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Awesome. Now they just need to get cheaper so that it can be more accessible. Or release the sedan and make that the cheaper and more accessible car in their li
by Oompa 17y ago
Awesome. Now they just need to get cheaper so that it can be more accessible. Or release the sedan and make that the cheaper and more accessible car in their lineup.
- andeka 17y agoThey have another model coming out 2 or 3 years after the sedan. That will be in the 30k range. If I recall correctly, Musk once said as a rule of thumb once you raise your production by 10 fold then you can halve the cost of your item.
- Oompa 17y agoAwesome, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.
- ph0rque 17y agoAlso, they're partnering with Daimler to produce electric Smart cars (in limited quantity, admittedly).
- andeka 17y agoThey were planning on licensing their battery technology as well.
- SwellJoe 17y agoI simply don't believe that pricing for the sedan. The price of the roadster was originally hinted at being about $70k. It jumped several times to its current $109k, as the car came closer to production. And, if halving is the goal, we'd now have to guess the sedan will sell for $54.5k.
- andeka 17y agoThe sedan is planned to be sold for 59k. That is before the government refund of 8k.
- natemartin 17y agoMy understanding of their plan is they're taking a tiered launch strategy. They start with the low-volume, high priced roadster. Then they bring out the sedan at higher volume, and about half the price. Finally, the release a mass-market car at an affordable price after that. It makes sense in the market. There is really no way to ramp up to immediately high volumes if you're new in the auto business. If you're selling in low volumes, the unit price will be very high. So if you're selling expensive cars, they might as well be sports cars that are worth the money, and raise your profile. (mostly paraphrased from what I've read Elon Musk saying.)