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Re:How Apple Scaled Back Its Titanic Plan to Take on Detroit by CardenB on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:31AM (#12725911)
IIRC Tesla's margins are typically higher than competitors. They only lose money on each car because the R&D budget is wrapped into that. They lose money because they're investing into scale.
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Re:How Apple Scaled Back Its Titanic Plan to Take on Detroit by Meegul on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:41AM (#12726018)
IIRC from a shareholders call, a Model S has margins from 20-30% percent, even after R&D is taken out. Tesla's losses have primarily stemmed from capital expenditures.
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