EV Price Wars Thread
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Model Y just got a price cut too! Also if you have a Tesla on order and the price goes down, you automatically get the lower price as long as you haven't taken delivery yet. If you have a Tesla on order and the price goes up before you take delivery, you're locked into your original lower price
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If the market exists for a product, lowering price will always increase demand.
Also, if a market exists for a product but supply is low, the price will always increase.
Stating the obvious but it's true.
Also, if a market exists for a product but supply is low, the price will always increase.
Stating the obvious but it's true.
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That how I see it in my own words.
On the flip side, when someone Decreases their prices but their sales do not Increase in proportion to the price cut, this can be seen as diminshing demand. iMO
The diminshing demand is then corrected by price cuts and demand is restored again.
So, I guess what I'm trying to say is it is important to me when discussing the increasing or decreasing of demand, we are talking about demand at what price,
Example: a car is in high demand at $30k but same car is low demand at $40k.
PS- the EV price wars will be a blood bath...
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Thank you.
That how I see it in my own words.
On the flip side, when someone Decreases their prices but their sales do not Increase in proportion to the price cut, this can be seen as diminshing demand. iMO
The diminshing demand is then corrected by the price cut and demand is restored again.
So, I guess what I'm trying to say is it is important to me when discussing the increasing or decreasing of demand, we are talking about demand at what price,
Example: a car is in high demand at $30k but same car is low demand at $40k.
PS- the EV price wars will be a blood bath...
That how I see it in my own words.
On the flip side, when someone Decreases their prices but their sales do not Increase in proportion to the price cut, this can be seen as diminshing demand. iMO
The diminshing demand is then corrected by the price cut and demand is restored again.
So, I guess what I'm trying to say is it is important to me when discussing the increasing or decreasing of demand, we are talking about demand at what price,
Example: a car is in high demand at $30k but same car is low demand at $40k.
PS- the EV price wars will be a blood bath...
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It's also flexibility provided by their direct sales model. If Tesla reduces the price of a car by $5000, the end result of that is the customer purchases the car for $5000 less in 100% of cases. That should drive additional demand and increase sales.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
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It's also flexibility provided by their direct sales model. If Tesla reduces the price of a car by $5000, the end result of that is the customer purchases the car for $5000 less in 100% of cases. That should drive additional demand and increase sales.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
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It's also flexibility provided by their direct sales model. If Tesla reduces the price of a car by $5000, the end result of that is the customer purchases the car for $5000 less in 100% of cases. That should drive additional demand and increase sales.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
If one of the traditional manufacturers reduce the price of a car by $5000, in better than half of cases all that will happen is the dealer will pocket all or most of that $5k. The end consumer will pay the same price as before. Therefore reducing prices won't measurably increase sales, so they won't do it. It would be reducing profitability for no reason whatsoever.
the other alternative is to reduce production or modify the product so that you can offer a lower trim. A full line manufacturer would do either of these, or they would offer a rebate
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