There is a more affordable variant of the Tesla Model Y available. Now starts at $39,990 ($2k price cut) for a RWD 244 mile version. Those in CA will get $1500 additional off at time of purchase bringing it to $38,490 from Clean Fuel Reward (no income limits).. Some may also be eligible for the $2000 CVRP rebate but there are income limits. For those out of CA your state may also have additional incentives, I believe NJ had $5000 off (expired for now but may return) and you aren't charged tax on an ev making it an even better deal. The 7 seat config has been released as a $3000 option.
https://www.tesla.com/modely/design#battery
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So yes.
All major car companies are absolutely not reinvesting to increase total vehicle production from 500,000 cars a year to 20 million cars a year in the next decade.
Tesla is.
The vast majority aren't designing (or building factories for) their own battery production either.
Tesla is.
So your fundamental premise fails right out of the gate.
Beyond that-But some are much better than others at various items you list.
VWs cost structure per car is terrible compared to Tesla.
That's why they lose almost $5000 for each ID.3 they sell, while Tesla has a 5-figure per car gross profit.
VWs own CEO just a few days ago published an open letter citing what bad shape VW and other legacy makers are on stuff like this...and that they need to fix it REAL SOON NOW if they want to stay in business.
Gross profit per vehicle is over $12,000 for Tesla.
It's negative for EVs with most other companies (and they tell you so).
PER VEHICLE profit and OVERALL COMPANY PROFIT are different things
Look up Amazons financials sometime.
Look how long they didn't turn any significant profit.
It wasn't because they were selling everything at a loss.
It was because they were hyper-scaling the company.
That's a thing Tesla is doing today. Legacy auto is not
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All major car companies adhere to this basic formula. All major car companies re-invest, all major car companies have R&D costs, all major car companies have employees, capital outlay, expansion costs, sales expenses, warranty costs etc. you can't cherry pick what you think is "profit per vehicle" without factoring in everything else that all other major car companies deal with. By Using your Strange math, Ford Probably makes $20,000 per F-150 sold.
We borrowed an all electric Kona for a week. Was gonna do some roadtrippin' until we realized that supercharging stations would've have cost us around 70 dollars per frickin top off plus 2-3 hours to max out the battery! That's outrageous.
All major car companies are absolutely not reinvesting to increase total vehicle production from 500,000 cars a year to 20 million cars a year in the next decade.
Tesla is.
The vast majority aren't designing (or building factories for) their own battery production either.
Tesla is.
So your fundamental premise fails right out of the gate.
Beyond that-But some are much better than others at various items you list.
VWs cost structure per car is terrible compared to Tesla.
That's why they lose almost $5000 for each ID.3 they sell, while Tesla has a 5-figure per car gross profit.
VWs own CEO just a few days ago published an open letter citing what bad shape VW and other legacy makers are on stuff like this...and that they need to fix it REAL SOON NOW if they want to stay in business.
I'm not.
Gross profit per vehicle is over $12,000 for Tesla.
It's negative for EVs with most other companies (and they tell you so).
PER VEHICLE profit and OVERALL COMPANY PROFIT are different things
Look up Amazons financials sometime.
Look how long they didn't turn any significant profit.
It wasn't because they were selling everything at a loss.
It was because they were hyper-scaling the company.
That's a thing Tesla is doing today. Legacy auto is not
]
yes, "many"
Not Tesla.
So yes.
It's also a fraction of the safety or capabilities- so no.
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All major car companies are absolutely not reinvesting to increase total vehicle production from 500,000 cars a year to 20 million cars a year in the next decade.
Tesla is.
The vast majority aren't designing (or building factories for) their own battery production either.
Tesla is.
So your fundamental premise fails right out of the gate.
Beyond that-But some are much better than others at various items you list.
VWs cost structure per car is terrible compared to Tesla.
That's why they lose almost $5000 for each ID.3 they sell, while Tesla has a 5-figure per car gross profit.
VWs own CEO just a few days ago published an open letter citing what bad shape VW and other legacy makers are on stuff like this...and that they need to fix it REAL SOON NOW if they want to stay in business.
I'm not.
Gross profit per vehicle is over $12,000 for Tesla.
It's negative for EVs with most other companies (and they tell you so).
PER VEHICLE profit and OVERALL COMPANY PROFIT are different things
Look up Amazons financials sometime.
Look how long they didn't turn any significant profit.
It wasn't because they were selling everything at a loss.
It was because they were hyper-scaling the company.
That's a thing Tesla is doing today. Legacy auto is not
]
Legacy auto is just trying to run a business where they sell a car for a profit, but it's ok for Tesla to lose money for every car they sell because they're hyperscaling to make 20,000,000 vehicles. Ok, makes sense.
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I would definitely recommend any potential buyer to visit your nearest Tesla showroom and test drive before purchasing online.