Tesla has a patent for a battery swap.

I finally broke down and bought a little Tesla stock solely due to Wal-Mart placing pre-orders on the semi. Don't tell me now that they're going out of business.

I'm looking at twelve links after lightly searching - all recent - not sure - Fake news?

Awesome numbers on the new Roadster for sure. Absolutely my kind of car.

Now, we just need to get that tech licensed to some companies that actually know how to build a production vehicle, get the cost down to a number that working consumers can afford, and we'll be all lovely.

They are unsustainable in their current form. If they don't figure out how to lower the price enough to be able to sell sufficient quantity and how to produce said sufficient quantity they will die or change.

Yeah. It's terrible reading the incredibly biased and I'll informed opinions of the Wall Street power brokers. Literally 9 of every 10 stories that come across the wire are negative. Give no credit for 100X growth over 5 yrs, or forcing the entire auto industry to admit defeat and invoke plans tho electrify their entire fleets by 2020.

Truth is, traditional auto makers see profit margins of around 5-7% on moist all offerings outside of trucks. Tesla enjoys 25% margins, and expect to replicate that with the Model 3.

"If they really have high margins, then why do they lose money every quarter?". Henry Ford lost bookoo bucks pouring together the supply chain for the Model T, but it had to be built in order to achieve his vision. Tesla is growing at a faster rate than Ford did btw.

Fact is, if Tesla wanted to be profitable, they would just need to stop growing. That's be fine, if you're fine with producing 100,000 cars a year, but that doesn't really move the needle does it?

It's "Maximum" Bob Lutz spouting off at the cock garage again. It's literally all conjecture.

1/10th the cost of comparable cars isn't cheap enough for you? Give me a break.

Anyways, here's the big news.

Tesla updated site to include projected costs of Semi. Current numbers are:

300 mile version: $150,000
500 mile version: $180,000
Founders series(limited run): $200,000

That's it boys. Game over. This either indicates a huge development in battery tech with great energy density gains, a huge price reduction of batteries through economies of scale due to the volume of batteries needed for Model 3, Semi and Roadster pre orders, or a leasing model for the batteries or entire drive train.

In Q3 earnings call, Musk said new battery production line #4 would have more production capacity than lines 1&2(?) combined.

Beings he said the older line versions would produce batteries at a higher rate than bullets leaving a machine gun, and you would need a strobe light to see the line in action, I doubt they have simply sped up the production. I personally think they've found a way to mass produce a new tech. Hopefully graphene.

OP updated.

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla...lectric-truck/

Sure, brah! ****, every working man I know has 100K to throw down for a down payment on a new vehicle.

What the **** was I thinking?!?!?!

I have no idea why this car and company are such a personal thing to you, but you might want to come on out of Mr. Rodgers 'land of make believe' and do a little market research.

Hop back on the trolley, brah. Hop back on the trolley.

:shrug:

You specifically commented on the Roadster.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3c058eb004.jpg

The Tesla $150K BEV Semi that nobody will ever see.


Give us $200K up front for a cab only semi and sit back and wait..We will enjoy using your money while you look at pictures. We will b e raising sales prices, lowering payload amounts, and reevaluating cost savings projections.
While you wait you will find the Feds, states, and localities are going to raise taxes and increase restrictions on EV semis. Oh and when the batteries have to be redistributed for weight on the front axle.... you can cry about the promised range not becoming reality.

Just sounds like snake oil without all the data being developed after the fact...

As a well known Trucking author and analyst said: "If I were still in the business and needed replacement or additional trucks for short routes I would go back to the used truck market for at least the next three years. I would wait for the BEV trucks coming out over the next couple of years to prove themselves before taking the plunge, giving time for Tesla and others to build out their recharging networks.

The addition of a founder's series truck just appears to be a desperate cash grab from Musk and company."

I would suggest you buy as many "Founder's semis as your cash flow can afford, Wait for the real specs and costs to be announced and total ignore what Cummin's and others are working on.

55 Tesla Semis are all that have been tendered by $5K deposits and ZERO takers for the Founders edition At $200K for the dopisit with no set price.. I wonder why?

They have made their tech free to any other manufacturer who wants it.

Ugly.

As.

****.