Canadian Pricing and Delivery

[Robert.Boston]

The line "preserving capital" doesn't hold water. A leasing company would buy the Model S outright from Tesla Motors, acting as the middle-man. Tesla gets their cash, you get your car. Of course, this arrangement comes at a price to you, but there are many good reasons why this lease arrangements works well. It would not affect TSLA's income or balance sheet at all, if arranged properly.

[znino]

I hear you on the lack of leasing and agree with you 100 % znino...they are making a mistake here imo...funny how Elon thanked Roadster owners at the ceremony delivering the first Model S...no leasing on the "S" is not a great way of showing it I think...

Edit...I think the 3 month difference between U. S. and Canadian production is still valid ... I think the time from lock in until delivery is somewhat variable.

Let's hope you are right Jaff! Keep me posted if you hear anything about your lock-in.

[znino]

The line "preserving capital" doesn't hold water. A leasing company would buy the Model S outright from Tesla Motors, acting as the middle-man. Tesla gets their cash, you get your car. Of course, this arrangement comes at a price to you, but there are many good reasons why this lease arrangements works well. It would not affect TSLA's income or balance sheet at all, if arranged properly.

I agree with your Robert 100% and that is exactly what I wrote back to Tesla when I heard it. That's why I put Preserving Capital in quotes. It's a load of excuses IMO

[Doug_G]

I believe Tesla may have an issue with the percentage of foriegn content in the Model S, due to the Panasonic batteries among other things. If they can't demonstrate 50% North American content then we may have to pay import duty, like the Roadster. I would not be surprised if that was part of the reason for the delay in pricing.

[mnx]

What was the import duty on the roadster? 8%? That would be a bummer.

Hopefully we get our configure e-mails soon, all the videos/pics/reviews have me pretty excited for the car!

I believe Tesla may have an issue with the percentage of foriegn content in the Model S, due to the Panasonic batteries among other things. If they can't demonstrate 50% North American content then we may have to pay import duty, like the Roadster. I would not be surprised if that was part of the reason for the delay in pricing.

[Doug_G]

What was the import duty on the roadster? 8%? That would be a bummer.

Hopefully we get our configure e-mails soon, all the videos/pics/reviews have me pretty excited for the car!

The import duty is 6.1%. Pretty significant.

As for reviews, well, I gotta say I had high expectations for the car, and they were greatly exceeded. It was a real blast driving it... quite an amazing car!

[Vger]

I was told by someone at the Fremont event that the Canadian pricing will be out within three weeks. Count it down, folks!

[Vger]

I was told by someone at the Fremont event that the Canadian pricing will be out within three weeks. Count it down, folks!

Well, that three weeks has expired. Perhaps it is "delayed" just as apparently full production is. I hope on getting our car before New Year's Eve is fading...

[Spurkey]

I was told by someone at the Fremont event that the Canadian pricing will be out within three weeks. Count it down, folks!

Funny, I was told exactly the same timeframe at the Seattle event. I suspect that's just their default answer. I was honestly disappointed with how unknowledgeable the staff were at the event - one of the many incorrect things they tried to tell me was that there would be no price difference between the US & Canada 'just like the Roadster'...

[brianman]

I hear "three weeks" is the new "two weeks" which was the new "this winter".

This is why I plan on November for my "September" ETA.