As I understand it, Tesla will drop off the car of your build at your address to let you test drive it for a week. If you don’t like it, they’ll come on by and pick it up. Otherwise, it’s yours.
You don’t go to the dealer, the dealer comes to you. Yeah, it’s different. Very different. It’s going to take some getting used to especially for us who grew up and have bought several cars the traditional way. Still, I’ve been seriously considering buying a Tesla because of their Long Range models, charging times, and charging network. How am I going to do that now? It’s going to separate the serious buyer from the not so serious to frivolous car tester. I hope they succeed. Peter On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 10:40 PM Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I think that Musk was smoking something. > > Personally, I would NEVER buy a car without driving it (or at least sit > in) first. The only exception would be for brand new clean technology > vehicles that I *knew* I wanted - think EV1, RAV-4 EV, Civic GX, Tesla > Roadster, Toyota Mirai, Honda Clarity, etc. > > But I’m an air quality guy, and an early adopter of these technologies. > > Then again, for the ones that I did get, I did get to drive first. And my > guess is that my wife would veto any car purchase without driving it first. > > People like me that would buy a Tesla because of the technology, for the > most part already have one. > > We’re now starting to get into the mass market. I think it’s ridiculous to > think that many people will buy online, at least to the extent that you > need to be a successful company. > > I really hope that I’m wrong, and that Musk has some research to back up > this move. > > My 2¢. > > - Mark > > Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > > > On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > Is Musk right - people are comfortable buying online? > > Peri > > > > > https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tesla-to-close-stores-take-orders-for-a-35000-model-3/ > > > > Tesla will sell its electric cars only online as it accelerates its cost > cutting so it can realize its long-running goal of selling a mass-market > sedan for $35,000. > > ... > > To save money, Tesla will close many of its stores, but leave some open > as galleries or “information centers” in high-traffic areas. > > ... > > The online sales shift will enable Tesla to lower all vehicle prices by > 6 percent, on average, including its higher-end Model S and Model X. > > ... > > Although he said going online-only was a difficult decision, Musk said > he believes it’s the right one. “It’s 2019,” he said. “People want to buy > things online.” > > ... > > Although Musk said he didn’t know for certain, he predicted there’s > enough pent-up demand to sell about 500,000 Model 3s annually at the > starting price of $35,000. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190301/e7abb83d/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190310/9e9b36a5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
