The actual number might be as high as $14K per car. I'm sure they have done market surveys and they also probably calculated future savings that might not have occurred yet. Look at how much Amazon lost when they started. Elon isn't going to have any trouble raising more money if he needs it and with the cost of the plant, he is going to need it.
Rory -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Tesla What I don't understand is why don't they increase the price by $4k then ? They are expensive vehicles for what you get in my opinion and what's another $4k or so to the pricetag? I'm pretty sure there some pretty substantial kickbacks going on in certain regions too with all the green initiatives that governments are handing out ... may be wrong, never looked into it... Looked at Tesla and was hot to buy one for a bit ..... then I got turned off by them ..... now I'm looking at something that isn't so "green" but does 0-60 in 3.3 seconds .. if my wife doesn't have my head for buying it haha ;) -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Tesla Hi, The news today about Tesla is they lose $4,000 per car they sell... makes you wonder how much longer that can continue? They are also having to support all their Super charging stations across the country (at no additional cost for customers), etc. It's a great concept, and a great first generation electric car, but it can't continue like this forever... Travis
