evnow said:
The big thing is - this assures wallstreet cred - which raises stock price and reduces the cost of funding 3 facilities a great deal for Tesla. This point is more important than the paltry $200M interest free loan.
We'll have to wait and see whether "this assures wallstreet cred" will occur. Remember, Tesla doesn't
have a great record for delivery commitments. Besides, the Model 3 specifications haven't been fully defined,
and most importantly what the $1K deposit is really worth to a consumer, e.g. does it guarantee SC free use
and not an option. It's highly questionable whether any Model 3's will be delivered at less than $40K before
2020.
Maybe some of those who have made a reservation could enlighten us by providing a Tesla reservation email
acknowledgement of what the reservation really provides other than an option to enter a queue to buy
something at a future date. There appears to be no; set price, price structure for options, one's place in the
queue, nor a worst case delivery date. So it appears that the Model 3 reservation is of little value either
to the consumer or to a BEV future market forecast.