Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k maintenance costs

Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by btilly on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:43PM (#15144966)

Want a real electric car with real support? Buy a Chevy Bolt, maybe?

Production runs of the Chevy Bolt are reported to be limited in size because they lose a lot per car. This does not sound like a vehicle which will ever be produced in quantity that mechanics will learn how to do a good job of maintaining.

I'd prefer to take my chances with Tesla than to take my chances with a niche discontinued product.

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by rgbrenner on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:12PM (#15145131)

This does not sound like a vehicle which will ever be produced in quantity ... take my chances with a niche discontinued product.

You heard it here first guys... the #1 selling electric vehicle in the US last month [0] is not popular enough to risk buying it.

Chevy's investing heavily in expanding production [1], in preparation to shut it down and discontinue it.

Everyone stay away...

0. http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

1. http://insideevs.com/chevrolet-bolt-production-to-double-aft...

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by woodandsteel on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:40PM (#15145252)

That's somewhat misleading. The Bolt is not competing against the Model S, but the Model 3, which is going to be produced in vastly larger numbers.

Let me add I am disappointed Bolt sales are so low. I want to see EV's entirely replace ICE's, and that will happen faster if there are more different popular brands and models for buyers to choose from.

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by maxsilver on Thursday August 31, 2017 @10:38PM (#15145711)

> Let me add I am disappointed Bolt sales are so low

Well, they are also sold out in most places.

Bolt sales would be higher if they were actually in stock and available to purchase in every state.

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by Diederich on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:44PM (#15144980)

Interesting. Do you have any citations handy? Thanks!

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by btilly on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:02PM (#15145075)

https://www.inverse.com/article/32239-why-gm-loses-money-che... claims a loss of $9k/vehicle, but the manufacturer does it to keep their average emissions/vehicle under legal limits.

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by toomuchtodo on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:10PM (#15145384)

It's a CARB credit play by Chevrolet.

http://insideevs.com/elon-musk-talks-carb-zev-credits/

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by jayess on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:48PM (#15145009)

Tesla loses $13k on each car sold...

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/tesla-loses-397-million-fi...

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Re:Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k mainten... by mdorazio on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:59PM (#15145055)

No, it doesn't. They're taking Tesla's corporate loss and dividing it by sales to say that Tesla loses money on each vehicle sold. This is incredibly poor reasoning. It's like saying Amazon lost money on every product it sold until 2016. Tesla has a net loss because they invest very heavily in R&D for new vehicles, battery factories, etc. Their per-vehicle profit margins are actually very high, often quoted as around 25% [1][2].

[1] https://seekingalpha.com/article/3972238-tesla-manages-make-...

[2] https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/27/how-tesla-...

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