I'd say so. Most customers previously ordered the pano roof. Pano is much more complicated to install (all the mechanisms for moving the glass, pop up wind guard, etc.) Plus extra warranty reserves, potential squeaks, rattles, wind noise, etc. New solid glass roof is a big win in basically every way.
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I'd say so. Most customers previously ordered the pano roof. Pano is much more complicated to install (all the mechanisms for moving the glass, pop up wind guard, etc.) Plus extra warranty reserves, potential squeaks, rattles, wind noise, etc. New solid glass roof is a big win in basically every way.
I woke up this morning to my alarm clock radio advertisement 'that was a nice picknick, why is dad setting up a tent, arent we going home? No son, we have an electric car and need to charge it first before we get back home'.
I guess those are validating superchargers lol
Michael
Remember April was a disruptive event for BMW i-cars:
BMW loses its EV leadership to a Chinese startup backed by tech money
I am tempted to short BMW.
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I guess that if they had an ICE car on that trip, and were out of gas, there wouldn't be a gas station right there at their picnic site either. Sigh.
Although overall borrowing activity at Fidelity is benign so far, there were couple distinctly different periods: relatively heavy borrowing before open, and then large block of shares covered mid-morning:
People speculate that the hole for the glass in the back makes it easier for robots to install stuff.
Is A Big Hole In The Roof The Key To Making The Tesla Model 3? - Gas 2
“We’ve learned that people aren’t prepared to pay a higher price for an electric vehicle. I don’t see some kind of disruptive element coming from electric cars that would prompt sales to go up quickly in the next five to six years.”
- Friedrich Eichiner, BMW’s Chief Financial Officer
Nothing to see here
I'm pretty sure that the CFO at BMW isn't that stupid to not be aware of the numbers versus the competition (easily found with a quick google search), but rather made such a statement on the bet that the public will just take his word for it and doesn't fact check because he is seen as an authoritative figure (a CFO at an automaker should be in-the-know better than the public).
However, smarter people willing to fact check and connect the dots can easily see this is nonsense and an outright denial, but unfortunately most people are inherently complacent and likely will not fact check until someone (like the media) connects the dots and explains it to them. This complacent "not fact checking" behaviour is seen a lot on social media when people share misleading news just based on the catchy/clickbait headlines without clicking and reading the article and verifying its facts and sources before spreading it around.
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everman
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“We’ve learned that people aren’t prepared to pay a higher price for an electric vehicle. I don’t see some kind of disruptive element coming from electric cars that would prompt sales to go up quickly in the next five to six years.”
- Friedrich Eichiner, BMW’s Chief Financial Officer
Nothing to see here
Can't wait to see the 2016 column added! Years of tears indeed!
Mike Smith
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So the other automakers are 5-10 years from full autonomy, while Tesla is selling it for $8,000 in 60% of it's cars right now. Right Mark Spiegel, Tesla has no competitive advantages at all.
"No, son, but while Dad is out with his divining rod and pick-axe to find oil, won't you help me set up the still to cook some gasoline?"
Investing in this stock is like dating a 23 year old model. Lots of fun but lots of volatility - and mental and physical strength needed.
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MitchJi
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BMW is clearly in trouble in terms of battery pack costs:
BMW AG sees no quick way to boost profit from electric cars, with battery capacity and cost set to weigh on the technology for the foreseeable future.
“We simply have to walk through the valley of tears” to figure out how to save more money on producing battery-powered cars, Stefan Juraschek, vice president of electric-powertrain development, told reporters at a briefing at a BMW testing facility in Munich.
With driving ranges limited by current technology, the company expects it to take about seven years to double the amount of energy stored in a battery, which weighs about 230 kilograms (510 pounds) in the squat BMW i3 hatchback. Improving battery performance is key, as “there’s a clear trend to bigger electric cars and longer driving ranges,” Juraschek said.
Tesla doubled their pack capacity in under two years (TE V1 vs TE V2). BMW should be begging Tesla to partner on a GF.
“We’ve learned that people aren’t prepared to pay a higher price for an electric vehicle,” BMW Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner told reporters in Lisbon last week. “I don’t see some kind of disruptive element coming from electric cars that would prompt sales to go up quickly in the next five to six years.”
Dude, watch the M3 reveal!
Just saw this one from March respun on facebook - is there truth to it? Looks like stock when pretty much up since then: Rockefeller family charity to withdraw all investments in fossil fuel companies
But you are comparing mobile batteries to stationary. Oh wait, talking about BMW? Never mind.
If he can't see that, he should change his work description, or his optician. One of those, at least.
larmor
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They won't walk through the valley of tears, they will be self driven through a valley of battery factories...
Steve Jurvetson on SCTY acquisition:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000572564 This is an ‘important watershed moment’ for Tesla
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000572564 This is an ‘important watershed moment’ for Tesla
Trip says 50:50 ratio. I will give a 14:8.5 ratio of MS:MX production. Delivery roughly 2:1 or 65:35. Number of cars in transit will "still be 5000". Trip is also confused because he says nothing about P100D. Glass Roof is a negative if there are many cracks at delivery or warranty replacements over the next 3 years.
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