Make a prediction for sales / reservations and we will compare. 11k are reserved and 5k will be delivered. What is your guess for total sales by end of the year? My number: 30k, which would mean they would sell 2013's production by the end of this year.
Painful pullback still ongoing. I rather though it would have popped today with SpaceX news. http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/space-private-rocket-business/1102539.html http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html 2nd link is live NASA
The sales "hook" is, "It's going to save you gas and it's good for the environment". In reality, how much money do you save if the car initially costs 58k? How many buyers think about the total cost of owning the vehicle? Is battery manufacturing and disposal "good for the environment"? Deceptively easy, to sell yourself on the concept, the reality is that the cost is high, and impact to environment is high.
You are right, how much are you going to save if the vehicle cost $58,000, and it seems at that price you can afford the extra $50 bucks a week it cost to fill up a regular car that isnt electric. And what is the cost to replace the battery after say 5 or 7 years. The warranty on the website for the 40 kWh is 8 year 100,000, whichever comes first.
you can buy an old guzzler(read-zero depreciation) and roll like a king at the fraction of electric car cost. i'm having a hard time to find any savings,unless they starting to sell leaf's to 5-10K with 10 years battery life. and even after that(as been rightfully mentioned above)-battery disposal(and manufacturing) are hardly environmentally friendly.
While slower than desired it sounds like they are executing plan well. Anyone else listen to conference call?
from a chart monkey: TSLA is in a monthly up trend; if can break above $40, the sky is the limit could be a really smart long term investment, nursebee
http://news.consumerreports.org/car...he-electric-car-that-shatters-every-myth.html I need to do some more analysis to consider how large this thing could get. Did anyone properly consider the dominance of a CSCO, MSFT, GOOG, or AAPL?