Tesla Increases Prices for Existing 2008 Orders

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Over at ABG comments section Paul Korg put together an nice list of old sites that document the bonehead moves Tesla has pulled in their short history.

Cheating:
Profile of Paypal and SpaceX cofounder and Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk - Boing Boing

Battery Deal:
Some complete speculation on the Daimler-Tesla deal - AutoblogGreen

Lawsuits:
Cleantech: Tesla finds the electric car business is a litigious one

Cancer:
Tesla Increases Prices on Locked-In Orders - Tom Saxton's Blog

Bad karma from the start:
Tesla's Musk Calls Cofounder "The Worst Individual I've Ever Worked With"

More problems:
More Sparks From Tesla - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com

Pissing off the customers:
Tesla to Angry Customers: It’s All About Us | The Truth About Cars

Go ahead and throw out house, the bathroom, the tub, and the bathwater. Just keep the baby.

 

[dpeilow]

Can you elaborate? Do normal owners waiting for their cars have restrictions on what they can say?

I've personally never seen the paperwork, but I seem to recall mention of some restrictions. Maybe I'm dreaming or maybe it only applied to earlier (sig 100) customers - perhaps someone can confirm? (Just saying it would be a good idea to check.)

 

[graham]

I will have to go back and review my paperwork. I certainly had to sign an NDA when I first went to see the Roadster - but that was at the factory a long time before they had public showrooms. I cannot recall if any of that applies any more, or they had additional restrictions in my Roadster paperwork.

I recall rumors that Martin and other early buyers had to sign some sort of paperwork limiting what he could say - but that was upon delivery, and probably does not apply to current deliveries.

 

[WiredChuck]

I would not, of course, want anyone to violate any NDAs or other agreements they might have with Tesla Motors, and as I mentioned earlier, I am not interested in "burning" Tesla (or anyone else, for that matter), or engaging in "gotcha" journalism. I'm only interested in presenting as full a picture as possible of what's happening.



- C

 

[doug]

Talk specifically about the town hall meetings went here: Tesla town hall meetings - Jan 26 27, 2009

 

[dpeilow]

Tesla buyers facing kit blow | Auto Express News | News | Auto Express

A UK spokesman has promised prices won’t rise here.

Given that the original price was pretty much a swap of the dollar to a pound sign, I'm happy about that. I think there was a healthier margin on that price to start with.

 

[Cobos]

Yes the same goes for the Euro prices... In some ways this change is "good" for the European Roadsters. It does mean the price difference between the Euro and US version of the Roadster is getting smaller.

Cobos

 

[TEG]

From the recently updated spec sheet:

Charging
• High Power Connector $3,000
• Mobile Connectors
MC 240 (240V/30 amp capable) $1,500
MC 120 (120V/15 amp capable) $600

 

[Laurent]

Posted by Stefano in the TM forums:

Tesla price increase infuriates Hitler

:biggrin:

 

[Lancelac]

Posted by Stefano in the TM forums:

Tesla price increase infuriates Hitler

:biggrin:

That is priceless :biggrin: