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- Credit goes to Lexus for the "white glove" treatment
Agreed. And it's more than linkage, it's praise. Tesla is breaking new ground on many fronts (vehicle tech, sales approach, ranger service, etc.) and in doing so they are highlighting the owner benefits while complimenting other brands on behalf of owners rather than diminishing them for their mistakes directly. Put another way they "criticize and improve upon" the market broadly and "identify and praise" specific aspects of individual brands. (A negative spin would be: "All ___ party members suck, but you... you're the exception because ___.")That's again a super smart move: After highlighting that the residual value is linked to a Mercedes S Class, this announcement is linking the brand to Lexus.
Nicely done.
Nothing from Tesla; see the link in post #1 above.Did I miss the second announcement? Can't find it anywhere.
Agree re: alpha photo. I have noticed that the press is repeatedly behind, moderately informed, and their photo stock is ancient, in Tesla-time. Let's try a morph of all the partial understandings printed:
"Elon Blankenship's two-seater Tesla Model S can go 238 miles on a full Broder charge and for can recharge with either a battery swap or AC Mega-Charge, paying a fee for life".
Actually I think it was one of the non-driving body models from the very early days. Maybe even made of clay.Interesting that the article photo is of an alpha prototype.
especially his guess on service (a collab with Lexus)
If Tesla use any dealership, their argument that they don't have any dealers goes right down the drain and they will then be forced to use a dealer network and its associated 30% penalty and problems.
for a lot of us, $70-$100k is already a stretch of our budgets, or at least the further we could go comfortably. ... I would not have bought a Tesla Model S if we had to go through dealer markups.
for a lot of us, $70-$100k is already a stretch of our budgets, or at least the further we could go comfortably. If Tesla has to go through a dealer network with 30% markup, e.g. P85=$102k+30%=~$132k, plus tax if you live in a state that taxes EVs (lucky for me, not NJ), so $132k+~6%=$140k. Seriously unafforadable at that level. I would not have bought a Tesla Model S if we had to go through dealer markups.