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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by pasiaj on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:00PM (#19744024)
The trade-in value of Tesla is very low in Finland. If you want to upgrade your model, Tesla has been offering 70-80k € trade-in value for a 6 month old 135k€ Model S.

This means that those who upgrade their vehicles often will not even consider a Tesla.

In Finland, at least, they are forefeiting one of the biggest groups of luxury car buyers.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by ajmurmann on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:08PM (#19744066)
The most surprising thing about your post to me is the price of a new Model S. That's $150k. Is the price so high because it includes VAT?
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by arebop on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:18PM (#19744127)
A fully-loaded S in the U.S. is $131k so $150k could possibly even be a little low to include Finnish VAT.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by selectodude on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:18PM (#19744125)
You can option up a Tesla Model S in the US to $150k.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by goshx on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:01PM (#19744373)
Not anymore. It’s $131k fully loaded.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by kylecordes on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:56PM (#19744624)
Although the price point is still quite high, Tesla seems to be thinking of a car as a consumer electronic item: Price generally falls (more value per dollar) every year.

This may have significant consequences to the industry, if Tesla doesn’t fail.

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