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Originally Posted by redpoint5
The standard range Model 3 battery costs Tesla perhaps $5,500. That leaves nearly $30k to make the rest of the car, and yet they can't do so profitably.
Perhaps a $50k truck will be available, if you know who to ask and give the secret handshake. Tesla is going to do everything they can to sell the $100k version and barely mention the lower trim levels.
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I suspect Tesla has the same problem Uber does: lots of cash rolling in, they assume it will continue to do so, and they're dumping huge amounts of money into trying to develop self driving systems.
Although to be fair, Uber's version has only killed one person so far, I think Tesla's record is a little worse.