Tesla Prices slashed, will Taycan pricing hold up?
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Tesla Prices slashed, will Taycan pricing hold up?
From the Washington Post Business Section on Saturday 01/14/23. This is really going to rattle the Tesla market. Class Action Suit, anyone?
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??? Lower prices
Question, why did the original poster think a lower price would lead to a class action suite?
I am hoping all BEV makers will start to lower their prices, but why would they if this causes them to be sued?
Earl Colby Pottinger (BEV Lover)
I am hoping all BEV makers will start to lower their prices, but why would they if this causes them to be sued?
Earl Colby Pottinger (BEV Lover)
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I think that buying a Tesla a month ago and then having Musk cut the price by 20% after taking delivery, (also enabling the Federal tax deferral) would be super aggravating. Along with all the other headwinds Tesla are facing, I’m not sure pissing off potential repeat customers like these new owners in the near future when there will be a myriad of more choices re: BEVs is sound business 101.
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Yep. I cannot imagine why manufacturer price reduction (or increase) is grounds for a lawsuit.
If I had bought a Tesla a month ago and the price dropped by 20% I’d be super aggravated.
But then to buy a Tesla I would have already partaken the Kool aid, and wouldn’t feel shafted.
If I had bought a Tesla a month ago and the price dropped by 20% I’d be super aggravated.
But then to buy a Tesla I would have already partaken the Kool aid, and wouldn’t feel shafted.
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doug demuro breaks it down pretty well. just to note, his video came out before the price drops were announced. so the used market prices have already been sliding..
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States making electric cars illegal by 2035
May get interesting as some states are considering making electric illegal by 2035 because they are heavy invested in oil/gas. Then all the cars will be worth a dollar. This country is screwed up as if I needed to say that.
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flygdchman (01-22-2023)
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Burning Brakes
It was a joke by some legislator in Wyoming.
ironic because Wyoming supplies much of the US coal for generating electricity. As Big Coal is (thankfully) being wound down, Wyoming is also building a lot of wind farms. You see a lot of them while driving along Interstate 80. A lot of solar potential there too.
ironic because Wyoming supplies much of the US coal for generating electricity. As Big Coal is (thankfully) being wound down, Wyoming is also building a lot of wind farms. You see a lot of them while driving along Interstate 80. A lot of solar potential there too.
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It was a joke by some legislator in Wyoming.
ironic because Wyoming supplies much of the US coal for generating electricity. As Big Coal is (thankfully) being wound down, Wyoming is also building a lot of wind farms. You see a lot of them while driving along Interstate 80. A lot of solar potential there too.
ironic because Wyoming supplies much of the US coal for generating electricity. As Big Coal is (thankfully) being wound down, Wyoming is also building a lot of wind farms. You see a lot of them while driving along Interstate 80. A lot of solar potential there too.
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Burning Brakes
The others are going to be around for a while. Though economic replacements for them are coming along nicely as well.
Like Earl Pottinger mentioned in the EA thread, I've seen transformations like this in the computer biz multiple times in my career. (Even here at rennlist - I was a "day 1" subscriber back when it was called "porschelist" and email only. None of this newfangled web forum stuff.) One learns to not fight the change. Take advantage of it instead.
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One state. Wyoming. The national “leader” in progress.
All hail coal. Coal, really? From the 1800s.
“This country is screwed up as if I needed to say that”. I don’t wrap myself with an old glory, but I’ll take what we have here, especially compared to the choices.
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Coal has nothing to do with the Wyoming resolution, it’s all about oil and gas.
Although it’s mostly political theater, there are some salient points made regarding the viability of BEV’s in a state like Wyoming and the misguided notion that the switch to BEV’s will have any noticeable effect on the global climate unless and until innovation produces cheap, clean sources of electricity (and it ain’t wind or solar). Until then, the world will need to rely on cheap, reliable fossil based energy production the enable BEV’s to be even reasonably practical and affordable.
In other words, end the war on fossil fuels and embrace a realistic strategy to transition the world to clean energy and mobility.
Regarding the OP, it sucks for those of us who are looking to trade/sell our Teslas to buy a Taycan. The move plucked $10k out of my pocket overnight.
Although it’s mostly political theater, there are some salient points made regarding the viability of BEV’s in a state like Wyoming and the misguided notion that the switch to BEV’s will have any noticeable effect on the global climate unless and until innovation produces cheap, clean sources of electricity (and it ain’t wind or solar). Until then, the world will need to rely on cheap, reliable fossil based energy production the enable BEV’s to be even reasonably practical and affordable.
In other words, end the war on fossil fuels and embrace a realistic strategy to transition the world to clean energy and mobility.
Regarding the OP, it sucks for those of us who are looking to trade/sell our Teslas to buy a Taycan. The move plucked $10k out of my pocket overnight.
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