Tesla is Finished

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Co2023 is probably friends with the dude who started, "Inflation is not a problem" on the Business forum.

Then we realize he took a couple of econ classes and was 23 yo.
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evan_aggie said:

Co2023 is probably friends with the dude who started, "Inflation is not a problem" on the Business forum.
They certainly share an ideology and worldview. Completely misguided.

And I bought some TSLA because of this thread. Thanks, Teach!
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aggievaulter07 said:

For the "Tesla is Finished" and the "Competition is Coming" crowds...



That Net Income, tho…
(SPOILER: It's more than GM and Ford combined)




Looking at net income is a slippery slope. Why revenue is considered a better statistic.

Example Amazon operated for years in a 0 profit model, rolling all profits into expansion. They recorded a 2.7 billion dollar loss, yet 514 billion in revenue for 2022.
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True. It's also valuable to have a big pile of cash and no debt versus the opposite, especially when lean times hit. Strength (and weakness) can be gleaned from several places on the balance sheet.

To expand on that, it sure appears that Tesla is currently able to grow at extreme pace, while keeping crazy good margins, and hoarding cash.
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IslanderAg04 said:

Medaggie said:

IslanderAg04 said:

Medaggie said:

I own a tesla and not a fanboy. I like their look and much quicker than an ICE.

But if someone can create an ICE car with similar tech/quickness, less maintenance, allows me to refuel at home at 1/3 the gas station costs, then I will drop my Tesla in a heartbeat as it allows me to fill every mile.

I am happy to trade in the inconvenience of charging on the road for the convenience fo charging at home.

My purchase has nothing to do with the environment, climate change. It has only to do with what works for my driving needs which I believe it true for 80% of drivers.


Not a fan boy, but written like a fan boy. What ICE cars have you owned?
I have owned an BMW X5, 3 series, Odessey, Buick enclave the past 10 yrs. Each had its purpose until I found something better to fit my family. Again, if any of these 4 cars gave me the convenience/personal practicality of my Tesla Y, I would still be in ICE. I can care less about the green/politics angle so don't care to debate it. I can care less if ICE goes out of business and jobs lost b/c jobs will be gained in the EV side.

Here is my last 24 hrs with the car and why it works for me.

Drove from Austin with 175miles range to BCS with 40mile range left. We put a Tsla charger at my work. in 5 hrs, ended charging at 260miles. Drove back to Austin, with 120 miles range left. Picked up kids for basketball game, went home, drove daughter to VB practice, drove home. Came home with 40 miles left.

Total driving in 24 about 300 miles and cost me about $6 as I charged it fully at work. If I did this with an ICE, I likely would have had to pour gas and spent $30 in my BMW.

I never have range anxiety doing 99.9% of my drives b/c there are chargers everywhere on my routes.



Out the door, what did you pay for your Y, and what model?

Also I work at the summit on SW parkway, and have yet to see a day where a supercharger is available. Plus you have to pay an hourly rate just to use the spaces on top of the charging fee's.


The bolded part is completely false. Not sure where you heard that. I can look right now on my Tesla and every single supercharger in the Houston area has availability.
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IslanderAg04 said:

aggievaulter07 said:

For the "Tesla is Finished" and the "Competition is Coming" crowds...



That Net Income, tho…
(SPOILER: It's more than GM and Ford combined)




Looking at net income is a slippery slope. Why revenue is considered a better statistic.

Example Amazon operated for years in a 0 profit model, rolling all profits into expansion. They recorded a 2.7 billion dollar loss, yet 514 billion in revenue for 2022.
False, except for tech start-ups
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I wish y'all would quit hitting the dead horse, Tesla.

It's dead, OP (always wrong teach) said so. Just let them go.
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We need to start a new Tesla news thread so everyone has access to the latest good and bad news regarding this juggernaut. So much misinformation out there. Plus the more Aggies that get rich investing in Tesla and shorting GM the more money we have for NIL.
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smitshot said:

We need to start a new Tesla news thread so everyone has access to the latest good and bad news regarding this juggernaut. So much misinformation out there. Plus the more Aggies that get rich investing in Tesla and shorting GM the more money we have for NIL.


I won't get rich with Tesla but I am willing to let my money ride with anything Elon does. Wish we had the ability to invest in SpaceX, but the valuation would be incredibly high. Wonder if they go public at some point.
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Think the only piece of SpaceX you're gonna get is Starlink.

That might at one point be rolled under an umbrella of Twitter and online banking so that it can dominate the third world. Twitter as internet brought to you by Starlink.
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Tanya 93 said:

It is not new conservative politics.


It is actually being a liberal that doesn't have to silence people because what they say or believe makes them piss their pants like a toddler being toilet trained.


As a liberal who has been on this board since before you could walk, don't lecture on what he is doing.


Free speech was the anthem of liberals until pansies like you took over and need to punish people for different ideas.


Bite me.


LOL wat
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This thread might as well be stickied.
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Teslag said:

IslanderAg04 said:

Medaggie said:

IslanderAg04 said:

Medaggie said:

I own a tesla and not a fanboy. I like their look and much quicker than an ICE.

But if someone can create an ICE car with similar tech/quickness, less maintenance, allows me to refuel at home at 1/3 the gas station costs, then I will drop my Tesla in a heartbeat as it allows me to fill every mile.

I am happy to trade in the inconvenience of charging on the road for the convenience fo charging at home.

My purchase has nothing to do with the environment, climate change. It has only to do with what works for my driving needs which I believe it true for 80% of drivers.


Not a fan boy, but written like a fan boy. What ICE cars have you owned?
I have owned an BMW X5, 3 series, Odessey, Buick enclave the past 10 yrs. Each had its purpose until I found something better to fit my family. Again, if any of these 4 cars gave me the convenience/personal practicality of my Tesla Y, I would still be in ICE. I can care less about the green/politics angle so don't care to debate it. I can care less if ICE goes out of business and jobs lost b/c jobs will be gained in the EV side.

Here is my last 24 hrs with the car and why it works for me.

Drove from Austin with 175miles range to BCS with 40mile range left. We put a Tsla charger at my work. in 5 hrs, ended charging at 260miles. Drove back to Austin, with 120 miles range left. Picked up kids for basketball game, went home, drove daughter to VB practice, drove home. Came home with 40 miles left.

Total driving in 24 about 300 miles and cost me about $6 as I charged it fully at work. If I did this with an ICE, I likely would have had to pour gas and spent $30 in my BMW.

I never have range anxiety doing 99.9% of my drives b/c there are chargers everywhere on my routes.



Out the door, what did you pay for your Y, and what model?

Also I work at the summit on SW parkway, and have yet to see a day where a supercharger is available. Plus you have to pay an hourly rate just to use the spaces on top of the charging fee's.


The bolded part is completely false. Not sure where you heard that. I can look right now on my Tesla and every single supercharger in the Houston area has availability.


Heard it? It says it on the ****ing screen. 2 dollars per hour. Conversation was about charging at work. I'm not going to some Tesla charger in some random area, and sitting in my car for an hour. Plus I dont live in Houston, and never will.
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Supercharger hourly fees only kick in when your vehicle is fully charged and just sitting there taking up space . You also wouldn't need to charge every day for an hour. If you had home charger you wouldn't need to use one anyway on a daily commute.
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EV justifications always come with "ifs".

If you have a charger at home.

If you have a charger at work.

If you live in xyz area.

If your daily commute if under y miles.

If you are not hauling heavy things.

If if if and if.

Makes me think this EV stuff is very iffy…
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"Oh, that was incorrect information. I learned something today!"

Try it. You might actually learn something.
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hph6203 said:

"Oh, that was incorrect information. I learned something today!"

Try it. You might actually learn something.
Pass the pipe bruh, and I may be able to translate what you are saying...
"The absence of the word accountability is not the same as wanting no accountability" -unknown

"You can never go wrong by staying silent if there is nothing apt to say" -Walter Isaacson
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I'm saying you take every piece of information and turn it into a negative narrative to fit your perspective rather than acknowledging that sometimes people say things that are at the very least misunderstood if not outright wrong.


You're allowing edge case scenarios to direct your perspective, which is why you think market penetration will cap at 20-25% while there are markets where EVs make up more than 30% (as high as 80%) of all new car sales.


The idle fee is $.50/minute, and is waived if the vehicle is moved within 5 minutes of full charge. You get a notification on your phone when the car is nearing full charge and again when it is at full charge. It is only charged if the station is at >50% occupancy. You can't park at a gas pump, why would you think it'd be reasonable to park at a charging station?
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Charging a ev takes so long you are less likely to be around. If you fill up at a gas station you have enough time to go in for a bathroom break and your car will be full without notification needed. If your ev is going to take 30 minutes to one hour you may or may not have enough time to get your grocery shopping or mall trip completed without having to run out to the car to avoid an idle fee.

Idle fee is probably the right thing to do, but it also sounds annoying af.
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hph6203 said:

I'm saying you take every piece of information and turn it into a negative narrative to fit your perspective rather than acknowledging that sometimes people say things that are at the very least misunderstood if not outright wrong.


You're allowing edge case scenarios to direct your perspective, which is why you think market penetration will cap at 20-25% while there are markets where EVs make up more than 30% (as high as 80%) of all new car sales.


The idle fee is $.50/minute, and is waived if the vehicle is moved within 5 minutes of full charge. You get a notification on your phone when the car is nearing full charge and again when it is at full charge. It is only charged if the station is at >50% occupancy. You can't park at a gas pump, why would you think it'd be reasonable to park at a charging station?
What the hell are you talking about here? I made no comment on this stuff.

The 20-25% is what I think it will be. Sorry you don't like that but its my opinion. I have a lot of reasons for arriving at that. I am almost certain the board is not interested in every article I may have read, market I may have researched, business opportunities I may have considered, conversations with friends and business partners, etc etc.

But the Pious EV Preacher Brigade feel so threatened that their belief that EVs are the only future, the magic bean to solve climate change that those who challenge them are criticized as being ill informed.

I assure that is not that case in many instances around here.
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You understand you responded to a discussion about the idle fees, right?


I think that you'll find that the vast majority of EV owners don't give a damn about the emissions but rather the step change in technology improvement/convenience from combustion vehicles to EVs.
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EV will take over as soon as Nuclear becomes widely accepted. Also batteries that last longer, weigh less and charge faster will come. So maybe 10-15 years for many consumer and also fleet vehicles - IF nuclear starts moving in the next 5.
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hph6203 said:

You understand you responded to a discussion about the idle fees, right?


I think that you'll find that the vast majority of EV owners don't give a damn about the emissions but rather the step change in technology improvement/convenience from combustion vehicles to EVs.
This thread is about Tesla being finished unless I misread the OP. Start a thread on idle fees if you want that.

EVs have been around for a century. There have been some improvement in electric motors (driven a lot by hand tools) and an improvement in battery tech.

But you have fun being you. I never said you cannot own one.
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lol. The thread moved from Tesla being "finished" a LONG time ago when that whole sentiment was thoroughly debunked.
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This is a thread about Tesla being finished, not about the history of EVs. Start your own thread about the history of EVs if you want to have that discussion.
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Premium said:

EV will take over as soon as Nuclear becomes widely accepted. Also batteries that last longer, weigh less and charge faster will come. So maybe 10-15 years for many consumer and also fleet vehicles - IF nuclear starts moving in the next 5.


So never. Got it. EV is a vote for China manufacturing and industry domination. They make everything associated with EV's, solar, battery tech etc. Every other energy supports the West.
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I mean… the Teslas purchased in the US are more American than literally any ICE car. So, ya know….

…there's that

https://www.cars.com/articles/2022-cars-com-american-made-index-which-cars-are-the-most-american-451057/
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Premium said:

Charging a ev takes so long you are less likely to be around. If you fill up at a gas station you have enough time to go in for a bathroom break and your car will be full without notification needed. If your ev is going to take 30 minutes to one hour you may or may not have enough time to get your grocery shopping or mall trip completed without having to run out to the car to avoid an idle fee.

Idle fee is probably the right thing to do, but it also sounds annoying af.


Most, if almost all, EV owners would never have to charge their vehicle away from home while running daily errands. I can drive all over the dfw area and shop/run errands without ever thinking of charging with ample battery to spare.
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Teslag said:

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Charging a ev takes so long you are less likely to be around. If you fill up at a gas station you have enough time to go in for a bathroom break and your car will be full without notification needed. If your ev is going to take 30 minutes to one hour you may or may not have enough time to get your grocery shopping or mall trip completed without having to run out to the car to avoid an idle fee.

Idle fee is probably the right thing to do, but it also sounds annoying af.


Most, if almost all, EV owners would never have to charge their vehicle away from home while running daily errands. I can drive all over the dfw area and shop/run errands without ever thinking of charging with ample battery to spare.
My hybrid truck has a range of 638 miles. I fill up every other week.

I can drive for days and days without ever thinking about fuel
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What type of hybrid truck, if you don't mind me asking?

-A guy considering EV or hybrid in the next couple of years.
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You still spend ~4x as much per mile and more time refueling your truck than the average EV driver.
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Premium said:

EV will take over as soon as Nuclear becomes widely accepted. Also batteries that last longer, weigh less and charge faster will come. So maybe 10-15 years for many consumer and also fleet vehicles - IF nuclear starts moving in the next 5.
So...30 years from now. Because getting those nukes built will take 15-20 years due to regulatory issues. Which is bull****, but it is what situation is now...
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hph6203 said:

You still spend ~4x as much per mile and more time refueling your truck than the average EV driver.
But, he doesn't have to worry about where to fill up if it gets low.

Infrastructure is king.
 
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