Recent content by A2be

Ordered a Foundation Series tri-motor Cybertruck on January 2nd and was told delivery would be mid- to late-2024. Today, when logging on to Tesla.com to `Manage` my order, there is no date shown at all. 😨 Checked the Tesla App too; nothing there either. Is it normal for Tesla to show no...

Sure, there are no doubt lots of ways ppl could work around things to reduce legal risk. The idea of my thought experiment was to think about two folks agreeing to technical joint ownership for a year in order to satisfy the Tesla rulz, while still letting a new person, w no reservation, get...

Following up the note of a couple weeks ago: I have been contacted since I posted this thread. Received a surprising call the other evening. And, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause" there is a Bob! ... and Bob is apparently discussing this with an Alan. "Bob" called again. Says he...

Re the OP's assertion that started this thread: There is still no good source saying there will be only 1000 Foundation-series Cybertrucks.

Thank you to @jjrandorin , @Big Dog , and @someguywithcar for the substantive responses. To this point, consensus seems to be that a co-ownership title relationship would be okay as far as Tesla is concerned. Risks you have put forward are liability via ownership of a shared resource, and...

Thought experiment: TL;DR: Guy with Foundation Series Cybertruck offer adds Person#2 to title as Joint Owner; finalize "sale" to Person#2 in 12 months. ————————————————————————————————————————————— I'm a former Econ prof, and we often engage in "thought experiments". So let's do one...

You know, the power "company" is not a regular company in a free market. It's what economists call a "franchise monopoly", a monopoly created by the government. In theory, that's why it will supposedly be regulated in the public interest. ... and why it is called a regulated monopoly. Real...

You need to provide a bit more information for informed people to speculate. What was the outside temperature during your 112 mile drive? What temp was the car stored in during the 10 to 16 hrs before your trip? I had a 2019 M3, and it used the inefficient electric means of heating things, a...

I like the idea you are expressing here; I just don't know the veracity of it. As far as I understand, Tesla has never contractually bound themselves to follow any particular order with the million+ reservation holders. So I don't believe we can say that passing on a Foundation Series invite...

This is a fascinating question the OP asked a year ago, and it deserves to be bumped. I just finished some deep research into my Denver, Colorado (Xcel Energy) options for buying cheaper electricity to charge my car, and was beyond underwhelmed. In the main, and in cahoots with the monopoly...

Yes, your hypothesis that "The Foundation series isn't "Sold-out" per se, in fact, Tesla intends to continue with the weekly release of limited order spots for the entire 2024." is entirely consistent with the overall thrust of what I see Tesla is doing here: use the market for price...

Then there is no source for the "1000" at all. It's just speculation until there is a source. Thanks to @Big Earl , @beewang for the thoughts, and to @logan for putting the question out there!

Yes, I'm agreeing with what others have said here this afternoon. I had the opportunity to configure a Foundation-series Cybertruck this morning. :) Saturday morning. See above for details. Now, as of Saturday evening, I logged back in to the Tesla.com website and selected my Cybertruck...

It is VERY PROFITABLE for Tesla! I just wrote a long-ish post explaining the economics of it, here: Cybertruck "Foundation series" is a fantastic exercise in economics! ... and PROFITable

The Cybertruck "Foundation series" is a fantastic exercise in economics! ... and very profitable for Tesla! (background; I've taught university economics for 6+ yrs) TL;DR: Tesla is figuring out the market for Cybertrucks. They are necessarily doing "price discovery" here...