Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag

Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by TaylorAlexander on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:21AM (#19745247)

I was surprised by your claim so I checked... the Tesla website currently allows me to configure a Model 3 that is $39,500 before discounts for estimated delivery in two weeks. Not $35k but far less than $48k too.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by reitzensteinm on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:46AM (#19745373)

Parent is referring to the Model Y, and the cheapest version available for preorder is indeed $48k:

https://www.tesla.com/modely/design

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by natch on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:09AM (#19745725)

Like animal fries at In-n-Out, the $35k is not shown on the website. You have to call and ask for it specifically.

Or if you prefer you can order the $39.5k one and call up service and get them to change the settings, and then they'll send you a refund of $4,500.

Does this all sound strange? Sure, but I guess they have their reasons for doing it, which seem to be mainly to keep the menu simple and steer people toward the best value, because the $39.5k car is a better value than the $35k car.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by dannyw on Thursday April 25, 2019 @05:00AM (#19746266)

Everything extra that you get with $39.5k is software unlocks (autopilot, navigation, heated seats software).

So the extra $4.5k is pure margin.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by humbleMouse on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:54AM (#19747083)

So to clarify, you dont get heated seats unless you pay 4.5k for a software upgrade?

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by jsight on Thursday April 25, 2019 @10:02AM (#19748191)

That was the initial claim. It sounds like they might not actually be turning those off, though.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by humbleMouse on Thursday April 25, 2019 @12:40PM (#19749871)

Seems pretty ridiculous to claim software is needed for heated seats. Usually a hardware setup with a simple switch.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by natch on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:29AM (#19771050)

The heated seats can be controlled by an iPhone app and various other means. Pretty sure this involves software. I mean sure software is not needed but then you would be in a different car.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by humbleMouse on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:54AM (#19779503)

If you need software to control the heated seats in your car, I don't want that car.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by cheeyoonlee on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:33AM (#19745316)

The $35k configuration is still available but by phone/in person order, not online

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