The Model 3 is consistently winning in price though. I don’t understand who buys a new Model S over other options.
Mainstream brand EVs surpass Tesla in customer appeal
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I only know one person with a Tesla, kind of a recent model three.
She has had a nonworking rear tail light forever, it’s a big long story and I don’t even know what to believe the trouble she said she had trying to get it replaced.
Anyway, she absolutely hates the car but honestly, she hates her new house too, so I just don’t think she’s a happy person
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Yes, it definitely has that going for it. If I were in the market, it would be the i40 M50. If I was not budget constrained it would be a loaded Taycan.
A few months ago I read a financial analysis that said only about 40% of Tesla's market cap is in the car manufacturing businesses. The rest is in other stuff like grid storage, AI, etc.
Everyone complains about legacy companies using legacy stuff, but the reality is, it is actually not a bad thing as it reduces the risk of a design problem, not able to sell enough to make up the R&D cost of a new design, and economy of scale when mixed in with a legacy car.
Heretic.
There may be of a HUGE bias in that Edmunds article as the "trade in" they are referencing would be only at conventional dealerships. Tesla does not have dealerships. A more accurate look at it would be what Tesla owners REPLACE their Tesla with. Being as Tesla owners claim to have 87% brand retention, and loyalty in practice as high as 70%, owners overwhelmingly replace older Tesla's with new ones.
I'd rather a more normal feeling EV. I'm not a big fan of the "look at me, I'm an EV!' appearance, which I'm sure is laughable since I own a Tesla. Other than everyone knowing a Tesla is an EV, I don't think Tesla fell into the EV design gap like some trying way too hard to look futuristic(Cybertruck excluded).
I think this is why my Wife and I have had such great luck with Dacia cars. They are built out of 'old' Nissan and Renault pieces. All the R&D is done before they start designing and any faults already ironed out. It's a shame there aren't more 'budget' brands about that follow this methodology.
Excitement of Traditional Auto Manufacturers’ BEV Owners at All-Time High, J.D. Power Finds
Porsche Highest-Ranking Premium Brand; MINI Highest-Ranking Mass Market Brandhttps://www.jdpower.com/business/pr...-performance-execution-and-layout-apeal-study
We know what happens. Customers despise daddy musk and they still usually buy a Tesla. It's okay, I get it.
If I wanted an EV, I'd seriously consider a Tesla if they had a front wheel drive car.
When they make the best value in EVs it makes it a lot easier to ignore his babbling. It’s not like he’s directly designing the cars, just unnecessarily muddying the waters.
I'm sure he'll get board with Tesla and move on to something else and they'll instantly forget him.
They hated him because he spoke the truth
Hated who? That was not real, it was just kidding.
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so was he.
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