Given the coincidence with the South Korean president's visit, I suspect he has pressured one or more of the Koorean automakers into opening a plant here.
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Tesla is anything but the fraud, hucksters, etc many claim they are.
A Fair Price
“This pricing structure is something of a risk for Tesla, but we want to do the right thing for Chinese consumers. If we were to follow standard industry practice, we could get away with charging twice as much for the Model S in China as we do in the US.
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Instead, the price of a Model S in China is much lower than its competitors simply because we want to treat our Chinese customers just as well as we'd treat customers in any other country. That means the price of a Model S in China is the same as the price of a Model S in the US, adding only unavoidable taxes, customs duties and transportation costs. We're not even factoring in the cost of the free-to-use Supercharger network that Tesla will build across China.”
January, 2014
While I personally doubt that, even if it is I think it would be temporary, based on current availability and perhaps some recent negative publicity. Once the 3's become available for interested, on-the-fence buyers to drive, I believe it's going to increase substantially, especially with positive reviews like MT and Top Gear becoming more frequent and visible.
The one thing we need to be concerned about is the emergence of a Ralph Nader type character. Remember he killed the Corvair, which in it's second iteration was actually a pretty decent car. CR has that potential, but a win there might do the opposite... let's hope.
Waiting4M3
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I assume the question is rhetorical
I had suspected the same thing, based on the fact that Doug Field has been (automatic) selling 1000 shares in the middle of every month this year for Jan-Mar, and then starting April after PPS dipped consistently under $300, no sells. Last sell was Kimball at exactly $300 at the beginning of April. I suspect that
1) Doug (and potentially other execs) has a $300 floor below which he/they would not do automatic sell
2) that floor may have gone up recently, since in 1H of May we were above $300 and there were no sells.
How many times was Steve Jobs reported to be sick and/or dying which dropped the AAPL SP before it just stopped working to the point that when he really died it had little effect. Even the herd catches on after a multitude of being fleeced.
That's noble of Tesla. I am not very proud of many of my fellow Chinese folks though. The dominate mindset is to buy expensive stuff for showing off ones wealth. Enjoying other's envy is the only thing that matters, the product features don't matter.
davecolene0606
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Oh he must mean this:
“April 13 (UPI) -- General Motors announced Friday it is cutting the second shift at a plant in Ohio, affecting up to 1,500 jobs due to declining Chevrolet Cruze sales.
It is the second job cut at the GM Lordstown Assembly Complex in less than a year and a half. The second shift will end June 15, and single-shift production was expected to begin June 18.l
Fire Away
Getting back to TSLA market action, I picked both up a couple more shares yesterday at $275. I expect that we’ll gradually dip lower until at least the end-of-month estimates from InsideEVs.
ruralectric
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This is so exciting I almost wet myself.
That quotation applies to the white interior not the P. BTW, my delivery time reduced when i changed the order to Black (Oops!! untrue!! It's just me hoping
)Must be referencing this: Consumer groups ask U.S. agency to probe Tesla 'Autopilot' ads
Isn't CAS Ralph Nader's group?
Thought worth adding:
"We care about fairness, and we care about transparency. We care about advancing the cause of electric cars in China. And we care about doing the right thing for our customers – no matter where they live."
helpful perspective Remus. Tesla/Elon could not say what you have directly, but, considering the last sentence here (I'd left it out in the earlier post) and other phrasing in the blog, seems like they likely considered that mindset, and tried to reframe the pricing of Tesla vs. other imported luxury vehicles as an indicator of respect for all.
"This pricing structure is something of a risk for Tesla, but we want to do the right thing for Chinese consumers. If we were to follow standard industry practice, we could get away with charging twice as much for the Model S in China as we do in the US. But we're doing things differently, even if it means that some people might look at the price and mistakenly think it must somehow mean the Model S has less value than its competitors."
"And we care about doing the right thing for our customers – no matter where they live."
I'd sure like to see those Tesla ads...
Germans have no issues with it...
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/tesla_survey_autopilot_awareness.pdf
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That quotation applies to the white interior not the P. BTW, my delivery time reduced when i changed the order to Black (Oops!! untrue!! It's just me hoping
@jbcarioca Does this post change your opinion on whether the quote applies to white interior or P? Maybe both for the next 3 or 4 months?
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