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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by jonknee on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:14AM (#17934363)
Who says they aren't? They're already charging $60k for their "mass market" $35k sedan.

Update: I guess technically it's $50k, the other day I read the average selling price was $60k and that was stuck in my head. Regardless, far away from $35k!

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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by rstupek on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:57AM (#17934724)
Why wouldn't you build out the higher priced orders first?
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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by jonknee on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:28AM (#17935017)
The more concerning part is that they're still losing a fortune while only building out the supposedly high margin top end models.
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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by zaroth on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:55PM (#17936274)
Tesla gross margin on an AWD Model 3 with Autopilot is ~$20,000.

Twenty thousand dollars.

And they are outselling BMW’s entire passenger car lineup.

It cost them a pretty penny to get here but cash is literally pouring in for Tesla right now.

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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by jonknee on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:47PM (#17938752)
> It cost them a pretty penny to get here but cash is literally pouring in for Tesla right now.

And also pouring out, they are losing a massive amount of money every quarter.

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