Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:01:47 +0000
A writer recently pointed out that Elon Musk promised five years ago that Tesla vehicles would appreciate in value, and … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 01:03:12 +0000
In reading Tesla’s 4Q Earnings Release, what struck me immediately is that even though they added a lot of production capacity in 2019, both expanding Fremont considerably and building the entire Shanghai Gigafactory in 2019, they spent a little more than half as much on capital as they did in 2018, when they were ramping Model 3 but not building any major factories
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 21:30:29 +0000
Two of the big pieces of news on the Tesla 3rd quarter earnings announcement were that margins were up dramatically and the cost to build the new lines to manufacture the Model Y in Fremont is half the cost as the existing Model 3 lines, and that the cost to build the Model 3 line in China is 65% less than the same US Model 3 lines on a capacity basis. This means the cost for the Model Y line might cost half of what an existing Model 3 line costs, or it might mean that it costs the same amount of money but has twice the capacity — or some combination of the two
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:48:11 +0000
In a fresh Reddit discussion, the owner of a 7 year-old Tesla Model S explains that his battery is at 98% battery capacity today. This is another reminder of the reasons Tesla cars are much slower to depreciate in value. Any Model S already has long enough range that its battery can degrade significantly and it’s still a highly practical, no-compromises electric vehicle, but seeing such little degradation is that much better for initial owners and used car buyers