Well, I won’t argue with someone who thinks that a product has “almost no competition”, though I disagree. But even among the Tesla’s, there is competition.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Mar 10, 2019, at 9:08 AM, Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > >> On 3/10/19 9:40 AM, Mark Abramowitz wrote: >> >> I do think that there are many normal consumers who will want an EV. For >> some of those, it may be icing on the cake, and not the primary reason for >> the purchase. And for those normal consumers, for the first time ever, they >> have CHOICE! Even among the Tesla’s. >> Do I buy a Tesla 3? A Tesla S? A Chevy Bolt? A Toyota Mirai? >> So what do people do? They compare them first hand. > > At this point in time, the case for buying a Tesla is just overwhelming. > They have almost no competition. > >> Given your own state’s experience that prohibits the stores (and I wasn’t >> aware of it was done there), I wonder how sales in your state compares to >> one where there *are* stores. > > Perhaps Bruce will want to sus out some sales figures. While not rivaling > California, I suspect Texas sales figures are pretty high. Especially > considering the lack of incentives that have been offered in California, > Colorado, Georgia, and some other states. For several years, Tesla has > lobbied hard (and expensively) to get state government to allow direct sales. > It is my opinion that Tesla has now taken the attitude: "Screw 'em! We will > kill the dealer sales model". And I wish them the best. > _______________________________________________ > 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)
