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

Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by threeseed on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:06AM (#19746854)

That report does not measure what consumers care about. It simply measures what Tesla owners think. And those owners tend to come from a very narrow demographic which is unrepresentative of the general public.

And yes people are worried about the difference in range given it's a new technology. But no evidence it significantly influences purchasing decisions especially given that most people aren't driving hundreds of miles in a day.

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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag by sliken on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:17AM (#19746907)

I agree, but it's not such a narrow demographic. 63,000 bought them in Q1. The mode similar luxury/premium car I can find is the BMW 3 series. BMW sold 8,225 of them in Q1.

So almost 8x as many people bought a model 3 for similar or higher prices than the BMW 3 series. In fact at various time periods Tesla was outselling the sum of all similar premium cars in the USA from BMW, MB, Audi, and Lexus.

So sure Tesla owners are a self selecting set, but there's apparently quite a few people that want the model 3.

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