Tesla has the highest gross profit margins of any US automaker.

Musk is known for not delivering on time, but he is also known for doing things other claim are impossible. Having a slight delay on delivering the impossible is not that bad.

I did read it, but some things got skimmed through, it happens to all of us.

But again you are changing the topic from the original point of the discussion. I manned up and admitted my mistake, that is more than can be said for you.

It is a deposit. I suggest getting a dictionary and looking up what a bet is.

Talk about an off topic curve ball. But wrong. Tesla does not live off subsidies. It is actually one of the LEAST subsidies automakers.

It does not matter how much cars they produce, they have no fast charging network. If you look at supercharger buildout times, the thing that takes up the most time is paperwork and permitting. The longer they wait, the more behind they get. And so far no major manufacturer has committed themselves to a fast 100kwh+…

First of all, I did not manipulate the numbers. I gave a number which I remember last hearing about. Which probably went through the game of telephone to get to where it was. Doing a quick Google it was quoted as almost 400k, then some quoted it as 400k. When I came over here I read the article but skimmed the…

Are you really that blind that you can’t see success of what he has done in all the industries he has been in?

Good thing you are a nobody on the internet. As far as everyone is concerned, people putting down 1000$ deposit is demand. In any industry a preoder with a cash deposit is considered demand.

Again you jump to conclusions based on your blind hatred without actually doing any research on the subjects.

Because people have nothing better to do then deposit 1k for a few years only for almost 75% of them to cancel? Be serious!

So you ignored the entire statement and making a big deal about less than 7% difference in numbers quoted? Typical.

To remind him of his place as a keyboard warrior hating on success?

Based on the leaks of their product plans up to 2019, I do not see anything that will be close to competing with Tesla technologically. On top of that they have several advantages from infrastructure to gigafactory which gives them a head start on the competition.

Will you be willing to bet on your life savings that over 100k will go through?

There is already over 400k deposits. And Tesla is saving more things up for unveil Part 2 which will most likely net even more deposits.

PayPal when it came out was revolutionary, eBay just did not do much with it afterwards. Actually it got worse since eBay took over with virtually 0 new wanted features.

No, speculation is doing research and making an estimate. When people put down cash deposits, that is DEMAND.

Six-plumed bird of paradise! (Yes that one that looks like an emoji is it)

Well Kid Goku existed in GT.

You are talking about a contract that exceeds 100 million dollars for work being done for a few months. It is pretty clear that equipment dominates the majority of the cost.