Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

[Fuddyduddy1952]

We see lots of Teslas around here, they're all white ones. As I understand there are few if any dealers, you order online. I don't know how service works.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

We see lots of Teslas around here, they're all white ones. As I understand there are few if any dealers, you order online. I don't know how service works.

Non whites carry an upcharge fee. Red was $3K USD. Service is onsite or at a Tesla service center typically.

 

[Jchonline]

Does this count?

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Yes the flaming exhaust is a nice touch!

 

[MossRoad]

Could be a fact but that would make the OEMs nonstarters. What makes you uncomfortable with Tesla's business model?

I don't think they're being transparent in where and how they get the materials to make all of those batteries, the environmental consequences, and the impact to the people that gather those materials, or the countries where they get them from.

I don't like their involvement in selling carbon credits.
I can pollute as much as I want as long as I buy some of Tesla's good reputation?

Then there's this yesterday...

Elon Musk touted the 'importance' of Tesla being a publicly traded company just 4 years after trying to take it private with his 'funding secured' tweet

Elon Musk discussed the benefits of Tesla being a publicly traded company multiple times during the company's AI Day event, calling it "essential."

www.businessinsider.com

And this a few years ago...

Elon Musk settles fraud charges with SEC for infamous 'funding secured' tweet, must step down as Tesla chairman and pay $20 million fine

Tesla's Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an agreement that will require Musk to resign as chairman of the company for at least three years and pay a $20 million fine, according to court documents filed Saturday.

www.businessinsider.com

Maybe I just don't like the guy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

In California, you apparently use propane in the Tesla tires . these idiots were trying to hook a propane hose to fill up a tire.

 

[ultrarunner]

First Tesla ever saw on the side of the road was in front of the Fremont factory on the freeway…

Said this doesn’t look good for a photo op but getting closer saw it had a flat tire…

I’m guessing no spare???

 

[airbiscuit]

They were probably waiting for a propane truck.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

They were probably waiting for a propane truck.

No, snapshot taken from a video clip. They were trying to put air in a tire and they were trying to figure out how the propane hose was supposed to connect. The guy shooting the video comes up and asks what they were doing.

 

[airbiscuit]

I was responding to Ultrarunner's post (tongue in cheek).

 

[Oaktree]

Some say Tesla can't sustain the long haul. Who knows? I'm still not comfortable with their business model.

I'm with you. While I have no great love for dealerships, I like to be able to check out the merchandise before I buy, "kick the tires" so to speak. The whole order online isn't for me. Yeah, that business model may work for a vehicle that's still pretty much a rich man's toy, but I'm not sure how it transfers to a mass-appeal auto.
So much of Tesla's success so far boils down to them being pretty much the only game in town if you want an EV. As the others introduce EVs that's gonna change. Hopefully, others will make EVs that aren't so tech-y to operate.

I think that business model will need to change if they want to make it long term.