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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by andeka on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:37PM (#748094)
They have another model coming out 2 or 3 years after the sedan. That will be in the 30k range. If I recall correctly, Musk once said as a rule of thumb once you raise your production by 10 fold then you can halve the cost of your item.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by SwellJoe on Friday August 07, 2009 @05:11PM (#748552)
I simply don't believe that pricing for the sedan. The price of the roadster was originally hinted at being about $70k. It jumped several times to its current $109k, as the car came closer to production. And, if halving is the goal, we'd now have to guess the sedan will sell for $54.5k.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by andeka on Friday August 07, 2009 @05:16PM (#748565)
The sedan is planned to be sold for 59k. That is before the government refund of 8k.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by ph0rque on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:45PM (#748123)
Also, they're partnering with Daimler to produce electric Smart cars (in limited quantity, admittedly).
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by andeka on Friday August 07, 2009 @02:00PM (#748155)
They were planning on licensing their battery technology as well.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by Oompa on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:40PM (#748106)
Awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.
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