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Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by js2 »

leejo wrote: post #19

Anecdata from someone living in a small Swiss village (c. 1,500 residents outside the ski season): - I see a handful of Teslas around the village. I would guesstimate 5 local residents own them. - The local taxi firm has a couple even. - Filling stations on the autoroutes have the charging points (at least in Romandy) - The country is small so, hey, it seems ideal I'd like to get one but it doesn't fit my use case (n…

A Chevy Volt would be perfect for your use case.

Disclosure: happy Volt owner that my wife drives 95% around town with the occasional 120-300 mi road trip.

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by _ea1k »

kissickas wrote: post #8
azhenley wrote: post #5

Any insight on whether this will make up for the falling Q1 sales in the US?

This was the case in March, meaning it was within the Q1 release (and obviously didn't make up for the drop in the US). Actually, the long lead time to get shipments to Europe may be what caused a lot of the drop in the US - Q1 was the first chance for shipments to Europe after Tesla's Q4 was mostly focused on getting Model 3s out across the US. The "other Europe" region still hasn't gotten any shipments, as far as I…

I agree with you for the most part. The Q4 results had guidance indicating that Q1 would end with ~10K vehicles in transit at the end. That is exactly the result.

There were two surprises, though. They also guided flat shipments of X and S, when in reality they cut them in half. Also, they appeared to be indicating that Model 3 production would increase slowly over the quarter, but in reality they kept it flat. Both of those were negative surprises to varying degrees.

But, of course, we now know that S and X are likely to be revised soon. It is possible that the drop there was related.

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by bluetidepro »

readhn wrote: post #20

i was flying through zurich recently. McDonalds big mac, fries and soda were $20 (!!!). Is everyone there pretty much a millionaire?

Does that comparison work in that context, though? I've seen a lot of traditionally "cheap US fast-food" be expensive overseas in many countries. I imagine because there is almost a tourist aspect to it, unlike when it's here in the US. Is there a Swiss version of what they consider cheap fast-food, and is that place still $20 for a basic meal?

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by _ea1k »

_Codemonkeyism wrote: post #2

TLDR All the Tesla 3 preorders arrived [1][2] in Switzerland in one month, putting the Tesla sales of usually one year (~1500) into one month, making it the "best-selling"[3] car in Switzerland ahead of Skoda and VW (for the month of March). [1] one with a bit more knowledge than me can probably find the ship and the shipment. [2] see comments on that article from users getting theirs with that shipment [3] have prob…

Yeah, tbh, I get a little tired of the narratives around Tesla's individual European country deliveries. Both the fans and the more bearish have posted stats like this from time to time based on short-term trends. The more interesting figure will be the whole year figure, IMO. Month to month values will fluctuate wildly, by the nature of their handling of inventory.

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by leesec »

leejo wrote: post #19

Anecdata from someone living in a small Swiss village (c. 1,500 residents outside the ski season): - I see a handful of Teslas around the village. I would guesstimate 5 local residents own them. - The local taxi firm has a couple even. - Filling stations on the autoroutes have the charging points (at least in Romandy) - The country is small so, hey, it seems ideal I'd like to get one but it doesn't fit my use case (n…

Road trips are a joy with autopilot.

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by readhn »

bluetidepro wrote: post #23
readhn wrote: post #20

i was flying through zurich recently. McDonalds big mac, fries and soda were $20 (!!!). Is everyone there pretty much a millionaire?

Does that comparison work in that context, though? I've seen a lot of traditionally "cheap US fast-food" be expensive overseas in many countries. I imagine because there is almost a tourist aspect to it, unlike when it's here in the US. Is there a Swiss version of what they consider cheap fast-food, and is that place still $20 for a basic meal?

How much does a Tesla 3 cost in Switzerland? $70-75K?

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by readhn »

leejo wrote: post #19

Anecdata from someone living in a small Swiss village (c. 1,500 residents outside the ski season): - I see a handful of Teslas around the village. I would guesstimate 5 local residents own them. - The local taxi firm has a couple even. - Filling stations on the autoroutes have the charging points (at least in Romandy) - The country is small so, hey, it seems ideal I'd like to get one but it doesn't fit my use case (n…

Whats is the all in final cost for a Tesla 3 that you guys are paying in Switzerland?

Im guessing its at least a double of a promised $35K USA price?

Re: Tesla Model 3 becomes best-selling car in Switzerland

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Post by readhn »

js2 wrote: post #21
leejo wrote: post #19

Anecdata from someone living in a small Swiss village (c. 1,500 residents outside the ski season): - I see a handful of Teslas around the village. I would guesstimate 5 local residents own them. - The local taxi firm has a couple even. - Filling stations on the autoroutes have the charging points (at least in Romandy) - The country is small so, hey, it seems ideal I'd like to get one but it doesn't fit my use case (n…

A Chevy Volt would be perfect for your use case. Disclosure: happy Volt owner that my wife drives 95% around town with the occasional 120-300 mi road trip.

A colleague of mine bought 2x 2018 Chevy Volts recently - after all rebates came out to $18000 cash each for a brand new Volt.

Thats a no brainer to me - at 2000$ gas / year - the car pays for itself in 10 years.

Unfortunately for most people out there the economics does not work the same way - they cant get to this pricing. But if they could USA would have a much larger share of electric cars.

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