whitex
Well-Known Member
Only halfway feasible way I see of doing it for "free, is a "buy something, and get a generous coupon/discount off of your next purchase" type of arrangement.
And even that offer would have to be on a very limited basis, i.e. only a few people would qualify for it, for the reason you already alluded to, which is why I would like to know how many cars would even be eligible for such a hypothetical offer.
I could be wrong, and I'm just SWAGing here, 1500-2000 cars tops would be in that P85Ds built up to 7/17/15 window???
Anyone else have any estimates?
Another, more expensive for Tesla but limiting the SC workload, way to do it would be to offer either a free ludicrous upgrade or a $5K refund for all those who paid $20K extra for the P with the passing speed upgrade but never got it (think back, S85 to P85 used to be a $10K upgrade to get the performance rear motor, so there should still be profit there today at $15K). That said I agree with lola, it would be a hard pill to swallow in an earnings call and may hurt Tesla stock more than it would create good press. So that leaves me divided, while I'm not happy to pay for this upgrade, I also wouldn't want Tesla as a company to get screwed on the investor front (and no, I don't own any TSLA stock). Dilemma, dilemma...
As for number estimates, I remember trying to estimate based on available data back when the announcement came out and I think I came out at ~1600 cars, but I don't remember whether that was US only or worldwide.