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I think what Crissa was implying is that.. in not outright saying prices will increase (he did only say that prices will be different because specs are different and inflation is different).. that one could assume the pricing will not necessarily increase because they may no longer have a dual motor CT to purchase. They may only have 1 model for purchase with after POS upgrade purchases available (battery and motors software limited for paid upgrades). For example.. they could just have a quad motor CT for sale with 1 battery pack size... 500 mile range. Then they could give you the option (as many have hoped and asked for) to choose between 250, 350, 500 mile range, and dual, quad motor at POS. So in this instance... listing a quad motor CT for 80K, or even 80K plus inflation makes little sense in relation to our understanding of previous models/prices.The CEO of Tesla said the prices will be higher.
yet you ignore that and state " No price increases"
To think a vehicle with huge demand that comes to market 4 years after announced and after at least 2 years of close to double digit inflation seems to me wishful thinking
So which previous model/pricing scheme do you base the new price off of in this hypothetical instance? I would assume it would fall somewhere in the median between all 3 for a unit sold with mid range options chosen... aka
This to me would ascribe to Crissa's statement that he did not specifically state prices are going up.. because they logically don't relate 1:1.
And that hypothesis would also be in line with my suggestions since the quad motor was announced.
EDIT: and in that hypothesis where they have 1 variant with the mid range software limited options priced to the median of all the previously announced prices ($53,000) even adding in a decent amount of inflation to bring the price up to around $56,000 for the 1 CT variant with mid range software limited options chosen (quad motor 250 mi range or dual motor 500 mi range). It may even end up that depending on your options.. you might actually get what you always wanted, for less than what was originally listed.
I would not be offended by that difference from the original specs and prices. I also wouldn't see it as a betrayal on the reveal announcement as its a different way of selling the truck which itself is "built" differently in that it is more purchaser customizable which seems to be what people really want. Many on here say "I just need dual motor 500 mi range". That was not even possible in the reveal structure, and after 2 years of reservations and potential customers on sites like this clamoring for that type of customizability, maybe Tesla listened and realized that is a better path forward with so much demand for this vehicle.
So you can't expect the pricing to be exactly the same for that change in underlying specs and purchaser customizability of the vehicle. It also doesn't change their underlying costs cause each vehicle costs 1 price to make.. it makes it easier and more cost effective for them to project out their total overhead for years in advance.
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