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Okay great, but now the lowest cost of the car is an extra $10k because the manufacturing just got a lot more complicated as a result of not being able to build
by Zetice 3y ago
Okay great, but now the lowest cost of the car is an extra $10k because the manufacturing just got a lot more complicated as a result of not being able to build every car the same way.
- martin8412 3y agoThey can't even build two cars the same way everytime, I think we'll be okay.
- Zetice 3y agoThat's variance, not intentional.
- tadfisher 3y agoThen customers have the choice to purchase a vehicle from a manufacturer with more scruples who is willing to sell those features without charging to "unlock" them.
- Zetice 3y ago...can you name one? Because every manufacturer does this.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoThat sounds like problem of a manufacturer not problem of a user.
- Zetice 3y agoThe price of the product being higher isn't a problem for the user?
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoCorrect. That's a problem of a manufacturer for not having a competing product.
- Zetice 3y agoWould be a nice story if it weren’t for the inconvenient fact that Teslas are selling like crazy as they are. Sounds like it would be problem for the consumer, though clearly a solved one.
- lowkeyoptimist 3y agoAdding 10k to the cost of the lowest priced car is definitely a problem for both the user and the manufacturer.
- kibwen 3y agoThis is naive. Tesla isn't selling the base model below cost. If they did, then Tesla would be wiped out unless people shelled out for the extras, because they'd be losing money on every car sold. Instead, what's happening is that the current price fully reflects the cost of production, and holding the extras hostage is pure gravy.
- Zetice 3y agoNobody claimed Tesla was selling base models at cost? Completely unrelated to the point.