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The execution on the roadster baffles me.

IIRC the deposit was 250K, and I know people who signed up on the first day. Can you imagine a more dedicated fan?

How do you not deliver to that group? How big an own-goal is that?

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tim333|3 months ago

The other thing is various other companies built pretty much what Tesla was promising like the Rimac Nevera and the Yangwany U9, showing it was quite doable if Tesla had put some enthusiastic engineers on it and said go do it?

nofriend|3 months ago

50k. point definitely remains

don_neufeld|3 months ago

I believe the Founders series was 250K deposit.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/202x-roadster-delay-...

dzhiurgis|3 months ago

Their ~mission was cheap cars for masses. There are plenty of high end EVs out there. It's nuts when smart people compare 7 year old 35k Tesla to a brand new 80k Polestar or 100k Lucid.