My guess would be that it will be an emerging economy special, including the air suspension.
BTW my bad on the price. It is $79,515 for the S70D plus VAT and $74,610 for the S70 plus VAT.
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My guess would be that it will be an emerging economy special, including the air suspension.
BTW my bad on the price. It is $79,515 for the S70D plus VAT and $74,610 for the S70 plus VAT.
Most People who admire Elon don't fully understand Elon**
Elon is fixated on countries with pollution problems, even if only partially driven by ICE cars.
Elon does NOT prioritize based on profitability or business rationality.
Elon only cares about his own personal goals and mission in life.
Elon does not care about money enough to care about shareholders or debtors. They are ALL just a piece in his utility function.
Elon has zero loyalty to his secretary, his wife, his CFO or you or his followers or his admirers.
Elon lives in his own world...in his head and he is A-OK with that ....and could care less what anyone thinks!
Elon will only maximize his own personal utility function in/for life.
Anyone who does not get this does not understand Elon.
I would say you are wrong. Elon went to Norway first in Europe. India and other countries where pollution is a huge issue are not even in his thought process now.
As a company, surviving and capitalizing and then thriving while pushing the clean agenda is what in his mind.
Well, I did not think it was necessary for me to say that Elon is super smart !
Elon went to Norway because that's the money was ( from the oll boom that has generated billions for Norway and made Norway ( like the Saudis) very, very rich. And Europe, because that's again where is a lot of money (and incentives ) for clean air technology.
Elon did not go to India because there is not much money there !!! But, India, China and Mexico are where the problems are ...that Elon wants to solve.
So, being that Elon is super smart, he goes where the money is, builds great products for those with the money ( plus incentives ) that they can afford.
Elon will then take that money and basically develop cheap products ( and give away technology and patents ) to further his primary missions in life, which is pollution ...and where the hundreds of millions and billions of people reside...who churn out the pollution.
So, yeah Elon is being super smart. And, Elon is maximizing his own personal objective function by using this strategy over time ' t' .
tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
A shame that Tesla can open up in Mexico but not New Mexico.
India has more USD millionaires than Mexico.
Number of dollar millionaires in India to rise to 305,000 in next 5 years
With Norway, I was speaking about the recent past, what he did and why maybe Elon did what he did.
Your link re India is about the future....5 years from now. Tesla will not be selling much in India even 5 years from now ...whether it be cars or batteries. Ditto for Mexico.
And, unlike in Western countries, most of the wealthly people in countries like India don't pay taxes ( in India it is something like 8 % of federal fiscal revenues ). And, Indians are super cheap. Except the billionaires, of which there are quite a few ( like the Tatas who through their charitable Trust, for example) own a very large chunk of the real Indian economy with a ton of companies from steel to chemicals, to fertilizers, to consumer to technology, to services and yes also cars as in Tata Motors ( who also own 100 PC of Range Rover and Jaguar).
The wealth is India is at the very, very top and highly concentrated. Most of the folks below that ( just like China) don't want to risk getting caught in the government forceps and so they surreptiously move a lot of their USD outside India ( just like the Chinese) and one reason why both currencies - the Chinese Yuan and the Indian Rupee are, and have been, so weak.
The article headline is about 5 years from now but references statistics today.
Tesla is not planning on selling 10s of millions of cars any time soon.
The wealth concentration in India helps sellers of luxury cars.
Millionaires and multi-millionaires.
The reason Tesla is in Mexico and not India is because shipping cost and tariffs.
In other words business reasons.
Tesla is not planning on selling 10s of millions of cars any time soon.
The wealth concentration in India helps sellers of luxury cars.
Millionaires and multi-millionaires.
The reason Tesla is in Mexico and not India is because shipping cost and tariffs.
In other words business reasons.
Tesla's upcoming Supercharger in Mexico revealed by QR code
First Mexican Supercharger is ~50 miles south of Mexico City in Cuernavaca City
First Mexican Supercharger is ~50 miles south of Mexico City in Cuernavaca City
Only if through a wall, into a tree, and fire ensues.
Tesla does now accept orders for Model 3, I placed one. In addition in a stage last act of the outgoing Government they passed an EV exemption from import duties as well as, in SP and RJ at least, huge reduction in annual license fees. We'll see how that develops...
tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
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