If they have hundreds of thousands of sold orders, people willing to buy the car sight unseen, why forego the profit of those sold orders to add demo units to the showroom? It makes absolutely no sense unless they're trying to drum up more orders. Weren't you the one saying you could waltz into a store, order a car (the spec) and have it in a few months?max225 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:36 pmNot exactly, you as a customer can't even go in and check out a model 3. There are NONE in the showroom/todemo because they are that short on supply.
They should be fine for the next 6-12 months with the backlog pending their actual production output. But obviously all the orders are very heavily front loaded.
However later on in the game they can start selling the cheaper models/4wd models and offer lease specials. At this point none of that is available and they are blasting through 3500 model 3s a week that cost 60-65k on average. Which is AF
2 years down the line though... it will get interesting... once they saturate their demand... the crazy part is... i think at that point they'll be launching yet another product to get into another market... dat... Apple launch strategy
Who knows, though... i am SHOCKED literally SHOCKED. No OEM produced a comparable vehicle outside of the Bolt which is ugly AF. They have had the time and resources to do so...
It takes 5 years minimum to develop a new platform. Model S has been out for how long now? Gas will be free forever. highly profitable s will rule the road forever. Why invest in vehicles that you MIGHT be able to break-even selling, if you're lucky?
No OEM has invested in EV tech the way Tesla (and to an extent GM) has. I have a buddy that works at a major battery supplier, and he said that most of the industry has passed on investing in a seriously viable EV platform. And why would they invest?
Obviously, it's extremely short sighted, but that's the way the industry works. The next fuel price spike will spell serious for many players in the industry. Whenever that happens, tho...remains to be seen.