Model 3 best selling in class in California

And what is the market share for Jaguar in the US? Tesla may even have them beat in 2018!

 

Porsche, BMW, Mercedes will be one's that will keep Elon up at night in the near future. Loyalty to a Brand and History play a key role in ones purchase of a fine luxury automobile.

 

Well Musk tweets....seem to get him the attention he wants, sounds like some other powerful individual we all know!

So who wants to help build their own car! Maybe we can go from tents to Amazon in a box, with IKEA instructs to build your own car!

Never a dull moment at Tesla.

 

Good one! But I have to disagree. Have you seen the Lexus LC500. It's certainly one of the most inspiring and creative designs in automotive history!

Winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans is never dull!

 

You still don't seem to understand.
Porsche, BMW and Mercedes have already been keeping Musk up at night, because they aren't building EVs!
Musk's goal has always been to speed the transition to EVs. He knows Tesla can't do it alone, so he is hoping other companies will help.
He will be resting easier once they finally get on board. Nissan is there, GM is close, and many others are talking big. Once they deliver, he will be much happier.

 

If that is truly his goal, why build and sell vehicles that are out of the reach for the average American. Why not sell a $25k car. That would certainly make the change happen sooner?

 

Thank you for your educational lession on the difference between the LC500 and Model 3. But these cars can't be compared to each other? I never eluded that it was a comparison. I had stated the Lexus LC500 Is Icertainly one of the most inspiring and creative designs in automotive history!

Have you not ever heard the saying Win on Sunday, sell on Monday? Why do you think auto racing is sponsored by auto companies. It draws people into showrooms. They don't care if you by a IA or a LandCruiser, selling is selling.

Did VW sell a high margin car to be one of the best selling cars in the world? Even with Dieselgate they are the Biggest car company in the world. One has nothing to do with the other, unless your in need of funds, but Musk has stated he is not looking for any further funding.

Nissan and Fiat are able to sell a low end priced BEV. Sure it's Milage is not as high, but works for some.

That's very kind that he wants Toyota and Honda to meet the needs of the lower end segment. But if you want to save the world, then build a car that is affordable and accessible to all.

Mercedes which is the Silver Star of the high end market sells an affordable car that almost anyone can own, Smart Car.

 

When Tesla started producing cars, they were very, very small with a tiny production capacity. They had a difficult time getting suppliers to work with them, much less give them good prices.
Tesla simply could not build any car at a loss, and frankly, couldn’t build very many anyways.

To break into the automotive industry is extremely difficult and expensive.
Tesla not only has all the normal hurdles for a new manufacturer, they also are building out their own service, sales, and fueling infrastructure.

The only way to do this is to sell a low production, high margin car. Then a lower cost, higher production car as they grow. Then a car priced even less, but much higher production car.

Tesla doesn’t have the luxury of having other cars pick up the slack for losses of their EV. If they had been a mature car company, they could have afforded to start at the low price end. They aren’t, and yet they have taken far more risks than the legacy car makers that have a safety net.

 

They would have failed if starting at the low end, and the other companies would take that as proof BEVs have no future.

And those companies had to spend money on race teams to get the advertising.

Tesla has a back order of reservation holders for the Model 3 that exceeds the number of Camries sold in the US every year, and they got that without spending money on race teams nor any other traditional advertising.

VW does have high margin Porsches and Audis to help pad their profits.

Tesla doesn't have a full line up of traditional car products to subsidize their BEVs.

If it was that easy, you should do it.

Which did so well in the US that all but the BEV model was cancelled.