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You didn't say your absolute price. Assuming $50k, that's a 20% increase over 2.5 years. If you compound the 8% annual inflation in the US for 2.5 years, it will be close to 20%. So inflation alone can explain the price increase just fine. :) Haven't you heard of the latest stand-off with the...

It's kinda like the Theranos of cars. Lie a lot and get those lies repeated by stock market pimps (hello Cathie Wood, Dan Ives, Adam Jonas) to pump the stock price. Except that Musk got too big to jail and Trump protected him. The problem is bigger than just changing the CEO, as billions of...

is it possible that Ford alerted the dealer that you are voicing your concerns here about the car and the dealer should be more careful/dilligent in fixing your issues? And the dealer misunderstanding it as dealer bashing? The meaning of things can change when they get translated by a few people.

Tesla fans & shareholders think recall is bad. Either they are brainwashed by Elon's no-recall secret recalls or they are just too much in love with Tesla shares. A recall means there is a fix, and a problem is being addressed. So it's good for the car. (Of course, frequent recalls may have a...

Ha! At least @ZeApelido is using the same username here as in teslamotorsclub.com. He is a Tesla supporter/fan. I think a few other members are using different names here and on that other site. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/members/zeapelido.48805/

The driver will be constantly looking at the driver display and enjoy a quieter cabin and a better look (subjective). But he may rarely drive over 200 miles and may have other cars for long distances. So it is (feature) times (percentage of time one uses it). :D Also claimed EPA range vs...

I think many folks are comparing this to their personal situations and discarding the study. If you are a performance car driver and care for perfornance, it makes good sense and very likely saves a lot of money too. But a big percentage (95%?) of people just use the car to go grocery shopping...

Yes, it is quite possible in California. My minimum rate is 30 c/kWH. Summer rate is higher, IIRC. If you consider that the electric car consumption will be added on top of the household electricity consumtpion (meaning paying at higher tier rates), the effective rate for electric car charging...

1. Tesla referral program. Customers bite their lips and praise the car to earn the referral bonus. Tesla was like the Amway of cars. Used to be $1000 per referral IIRC. Free wheels, free superchargers, etc. 2. Hundreds of youtubers promoting Teslas so they can earn varous rewards and...

What is the source of this claim? Everytime there is an AP/FSD accident, Tesla and its apologists claim it wasn't its software, FSD couldn't have been enabled on that road, and a million other excuses. Looking at the surveillance footage obtained by CNN, it sure looks like a software issue...

There are pros and cons of this. Ford can get stuck with large investments in a domain it doesn't have expertise. What if that technology doesn't work out? It is much cheaper to switch supplier. That's what Tesla is doing also, switching to CATL etc. Also, if there is a battery issue, battery...

Faster in a straight line only, isn't it? Also not faster than the cheapest gas car to reach any destination. If I'll be in a hurry, I won't be taking these fast cars. Do a 5-6 sec sprint, then drive on the freeway like a granny and then wait in line to charge is not my idea of being fast. I...

The visible Tesla inventory is just the tip of the iceberg. Doing a math on their quarterly production vs. sales reveals a way bigger inventory number. Drawing any conclusion by observing this tip isn't that useful. It was expected that some folks on the sidelines will dive in with this sudden...

In case of price increases after purchase, he already paid them the money that they invested for something. And I can't remember a single time when Tesla suddenly increased prices overnight. Do you? Price increases always came with a lot of advance notices from Elon.. Probably to push people on...

I am sorry to hear that you have just been Musked.:( Yes, that's a lot of money. If you have taken a loan, it probably added a few hundred dollars to the monthly payment. Other car companies announces the price and model changes well ahead of time and do these price changes gradually so...

Business taxes are to be paid quarterly, so it's at most 12 weeks delay with average of 6 weeks. They can simply pay a lower amount of estimated taxes for the quarter in anticipation of the tax credit.

So true. Yet Musk has promised $0.07 per KWh (1/4th of my lowest electric rate at home) for the semi truck charging, a mega charger that will likely be huge investment to install and maintain.

I highly doubt this "extreme pressure". Many EVs like Chevy Bolt, Kia & Hyundai EVs, Volkswagen ID4 were already cheaper than the much higher priced Tesla cars. Most also have diferent brands to cater to different economic sections of the population, so they could contain the price war to those...

And yet instead of expanding the Nevada Gigafactory, Tesla is buyign the LiFePO4 batteries from CATL. Same as Ford. Makes one think if the Gigafactory tour and hype was yet another Potempkin village show to goose the stock...

Wait till you read the posts in the Tesla forums like teslamotorsclub.com. :D But that is the whole point. People have different reasons to buy a car. These price cuts will influence the decision of some buyers. But for many (like myself), a Tesla aka an Elon-car is a no-go and I think this...