Tesla Model S Plaid+ gets a $10,000 price increase

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Tesla Model S Plaid+ gets a $10,000 price increase | TESLARATI

Even at $150k, still an amazing performance for the price. But the Plaid is good enough for me.

 

[JoJoV111]

And a 1 year delay....

Design studio now says Mid 2022.

 

[Sam1]

And a 1 year delay....

Design studio now says Mid 2022.

Gotta milk that revenue. If as many Plaid S are being sold as claimed, why introduce a new product that will cut into the sales? Just wait a year and some of the people with Plaid will be used to the performance and ready to upgrade again.

 

[AMPd]

Basically Elon Musk did what he always does, over promise, and now they’re having a hard time delivering on those promises.

 

[JoJoV111]

Basically Elon Musk did what he always does, over promise, and now they’re having a hard time delivering on those promises.

It's definitely a difficult situation. Even if Elon is over promising he never really under delivers. It just takes longer. I'm not sure what I prefer...on time but average or late and significantly above average. Obviously the ideal would be both on time and above average but we just know that's not gonna happen haha!

 

[rns-e]

Even if Elon is over promising he never really under delivers.

Where to begin? Which threads have you been reading the 18 months you've been on TMC?

At lot of promises, a lot of great results, a whole lot of BS and case after case where the real world does not live up to either theory or twitter post after twitter post.

 

[lolachampcar]

I've been doing this Tesla thing since about 2012. Tesla is not like other companies but, taken as a whole, I'm not going back to the old standards. There is simply too much there there for me and much less of the traditional legacy baggage.

Is Tesla perfect? Far from it. Just remember, we are talking an 8 second family hauler. That alone sets aside any gripes I may have about moving delivery dates.

As for the price increase, it is standard Tesla practice at the start of any roll out that is in demand. When you really see it is when you go to sell and $40K of initial purchase price has evaporated because your old performance version is now the standard car. The price we pay for getting it now. It will be interesting to see how Tesla manages to devalue an 8 second car. What will be next

 

[byeLT4]

You're going the wrong way (price)!!!!

I wonder if it is just a push for the 'base' Plaid sales? What a good way to make people 'settle' by raising the price and delaying the product.

 

[BigNick]

Will the Plaid+ live up to the hype, or will it be 691 HP all over again?

 

[MarcG]

What will be next

Next? A 7-second Roadster with SpaceX package.
Or whatever 3 tons of forward thrust can safely get it down to