OK I can buy that.
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Cor van de Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > The reports about the Prius being a loss-leader or no-margin for Toyota > may have come from the early years, the Classic Prius did not make > enough money to completely get return on investment, but in the year of > the introduction of the second generation (2004) Toyota publicly stated > that they had achieved break-even point for the Prius, even while that > was still doubted by some domestic manufacturers - I remember a report > from GM stating that their engineers could not figure out how Toyota > could make the Prius - it was too complex and cost was estimated to be > too high to ever make a profit, while Toyota had already done that. Says > more about GM, I guess. > > Toyota would have never made the Prius a sub-brand with different > vehicle lines if it was not successful and contributing to their profit. > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Michael Ross > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 3:36 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] free? > > Not sure about the Leaf, but a number of OEM EVs are loss leaders. So > yes, > there is some free-ness. As I understand it even Prius are a no margin > proposition for Toyota. > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Electric Blue auto convertions < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Nothing is free, nothing, you always have to pay, or you will be > charged > > later > > . Look at Nissan, free charging?? you have the buy the but ugly car in > the > > first place , how much does that cost?? then they give you something > > Free?? don't kid your self. Thjats like a rebate, a company making > a > > big thing out of giving some of your own money back for an ov er > priced > > thing > > -------------- > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140418/914aea19/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
