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Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by AlecSchueler »

amriksohata wrote: post #62

this is so misleading, ev sales worldwide have been stagnant and their share price just normalised back to pre election. more chinese competition and also the Y model is being replaced with a newer face so they are lowering prices to remove old stock.

How are you defining stagnant here, and do you differentiate that from negative growth? I searched for whatever market trends I could find. It's true that there's globally more Chinese competition but no one's sales looked "stagnant" and the best obvious declines in Tesla sales especially in Europe since the Nazi salutes seem to be extreme outliers.

Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by jonstewart »

baskinator wrote: post #17
ein0p wrote: post #4

As someone in the market for a Cybertruck, this doesn't look like desperation to me. These are fairly standard perks. Now a low APR _and_ free FSD, that'd be a serious incentive. That's what I'm waiting for.

I've been shopping Ford Mavericks and they have no incentives other than a 3 year lease. They are hot because they are filling a market niche that is in-demand. Incentives are priced accordingly. Low demand, high incentives. High demand, low incentives.

There's speculation that Ford doesn't make enough Mavericks because they don't want to erode F150 sales. The Maverick is a sweet little truck.

Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by refurb »

morkalork wrote: post #40
refurb wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was expecting “insane”.

The insane part where somehow, magically, one Tesla dealership managed to make 1,200 sales in a single day and claim government credits from it: https://motorillustrated.com/suspicious-tesla-sales-surge-tr...

That seems like “lazy sales people batched a ton of sales and entered them all on the same date” kind of thing.

Especially since the rebate goes to the car owner, not Tesla.

“Enroll your dealership in the iZEV Program to offer your customers incentives for the purchase of ZEVs, learn how to apply the incentive at the point of sale or lease”

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/transport/zero-emission-ve...

Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by jmclnx »

chasil wrote: post #20
jmclnx wrote: post #10

Unless he sells the company, I doubt it will survive. I wonder when layoffs will start ? That will really make for very interesting headlines.

If Tesla were to suddenly score a large government contract, that could keep them afloat. The Postal Service, for example? Any agency facing DOGE cuts would be motivated to buy Tesla.

This I would not mind seeing, EVs are perfect for Postal Use. But that ship has sailed because the current postmaster general insisted on Fossil Fuel vehicles and many are already in service.

Note, as a kid half my family worked for USPS, so a few times in summer I rode with them in the tiny 'jeeps' for mail delivery. In 1 day these vehicles probably travel less then 30 miles (50km).

Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by AlecSchueler »

AlecSchueler wrote: post #71
amriksohata wrote: post #62

this is so misleading, ev sales worldwide have been stagnant and their share price just normalised back to pre election. more chinese competition and also the Y model is being replaced with a newer face so they are lowering prices to remove old stock.

How are you defining stagnant here, and do you differentiate that from negative growth? I searched for whatever market trends I could find. It's true that there's globally more Chinese competition but no one's sales looked "stagnant" and the best obvious declines in Tesla sales especially in Europe since the Nazi salutes seem to be extreme outliers.

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Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by nothercastle »

jonstewart wrote: post #72
baskinator wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been shopping Ford Mavericks and they have no incentives other than a 3 year lease. They are hot because they are filling a market niche that is in-demand. Incentives are priced accordingly. Low demand, high incentives. High demand, low incentives.

There's speculation that Ford doesn't make enough Mavericks because they don't want to erode F150 sales. The Maverick is a sweet little truck.

The maverick cuts into their f150 sales and they under priced it initially. They have been raising prices steadily and they the trucks still sell out

Re: Tesla offering insane perks as sales dry up

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Post by nothercastle »

otterley wrote: post #25
ein0p wrote: post #4

As someone in the market for a Cybertruck, this doesn't look like desperation to me. These are fairly standard perks. Now a low APR _and_ free FSD, that'd be a serious incentive. That's what I'm waiting for.

Why do you want one?

I think some people really love the hate it brings. It’s like driving around in a giant dumpster with a hate symbol on it except it won’t get you cancelled and fired from your job.
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