And Tesla is the first and only foreign auto maker owning their own production facility in China.
This is a serious, strategic advantage for Tesla, one that only a genius of a CEO could be expected to achieve.
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And Tesla is the first and only foreign auto maker owning their own production facility in China.
This is a serious, strategic advantage for Tesla, one that only a genius of a CEO could be expected to achieve.
What, you mean the guy that the shorts keep insisting must be removed "for our benefit"?
You can also substitute "SEC" for "shorts" in the above sentence. In fact, you can do that surprisingly often.
RobStark
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Thanks for the information - I just bought it too. I just LOVE EAP (have it on my other M3) and will enjoy testing FSD improvements.
Some data-points for Belgium...
- I had a Heart CT Scan a year back, I paid €12 - the rest was paid by the insurance company (Belgian Mutuelle - annual cost €150 for myself end my three kids)
- My wife had an MRI a couple of months ago - €250 (was at a private hospital, so more expensive), 85% refunded by her work insurance
- Scintigraphy scan was a bit more expensive a €500 (same private hospital), 85% reimbursed
- One of our kids has to have her wisdom teeth out - €4500 for the whole deal, general anaesthetic, operation, private room, etc. Will be fully reimbursed
CT scan had a three week wait. MRI and scintigraphy was almost next-day. Wisdom teeth, three days for the initial consultation, operation planned beginning May.
As Europeans we have freedom of movement and we're wondering where to retire - sunny Spain, Provence, Tuscany? Well we're seriously thinking to stay in Belgium because the heath-care is so good!
Todd Burch
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I’m really surprised there isn’t more going on with this Supercharger v3 thing today. Still no event or press conference that we know of?
Do you know cost of a procedure upfront? Are there any unexpected charges from time to time? Do you have to wait weeks for a procedure?
And last question
when you retire you will not have employers insurance - do you buy your own policy and for how much?I take back my comment that India's premium car market is too small for Tesla to bother. There are more millionaires in Mumbai than the population of Iceland
Although Iceland presents some challenges to due its extreme weather, I still expect the India to represent a higher burden in terms of required service, due to the utterly chaotic traffic. Also the charging infrastructure in India would face some challenges. On the other hand, India thus is a super market for the Tesla combo, the car, the PV panels and the Powerwall.
Fact Checking
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Sure, but....
Taxes are just the rent people are paying to be members of one of the most advanced economies on the planet - and taxation on profits is a much better deal than taxation of revenue that other advanced marketplaces use, like Apple Store's 30% tax on revenue.
I.e. it's just money.
Birthright, life time guaranteed, no-lifetime-spending-caps, no-rescission, no-nonsense health care for you and your loved ones, regardless of whether you manage to be employed: priceless.
Most Europeans don't even know that rescission is a thing:
"Rescission is the term used when a health insurance policy is canceled retroactively by an insurance company."
A few further thoughts I haven't seen mentioned much on Tesla moving to online sales:
- Removal of store sales significantly reduces the cost and increases speed of entry to new markets. Tesla will still have to initially build a basic presence with delivery centres (but less with home delivery) and service centres (less with service car fleet), and likely also begin work on a supercharger network (which is lower capex with V3), but will not have to put store infrastructure in place.
- Under the previous business model, Tesla was likely close to pulling the trigger on 50-100 new store openings globally to serve Model 3 rollout. The decision was as much about preventing SG&A inflation and avoiding new hiring as it was about existing cost and headcount reduction.
- Tesla can now potentially drop legal cases and lobbying efforts over direct sale rights in several states. This was potentially an extremely high annual cost, but I'd like to know if anyone has an estimate for the cost of all of these efforts? Tesla will still likely keep fighting for service centre rights in states where this isn't currently legal.
YESSS!!! Finally, we made it to No 3. on some EU comparison list! .... Oh, wait...Sure, but....
You keep ignoring that Elon Musk promised FSD on HW2 back in 2016. That is never going to happen.
This is one major reason why Tesla is the sole auto maker that can do OTAs (in the USA), since the other brands are required to let the dealers do every update of the car, even a software one.
Another major reason for Tesla to avoid the dealership hell.
No stores is fine. Delivery centres, not so much. Now probably everyone on this forum, except shorts, watches every video and reads every piece of text they can get ahold of before they take delivery of the car, but I doubt all that many others do. A walkthrough for someone who's only experience with the car is through the ordering website will need a bit of handholding.
Fact Checking
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Other advantages of Tesla closing most of their retail locations:
- Tesla can unveil new products without having to fill stores with display and test drive units first.
- Many Tesla stores as small, they wouldn't be able to display an S, X, 3, Y and Roadster 2. (And definitely not a Semi. )
- There's great retail personnel who are really good at interacting with customers - their talents are probably better utilized in service and delivery centers. (As long as they agree to switch roles.)
- Major refreshes are easier and less expensive to roll out - Tesla won't have to replace thousands of display and test drive units.
France reported 401 Model 3s for February!
Fact Checking
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I'm not ignoring it, there's a leak that HW2 is plug-in compatible with the HW3 module. I'd expect Tesla to convert HW 2.5 units first though.
BBC has a long history of anti-Tesla bias. They often run article about EV's and FSD, yet fail to mention the market leader, Tesla.
There was a full story on this yesterday evening already, it was the top business story.
It's a very click-baity headline - "Tesla: China suspends customs clearance for Model 3 car" - especially given that in the article it's very clear it's over already: Tesla: China suspends customs clearance
Clearance was held up after Chinese customs discovered misprinted labels on certain Model 3 cars.
It comes just weeks after Tesla began shipping the vehicle to China, which is the world's biggest car market and is key to the company's future.
Tesla said it had "already reached a resolution with Chinese customs".
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