Possibly repeating a few bullet points here, but...
- Tesla doesn't release monthly sales figure. Musk waxes poetic some BS as to why not, but fact remains that every other OEM reports sales except for Tesla, meaning any Tesla retail performance is an extrapolated guess.
- Tesla's profit as of now is derived from selling CAFE credits to companies that need them, not the cars themselves.
- When GM, Toyota, Daimler, etc bring their market resources and - yes, Virginia - their deeply-penetrated dealer network to bear, Tesla will be relegated to a niche player.
- Unless your willing to deal with charge times, range limitations, servicability issues, and disgustingly high depreciation when the next-generation of your model debuts, this is a car for bleeding edge adptors that are also multiple car households.
Until there is a major shift in infrastructure, the electric car in this country is a 1 trick pony. Look at how much a used Nissan Leaf is worth for one.
- Tesla doesn't release monthly sales figure. Musk waxes poetic some BS as to why not, but fact remains that every other OEM reports sales except for Tesla, meaning any Tesla retail performance is an extrapolated guess.
- Tesla's profit as of now is derived from selling CAFE credits to companies that need them, not the cars themselves.
- When GM, Toyota, Daimler, etc bring their market resources and - yes, Virginia - their deeply-penetrated dealer network to bear, Tesla will be relegated to a niche player.
- Unless your willing to deal with charge times, range limitations, servicability issues, and disgustingly high depreciation when the next-generation of your model debuts, this is a car for bleeding edge adptors that are also multiple car households.
Until there is a major shift in infrastructure, the electric car in this country is a 1 trick pony. Look at how much a used Nissan Leaf is worth for one.