Actually that is illegal in most states. You cannot franchise to someone affiliated with the company and you cannot create a subsidiary. I worked at Tesla for 4 years and having vehicles on hand was never a restriction we ran into. Many other car companies are custom ordered(i.e Ferrari, Rolls Royce, McLaren, etc) but…

Let’s be real here. Even with 10 models, they are all sharing at most 3 engines. Auto companies are doing so much sharing between their platforms that it really shouldn’t take someone more than a week to learn an entire company’s lineup. What it comes down to is laziness. People who work in dealers, just don’t care…

Actually no, Tesla does not want the gov’t involved at all. They want consumers to be able to chose how they want to do business like they do with all other types of commerce. I don’t see how having direct sales available to everyone is titling the scales to anyone’s direction but the consumer. The FTC has already…

This is complete BS. If direct sales are allowed, they are allowed for EVERYONE. That is a level playing field. If GM cannot do direct sales because of their own existing contracts with their franchises, that is not Tesla’s fault, that is GM’s fault. This is GM trying to keep things slanted in GM’s favor. A free…

You can go into a Tesla Store and do the exact same thing. The difference is that in a Tesla Store the staff is actually educated about their product unlike at a traditional dealer. I can be assured of one thing every time I walk into a dealer and that is that I will know more about every car on the floor than anyone…

Tesla already has a Service Center in Milford, CT. The lack of a Service Center is not what is preventing them from opening up Sales Centers.

I am not an owner, nor a fan. I am someone who worked there for 4 years running HQ Sales. I have no current affiliation with the company. I did however live this on a daily basis so don’t need to take my information from anywhere else. I have seen the actual replacement numbers, not the overhyped nonsense that…

Tesla said nothing about their costs for Model 3. They are not the ones predicting anything. They said they are spending less than $190/kWh on Model S now. This most likely means that suppliers are giving them preferential cost based on future plans at the Gigafactory.

Margin doesn’t need to be at 40% when you just doubled the WORLD’s capacity with your one factory.

His raw material cost is assuming a 40% supplier margin. The point he misses is that Tesla is building a factory that will be producing as many batteries as the entire world is currently producing right now. This gives Tesla huge bargaining power with their suppliers that GM doesn’t have. This is finally a scenario…

Posting false information isn’t good for anyone either. Tesla has in fact turned a profit before, Tesla turns first Q profit. Tesla could have continued to turned a profit in many more quarters as well, but decided that it was more important to rapidly grow the business, so reinvested those profits back into the…

Completely agree, but I like the “new” blue much better. The Model S sells better in sportier colors, which is why the change was made. It’s no surprise that bright red is one of the most popular colors and dark green got discontinued.

They’ve always been there but were they included in the $70k price point. I don’t remember them being. It was $69,900 plus Destination and Doc Fees. I did work there for 4 years running the team that was in charge of Model S configurations from the beginning.

But that includes $1,200 Destination and Doc Fee. Did the previous $70k include that also or is this a $300 difference really?

You are confusing the old almost Navy Blue with the new much brighter Blue.

He was born in SA but is an American citizen and SpaceX is an American Company but thanks for playing.

The US will get 265 cars, just like in MY 2016, with 2/3 being V60's. Also, the Ohlins are 20 way adjustable. They actually have 30 settings but the top 10 don’t really do anything.

Good review but you got a few things wrong. The power distribution with ESC off is 50/50 but can go to a full 100% rear bias. Also you are confusing 0-100km/h with 0-60mph numbers. Here are the actual performance numbers...

Just don’t try to follow the color codes around the world...”The nozzles are usually color-coded to indicate which grade of fuel they dispense, however the color-coding differs between countries or even retailers. For example, a black hose and handle in the UK indicates that the fuel dispensed is diesel, and a green…

I didn’t list it because it is just a variation of the J1772. Right now the 150-350kW are theoretical as the only ones that exist max out at 50kW. Tesla Superchargers exist today at 120kW with some liquid cooled versions at 135kW. It’s good to know what is planned, but I am talking about what is implemented.