I agree but right now that's the problem. Materials costs are going up and the car market is crazy for all cars - new, used, EV & ICE. Should a maker be expected price a car lower and make significantly lower profits (or no profits) simply to further the ideal of EVs?
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Tesla last increased price back in March, and this time 3000 / 64000 < 5% of increase, in which fueling cost + other inflationary cost had definitely increased over that amount in the last 3 month. It would be naive to think that Tesla is not going to maximize profit and pass the increase in cost to customer while it can, not saying it's right, but less than 5% increase seems just inline with increase in overall cost.I'm not all that convinced that the price increases is directly proportional to the supply chain increase in costs.
This is just like gas, food etc... someone is profiting more than they should and that's fine but we all know that stuff goes up faster than they should and goes down slower than they should because everyone wants to get their share.
Musk has to pay for Twitter somehow.
So with the newly increased price of the MY, would you still take it over the Ioniq5 at MSRP?
I probably wouldn't. If difference is <10k I might still choose MY, but certainly not at 17k+ difference.
Prices went up roughly 5% on Teslas... seems in line.I'm not all that convinced that the price increases is directly proportional to the supply chain increase in costs.
This is just like gas, food etc... someone is profiting more than they should and that's fine but we all know that stuff goes up faster than they should and goes down slower than they should because everyone wants to get their share.
Musk has to pay for Twitter somehow.
Caravan picking up my Limited I5 on Monday! So look out for it on their site, I'm sure it will be over msrp.
Honestly why I got a Tesla... got tired of the dealerships adding 20% to the price of the car (Rav4Prime in my case). Went on tesla.com, a few clicks later had a car on order with no surprises.
This is actually my primary worry. As good as I5 / EV6 may be, outside of people who are intimately familiar with EVs, no one is going to go gaga over buying a Hyundai/Kia. It's what it is. And with each new model year brings many new functions/improvements over the previous model, which really scares me how well values will hold up, especially for a first generation car like I5/EV6. A few quotes I got just offered me (msrp - 7500) rebate, Tesla trades in offered 47k, and many local dealers just said they are not interested. So I'm basing this off real market value. It's definitely not the same as Tesla for sure. I certainly will not pay anything over MSRP / mark up for I5.
Ha! Ha! Just remember that not a dime of Tesla earnings has left the company as a dividend. Earnings have been held for expansion and improving the product(s). And, no stock is currently at risk for the purchase of Twitter....Musk has to pay for Twitter somehow.
I'm pretty sure Mark up was for a vehicle on the lot. If you shop around and willing to wait there are dealers you can order for msrp.
Honestly, as much as I like the Y, these new prices are crazy. Outside of the performance models, which face weaker competition, the Y is a hard sell at this price.
Yeah, I tend to agree. At some point, orders will start dropping off and Tesla will need to drop their prices. Until we’re at the point where everyone has cars on their lot waiting to be sold and Tesla waiting times are down to a month or two the prices will continue to rise.
I used to think it was crazy to compare the Y to the macan. Now Macan with air suspension and nice leather is $68k while the Y is $66k. You can get a lot of great cars for Y money.
