Tesla service now includes collision repairs, fulfilling Elon Musk s 2018 promise CNBC 1/30/2021 Lora Kolodny
Tesla notified customers on Friday that the company s service centers will now offer collision repairs, something CEO Elon Musk had been talking about since 2018.
Tesla reported $678 million from a combined Services and Other segment during the fourth quarter of 2020, but the company does not break out services revenue discretely.
Service has been a sore point for many Tesla owners and retail investors in recent months, to the point where a retail investor asked executives on their earnings call Wednesday what the company plans to do to improve the service experience.
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Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is preparing the automaker for a “robust entry” into India, as he seemed to confirm on social media last Wednesday. India, a nation of over 1.37 billion is a comparable market to China, where the company has emerged as a leading purveyor of electric vehicles.
Does the Indian market present another golden opportunity for the Palo Alto, California-based automaker?
Laying The Groundwork: Last week, the Chief Minister of Karnataka said on Twitter that Tesla would start operations of an R&D unit in the state’s capital Bengaluru, known as the Silicon Valley of India. The preparations to enter India appear to be in full swing and the buzz is apparent even in Singapore where the automaker posted a job ad last Friday for a “Logistics Analyst” fluent in Hindi, a major language spoken in North India, according to local media.
19 January 2021, 9:04 pm EST By Volkswagen Competes with Tesla by Offering Cheaper EV Prices in China ( Screenshot From The Tesla Space YouTube )
Volkswagen might be having a hard time competing with Tesla until its very first electric vehicles were finally available. The competition between the German automaker and American competitor definitely didn t start smoothly as VW plans to be aggressively competing with Tesla proven by its move over in China. The competition heats up even more with VW ID.4 China release with cheaper prices than Tesla.
VW ID.4 China Release Date and Prices
According to an article by InsideEVs, the VW ID.4 Crozz prices definitely reveal that the SUV will cost less compared to the most affordable Tesla coming from Giga Shanghai. While Tesla charges a whopping RMB 249,900 for its Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus that is made
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While Tesla owners are still drooling after CarPlay support, Apple itself is silently working on its very own electric vehicle. People familiar with the matter claim the project is slowly but surely gaining pace and 2024 is likely to witness the official unveiling. 5 photos
In the meantime, the rumor mill brings us all kinds of speculation, with one particular rumor indicating Elon Musk wanted to sell Tesla to Apple, only that CEO Tim Cook said no from the very beginning.
A concept created by designer John Calkins envisions what CarPlay would have looked if Cook was actually interested in the purchase and Apple eventually took over Tesla.