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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21658 Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #315 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:40pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:27pm: also the best selling car overall last month in it's class, of small luxury beating merc bmw aldi etc etc remember Tesla's r luxury cars ... so they r judged in that category. Yes. A luxury car. Says it all really. Not for the masses.
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Reply #316 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:46pm

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Tesla on the other hand have so many orders they are behind in deliveries and all you lot can do is hope they go broke so none of these orders get fulfilled

The last company in Australia that tried taking orders for vehicles was Leyland and their P76. That strategy put too much pressure for them to deliver vehicles. It was in part the reason why many of the cars had quality issues and why it folded operations in Australia after just under 3 years of operation.

Mind you, I have a P76 and think it's a great car.

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Reply #317 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:58pm

lee wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:40pm:

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:27pm:

also the best selling car overall last month in it's class, of small luxury beating merc bmw aldi etc etc
remember Tesla's r luxury cars ... so they r judged in that category.

Yes. A luxury car. Says it all really. Not for the masses. Grin

ohh except the half a million ppl that put down a $1000 deposit , to get one in the first couple of weeks it was announced... biggest pre order of any product in the world(about 25 billion in sales when filled).... Wink

the only problem all these new generation EV's r having is none of them can keep up with demand.
I know you seam set on having cars that need fuel from the middle east... but hey if thats what u want.

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Reply #318 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 1:01pm

minarchist wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:46pm:

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Tesla on the other hand have so many orders they are behind in deliveries and all you lot can do is hope they go broke so none of these orders get fulfilled

The last company in Australia that tried taking orders for vehicles was Leyland and their P76. That strategy put too much pressure for them to deliver vehicles. It was in part the reason why many of the cars had quality issues and why it folded operations in Australia after just under 3 years of operation.

Mind you, I have a P76 and think it's a great car.

our neighbour had one when I was a kid and every 2 years he used to repaint it with brown house paint.... I loved that car.

yeah because they (Tesla) had 450,000 pre orders they have rushed and have lost a bit of money, it sounds like the boss has decided not to do that again and is sorting everything out now. Wink

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Reply #319 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 3:25pm

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:58pm:

ohh except the half a million ppl that put down a $1000 deposit , to get one in the first couple of weeks it was announced... biggest pre order of any product in the world(about 25 billion in sales when filled).

Yeah. That money is already in the books as an asset. It won't translate to the P&L account until or unless they are actually delivered.

"Plenty of customers who placed a $1,000 deposit on a Model 3 still have a long wait ahead of them, though. Tesla has accepted around a half million reservations for the car. The company has revised its target date for producing 5,000 of the cars per week, which it now hopes to accomplish by the middle of this year.

But even that only adds up to about 250,000 cars per year — so buyers at the tail end of that 500,000-reservation line could be waiting well into 2020 to get their car. Plenty of would-be customers are already frustrated, in part because the delay could deprive some of them of a $7,500 tax credit. There’s also a growing number of competing electric car options, including the Nissan Leaf, which could benefit from Model 3 frustration."

http://fortune.com/2018/02/25/tesla-model-3-preorders/

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:58pm:

I know you seam set on having cars that need fuel from the middle east... but hey if thats what u want.

It gets me where I want to go on one fill. Grin

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Reply #320 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:01pm

lee wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 3:25pm:

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:58pm:

ohh except the half a million ppl that put down a $1000 deposit , to get one in the first couple of weeks it was announced... biggest pre order of any product in the world(about 25 billion in sales when filled).

Yeah. That money is already in the books as an asset. It won't translate to the P&L account until or unless they are actually delivered.

"Plenty of customers who placed a $1,000 deposit on a Model 3 still have a long wait ahead of them, though. Tesla has accepted around a half million reservations for the car. The company has revised its target date for producing 5,000 of the cars per week, which it now hopes to accomplish by the middle of this year.

But even that only adds up to about 250,000 cars per year — so buyers at the tail end of that 500,000-reservation line could be waiting well into 2020 to get their car. Plenty of would-be customers are already frustrated, in part because the delay could deprive some of them of a $7,500 tax credit. There’s also a growing number of competing electric car options, including the Nissan Leaf, which could benefit from Model 3 frustration."

http://fortune.com/2018/02/25/tesla-model-3-preorders/

DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 12:58pm:

I know you seam set on having cars that need fuel from the middle east... but hey if thats what u want.

It gets me where I want to go on one fill. Grin

How much blood does your car take to fill up?

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How much blood does your car take to fill up?

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21658 Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #321 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:16pm TheFunPolice wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:01pm: How much blood does your car take to fill up? The blood of 3 kanaka, 2 chinee and a pom.
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TheFunPolice Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9009 waggawagga Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #322 - Jun 14^th, 2018 at 7:18pm lee wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:16pm: TheFunPolice wrote on Jun 14^th, 2018 at 6:01pm: How much blood does your car take to fill up? The blood of 3 kanaka, 2 chinee and a pom. Lee doesn't like me
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DonDeeHippy Gold Member Offline Cool Stuff Posts: 2782 Australia Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #323 - Jun 15^th, 2018 at 6:56am ohh Lee I never realized u where a ugly racist........
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21658 Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #324 - Jun 15^th, 2018 at 12:52pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 15^th, 2018 at 6:56am: ohh Lee I never realized u where a ugly racist...... Sorry. I can add you to my supply list?
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DonDeeHippy Gold Member Offline Cool Stuff Posts: 2782 Australia Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #325 - Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:16am
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21658 Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #326 - Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:33am Aren't you going to qualify that. That home charge is only IF they have the fast charger installed. According to the accompanying site 6-30 hours. https://www.pluglesspower.com/learn/tesla-model-s-charging-home-public-autonomou...
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Reply #327 - Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:39am

lee wrote on Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:33am:

Aren't you going to qualify that. That home charge is only IF they have the fast charger installed.

According to the accompanying site 6-30 hours.

https://www.pluglesspower.com/learn/tesla-model-s-charging-home-public-autonomou...

lol try reading Cheesy

they said it takes 10 sec's to plug the car in... it could take 12 hours to charge but they r at home and wont care......
although 10,000 miles in 50 weeks is only 200miles a week or 30 miles a day even a slow charger is only about a hour at night.

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TheFunPolice Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9009 waggawagga Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #328 - Jun 18^th, 2018 at 12:58pm lee wrote on Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:33am: Aren't you going to qualify that. That home charge is only IF they have the fast charger installed. According to the accompanying site 6-30 hours. https://www.pluglesspower.com/learn/tesla-model-s-charging-home-public-autonomou... Big difference... lol
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21658 Gender:	Re: Electric cars are here to stay... Reply #329 - Jun 18^th, 2018 at 1:41pm DonDeeHippy wrote on Jun 18^th, 2018 at 11:39am: lol try reading Did you trying reading the red bit? "Recharge 360 nights for 60min"
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