Re:$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now
by stevenhubertron on Friday March 01, 2019 @09:00AM
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What about profit for the delivery company, a receptionist, insurance, marketing, web developer, logistics software, accountants ... the delivery company need to operate profitably as well.
> A car transporter carries 11 cars and can drive say 500 miles per day at a cost of $500 per day (including driver, fuel, and vehicle rental).
That feel to me awfully low. Can you be more specific on how you get to $500 for all that? Renting a car can cost me more than 100$ a day for similar distances. I can't imagine 11x that would cost less than half of it and on top of that include the wage of someone that have to drive full time.
That's barely his cost and doesn't consider anything else (administrative and etc..). I feel like it would be closer to 1500$ a day.
Definitely seems low to me too. It could be almost $500 in fuel alone to drive 500 miles in a truck.
Strangely, my YouTube suggestions keep offering me videos that explain why this is a bad idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inPRBhonfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXoOEuH9Jag
A car transporter carries 11 cars and can drive say 500 miles per day at a cost of $500 per day (including driver, fuel, and vehicle rental).
If the average delivery distance from factory to customer is 1500 miles, then transport cost works out to $136. Add to that the 'last mile delivery' which is probably going to involve a $20 per hour employee driving to the customers premises, doing a 2 hour training and handover process, and catching an uber home. Call that 4 hours, or $80 + $30 for the Uber.
Total delivery cost with an efficient delivery network could be $246.
Assume a 20% 'failure rate' (ie. where the customer rejects the car), and in those cases double the cost (returning the vehicle) and fold it into the amount the other customers have to pay, and you arrive at $369