3 ms·

The entire car is only about twice that, and we know the battery is very expensive. There's no way the electric motor costs $24k.

jesusmichael 13y ago
Here's one on Ebay for $10k.. Ebay! http://www.ebay.com/bhp/300-hp-electric-motor http://www.ebay.com/bhp/300-hp-electric-motor General Purpose 350HP motor. $25K http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/motors/ac-motors-2-phase/3-phase-general-purpose-motors/baldor-motor-m44354t-4-350-hp-1785-rpm http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/motors/ac-motors-2-phase/3... In general these motors have tight tolerances and aren't the motors in your electric shaver The entire car cost $70K...
- D_Alex 12y ago
  Referring to your 350 hp example: 1. That motor is a low speed motor, as such it is massive. It weighs 3044 pounds. The Tesla motor runs at nearly 10 times the speed, and ought to be roughly a factor of 10 lighter. 2. See how the price drops by almost 10% when you buy more than 5 of these motors? Now imagine you are buying 20,000+... 3. You can bet the manufacturer of the motor (Baldor) did not get $25k for it. I imagine the markup for the reseller is of the order of 30-50%, on top of other costs such as transport. These do not apply to Tesla. I am pretty sure even $6000/unit is an over-estimate. I have some information from an occasionally reliable source that the entire car costs around $20,000 to make. This is the "incremental cost", after tooling, R&D etc has been paid for. This is apparently about the same as a top level mass produced luxury Benz - for the Benz, the much higher inherent production cost is offset by the scale and efficiency of their production line.
  - jesusmichael 12y ago
    The comparison is retail to retail... Not wholesale cost. I'm sure if you need a motor, because yours failed after 6 years, they aren't going to sell it to you for wholesale. And if they are marking up the cost of the car by 400% than if their motor is $5000... you'll be paying $20k
  - jesusmichael 12y ago
    Analysis estimates of the cost of the car are about $56K http://green.autoblog.com/2014/02/26/why-teslas-35000-model-e-pipe-dream/ http://green.autoblog.com/2014/02/26/why-teslas-35000-model-... That $20k motor is much less advanced than what's in a Tesla... So @ $24k I think its a bargin... what is the rest of the car? Aluminum and Plastic and a couple of computers...

jesusmichael 13y ago

Here's one on Ebay for $10k.. Ebay! http://www.ebay.com/bhp/300-hp-electric-motor http://www.ebay.com/bhp/300-hp-electric-motor General Purpose 350HP motor. $25K http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/motors/ac-motors-2-phase/3-phase-general-purpose-motors/baldor-motor-m44354t-4-350-hp-1785-rpm http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/motors/ac-motors-2-phase/3... In general these motors have tight tolerances and aren't the motors in your electric shaver The entire car cost $70K...

D_Alex 12y ago
Referring to your 350 hp example: 1. That motor is a low speed motor, as such it is massive. It weighs 3044 pounds. The Tesla motor runs at nearly 10 times the speed, and ought to be roughly a factor of 10 lighter. 2. See how the price drops by almost 10% when you buy more than 5 of these motors? Now imagine you are buying 20,000+... 3. You can bet the manufacturer of the motor (Baldor) did not get $25k for it. I imagine the markup for the reseller is of the order of 30-50%, on top of other costs such as transport. These do not apply to Tesla. I am pretty sure even $6000/unit is an over-estimate. I have some information from an occasionally reliable source that the entire car costs around $20,000 to make. This is the "incremental cost", after tooling, R&D etc has been paid for. This is apparently about the same as a top level mass produced luxury Benz - for the Benz, the much higher inherent production cost is offset by the scale and efficiency of their production line.
- jesusmichael 12y ago
  The comparison is retail to retail... Not wholesale cost. I'm sure if you need a motor, because yours failed after 6 years, they aren't going to sell it to you for wholesale. And if they are marking up the cost of the car by 400% than if their motor is $5000... you'll be paying $20k
- jesusmichael 12y ago
  Analysis estimates of the cost of the car are about $56K http://green.autoblog.com/2014/02/26/why-teslas-35000-model-e-pipe-dream/ http://green.autoblog.com/2014/02/26/why-teslas-35000-model-... That $20k motor is much less advanced than what's in a Tesla... So @ $24k I think its a bargin... what is the rest of the car? Aluminum and Plastic and a couple of computers...