I think that Musk was smoking something. Personally, I would NEVER buy a car without driving it (or at least sit in) first. The only exception would be for brand new clean technology vehicles that I *knew* I wanted - think EV1, RAV-4 EV, Civic GX, Tesla Roadster, Toyota Mirai, Honda Clarity, etc.
But I’m an air quality guy, and an early adopter of these technologies. Then again, for the ones that I did get, I did get to drive first. And my guess is that my wife would veto any car purchase without driving it first. People like me that would buy a Tesla because of the technology, for the most part already have one. We’re now starting to get into the mass market. I think it’s ridiculous to think that many people will buy online, at least to the extent that you need to be a successful company. I really hope that I’m wrong, and that Musk has some research to back up this move. My 2¢. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Mar 1, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Is Musk right - people are comfortable buying online? > Peri > > https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tesla-to-close-stores-take-orders-for-a-35000-model-3/ > > Tesla will sell its electric cars only online as it accelerates its cost > cutting so it can realize its long-running goal of selling a mass-market > sedan for $35,000. > ... > To save money, Tesla will close many of its stores, but leave some open as > galleries or “information centers” in high-traffic areas. > ... > The online sales shift will enable Tesla to lower all vehicle prices by 6 > percent, on average, including its higher-end Model S and Model X. > ... > Although he said going online-only was a difficult decision, Musk said he > believes it’s the right one. “It’s 2019,” he said. “People want to buy things > online.” > ... > Although Musk said he didn’t know for certain, he predicted there’s enough > pent-up demand to sell about 500,000 Model 3s annually at the starting price > of $35,000. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190301/e7abb83d/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
