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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Iowa
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Losing subsidies will be the best thing to ever happen to Tesla. Other OEMs wind be able to compete. |
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El Gato Gordo Loco
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Earth
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Tesla demand is NOT the issue. People clearly yearn for Teslas. Being able to produce them quickly is the issue. Tesla is one of the highest rated brands in the US and has superb brand loyalty. Combine that with innovative tech is no wonder they have such demand & strong support. The day they announced the semi many large companies jumped on the waiting list.
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Iowa
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If your love of driving is about performance, it's electric all day. If you're in it for noise, sorry. Eventually you'll learn to love the whirring of a powerful electric motor. |
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Who knew Elon’s mom posted here?
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Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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Start posting a consistent profit and then we’ll talk.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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I also remember that for everyone Amazon there were hundreds of dot.com bubble companies that did in fact go bankrupt. Facebook wasn't the only social media company. Google wasn't the only search engine. Apple wasn't the only company making music players. Musk has done an amazing job with his space rocket company. For his car company he has created a prestigious brand and an impressive sport car. It really remains to be seen whether he can mass produce a mid-price car in sufficient volume and reliability to make a go of it. His track record so far is very poor. I'm curious also as to why he thought it was better to jump to a full sized electric Semi instead of doing a smaller delivery truck. Long distance trucking produces all sorts of headaches regarding range and re-charging. An urban delivery truck that spends a lot of time loading/unloading and stuck in slow moving traffic wouldn't need near the same range and always returns to the same location at night for charging. |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Donkey Land
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There hasn't been a successful car startup in the U.S. in the past 90 years. So what is his track record being measured against that has been so much more successful? Quote:
It's baffling to me that people haven't figured out yet that Elon's goal isn't to make money. |
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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It would be a personal defeat for Musk, but a tie-up with VW would make a lot of sense for the model 3. Tesla would get a deep pocket funder that has decades of know how about mass producing reliable cars. VW would get a fast track in its switch from diesel to electric. |
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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I'm curious also as to why he thought it was better to jump to a full sized electric Semi instead of doing a smaller delivery truck. Long distance trucking produces all sorts of headaches regarding range and re-charging. An urban delivery truck that spends a lot of time loading/unloading and stuck in slow moving traffic wouldn't need near the same range and always returns to the same location at night for charging.
Oh I totally believe that Elon's goal isn't to make money. But he is not going to have the bigger impact if he goes bankrupt. |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Iowa
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Tesla has MUCH better profit margins than traditional OEMs, aim for 25% across the board as o pad to the 5% industry standard. And production/profitability seems to literally be only a matter of time. At least, I can't think of any real hurdles to this. Really the hardest part is growing and managing your supply chain in unison. As far as track records, I mean, hasn't he accomplished all of his goals since 2012 up until this point? I bet you'd be hard pressed to find others who have done so well. As for going big rig first, it's all about destroying conventional solutions to destroy conventional wisdom. If he came out with a competitor for the F150, there'd be all of this false narrative about an electric truck not getting the job done. They'd likely struggle to gain market share in multiple markets for years due to nothing more than ignorance and bias. If he destroys semis with an electric option, the news will get out, and those people spending ridiculous amounts on trucks will be forced to take notice immediately. It's the "beat up the biggest guy in the prison yard" strategy coupled with what DaFace said. Last edited by aturnis; 05-13-2018 at 09:32 PM.. |
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Sometimes it's black and white
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: California
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That just isn't true of the mass produced middling priced cars. The margins are thinner. Recalls can eat up the thinner profit margin and drivers are going to be more upset about the recalls. His track record is fine if he sticks to high markup roadsters. His track is very poor if he wants to compete with Toyota. |
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