced any of those service center horror stories that you read on the internet in posts like yours.
- wumpus 4y agoTesla did make money for a couple of quarters only because of incentives, now they're solidly profitable. It's fun to watch how many years people will post this former "fact" for!