1x Tsla Discussion Threads

[hosede] 05/12/2023 22:29

John
Yes the electric bike could be a big winner - it could easily be all we will be able to afford

[johnwise] 05/12/2023 18:58

VIDEO

Forget being able to afford a car!

"Rishi Sunak Is a WF puppet"..

[hosede] 05/12/2023 18:56

SP rushed up the hill today, but like the Grand old Duke of york, came marching down again. Don't know why - some ANALyst comment maybe

[hosede] 04/12/2023 15:58

Dominic
Yes I see quite a lot around in Edinburgh - but it's not a car for the mass market.
Cars for the maass market are traditionally not very profitable, which is why Musk has so far avoided them: but continuing to do that puts the growth he envisages at risk

[dominiccummings] 02/12/2023 19:35

When I bought mine 2 1/2 years ago I only knew of 1 other in the area. Now I see a dozen every day, in just a 2 or 3 mile journey and some places (like the Doctors' private hospital car park) you can see at least a half dozen every day.

[cfb2] 02/12/2023 13:05

The looks seem to divide people like Marmite.

Tesla have around 5 years of back orders so it allows them to increase the profit margin. Once this hits the roads it becomes a mobile advert likely to draw people towards other cars in Tesla's range.

[hosede] 01/12/2023 18:57

Yes
More suitable for the armed forces - or the police as cfb2 suggests

[cfb2] 01/12/2023 10:27

I would say the Cybertruck will appeal to:
1. People who need a truck. This is way better than a Ford truck in terms of price, maximum load and loading onto the truck. Suspension that keeps the load flat and adjusts to give clearance. Towing capacity of 11,000 Lbs!
2. Those that think they need an off road car but don't really. Think Land Rover discovery and SUV crowd. The 0-60 time will sell it to them

Rugged and no paint to chip.

I expect police forces around the world to be champing at the bit to get hold of this.

[hosede] 30/11/2023 23:26

"We dug our own grave with the cyber truck" says Musk Hmm?? what is the point of it?
Who wants a truck that does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds while towing a 911?
I hope one doesn't come to rescue me if I break down on the motorway :-0

[hosede] 24/11/2023 11:40

Union trouble in Sweden. Won't be the last
Musk had such a brilliant business making upmarket EVs that everyone wanted - at almost any price. What does a good businessman (someone who wants to make money) do at this point?
Improve Quality Control, restrict volume and up the price!
But Musk - I guess - had made enough money. He wanted to rule or save the world
And now he's stuck with a mega car company that is going to suffer from all the problems of its giant competitors Ford GM VW etc.
Someone above said he had made his workforce millionaires - with free shares etc.
But not any more. Now as we head into recession, they're going to become the same bolshy lot as elsewhere.
How come he never realised that making cars has NEVER BEEN a profitable enterprise?
SAD!

[hosede] 15/11/2023 17:10

Musk admits growth halted for a while

[pierre oreilly] 15/11/2023 13:40

Err, when horses were replaced, a hundred or so years ago, most cars were EVs!

[hosede] 15/11/2023 11:59

John
Yes EVs are a century too late. Global warming has reached a tipping point and we could be facing a massive extinction by the end of this century - particularly if this autumn's sudden rise proves NOT to be a freak - look at the first chart - far RH column

[johnwise] 15/11/2023 08:11

VIDEO

"Consumers are abandoning EVs! With thousands of new electric vehicles piling up in dealer lots, nobody is running to buy them"

[cfb2] 06/11/2023 13:38

Eventually it will make money otherwise Tesla won't sell it.

I think their original plan was not to sell this car but use it as their robotaxi, unfortunately the automated driving software is late to fruition. I expect this vehicle's steering wheel, throttle and brake will be fly-by-wire and optionally fitted.

[hosede] 06/11/2023 12:19

Tesla to make 25000€ car at Berlin factory.
I'm sure it's a step in the right direction - but will it make much money?

[cfb2] 03/11/2023 19:23

UAW power is determined by the number of people in the union. They have less then 500k workers, from almost 2 million in the 70's. A number of their unionised companies are going to go bankrupt, their only hope is to expand and Tesla have 60% of the car workforce in the US.

Unlikely they'll be successful with Tesla when their shares incentives are making people on the shop floor into millionaires.

[hosede] 03/11/2023 17:32

UAW threattening to "attack" Tesla now. I wonder how long it will be able to hold on

[cfb2] 01/11/2023 10:02

GM - Mary Barra says she has a plan for as long as they pay her $29m salary.
Ford - Jim Farley actually has a plan but insufficient cash reserves to carry it out.

UAW deal brings the demise of both companies forward.

[hosede] 31/10/2023 14:09

With recession looming, I wonder if GM and Ford will be able to survive the massive pay uncreases they have agreed to

[cfb2] 30/10/2023 18:24

Hybrids are a good stop gap whilst an EV charging infrastructure is being built in the UK. A hybrid car has the complexity of both an ICE and an EV car under the bonnet, with a minimum cost to match. Lots of things to go wrong in a hybrid car.

[cfb2] 30/10/2023 13:01

EVs are piling up at dealerships because the major OEMs are not producing compelling vehicles at a price their customers are prepared to pay. Particularly the case for second hand vehicles as Tesla and BYD continue to slash the price of their new vehicles whilst simultaneously improving them.

There is a good reason why almost all the OEMs have struck a deal with Tesla's charging network. All the alternatives are unreliable and expensive. Explains why BP have just bought $100m of Tesla's superchargers to put in their petrol stations.

[simon gordon] 30/10/2023 10:37

CNBC - 16/10/23

Why EVs Are Piling Up At Dealerships In The U.S.

In August 2023, it took about twice as long to sell an EV in the U.S. as it did the previous January. Prices of EVs are down 22% year-over-year and that's mainly driven by Tesla. About two thirds of EVs sold are Elon Musk's brand. Companies like Ford have ramped up hybrid production as demand has leveled off. While slightly more than half of consumers say EVs are the future and will eventually replace Internal Combustion Engines, less than a third of dealers say so. This all comes at a time when investments in EVs are more than ever. So what's really going on? Watch the video to learn more.