Rumor - New MS 100D and P100D Price Drop

[Matias]

I don't know if prices have dropped in Europe, but performance has increased with 100D inventory cars

Performance increase for 100D. 0-100 in 3,3 sek

 

[phil0909]

Why would Tesla do that now, just a few days before the end of a quarter?

36 days before the end of a quarter. Now does it make sense?

 

[Spidy]

Clarification I have received on the internal memo that went out to sales group:

New cars (custom orders) will not see these pricing discounts.
Only Inventory cars are going to be price reduced in order to stir orders for Q3 inventory reduction.

Doesn't really mean a lot though does it? 100 miles and the car is no longer new.

 

[Low Latency]

The power has always been there - the limiting factor in power is the speed control hardware, algorithms and contactors. The S85 could burn rubber much earlier than it was allowed (while in the hands of the engineers and overriding the algorithms).

While I would agree that there are numerous "hold back" factors to power distribution, I beg to differ with you as to "the power always being there". With increased demand on power comes consumption/depletion, therefore what limits power is battery size and not engineers.

Otherwise, according to your postulation, we'd all be running on the DarkStar's 56kW battery.
So while we'd have respectable Range (approximately 245 miles) on it's 56 kWh 375 V lithium-ion battery we'd be shorting ourselves nearly 300 hp as the 56 kW could only put out 288 hp, vs the MS P100D and nearly 100 miles of additional range.

Tesla in consistently adding a bigger battery that is more powerful, keeps enthusiasts happy and expecting even more, and Wall Street analysts baffled, and I personally like it that way.

You see, Moore's Law continues to apply, i.e., dramatically increase in power, and decrease in relative cost, at an exponential pace.

 

[SoCal Jimmy]

A couple cars with sizable discounts dropped today and vanished within minutes.

Was really hoping to see an influx of inventory added but I guess not. We still have a few weeks though, so who knows.