Re:Tesla 2Q 2021 Quarterly Result
by servercobra on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:48PM
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Elon already promised a ~$25k "Model 2" car within 3 years about a year ago, and the icon at Battery Day made it look like a compact car.
Though with Elon-time maybe tack on another year.
Re:Tesla 2Q 2021 Quarterly Result
by opinion-is-bad on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:41PM
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The fact that cheap sedans have such a low profit share in the industry, and already get great mileage, probably means that will be one of the last ICE segments to get eroded.
Right now they have Fremont operating at capacity, and Shanghai still ramping. Austin and Berlin are under construction and the hope is they get the first vehicles out this year. All told, total capacity under construction represents something like a tripling of current production bandwidth.
Texas, Berlin, something in China?
Also, do we have a time frame for all of them? I'm trying to figure out how many vehicles they'd expect to sell per year in 5-10 years.
Plus, the really interesting challenge, I wonder if they can do it: could they make a cheap compact car for ~20-25k?