Thread: Tesla Motors received a profit-we are waiting for the boom of electric vehicles!

Company Tesla Motorsled by Elon Musk, in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time went out on a profit. During this period (1Q2013) the company managed to sell 5,000 cars. Cars Tesla Motors are premium, note that Tesla Roadster is 109 000 $, and Model S - 70 000 $. In early may this year, the company had stolen the lead engineer Aston Martin Chris Porrit - which now holds the post of Vice President, engineering and technological issues in Tesla. As a consequence, on the background of these good news, the share price of Tesla Motors has increased more than twice in the last three months.



According to the quarterly report, the profit margin Tesla Motors is quite high, even if you subtract received government subsidies for "green" cars. The company perfectly and quickly optimizes its production over the last few months has managed to reduce by 40% the time required for the creation of one of the electric vehicle. According to Elon musk, the production cost of the batteries - and this is one of the main cost components of the electric vehicle - the same should be reduced by 30% to 50% in the near future. He argues that in three to four years to receive an electric car for about $30,000 USD.

Note that in the United States has already established a good network of electric stations. Today there are nearly 6,000 and every month a new 180 - this is a good trend. On a single charge of batteries Tesla Model S can drive about 330 miles. Also network electrobatches are created in other countries, it is Israel, Estonia, Switzerland.


With the development of infrastructure, electric vehicles or hybrids can be recharged from the mains turn from expensive toys in quite a decent vehicle. Huge battery capacity is from 10-20 kWh hybrids to 85 kWh at the top models of Tesla, you can use them as a backup power source for private homes. Nissan has already demonstrated the possibility of using batteries Nissan Leaf electric power the whole house in a few days. And General Motors company proposes to use the overage Chevrolet Volt battery to create powerful UPS 25 kWh. This is possible due to the fact that the battery of the hybrid is considered to be unusable when its capacity is reduced to 70%. For a car it means a serious reduction in the distance of travel, which is unacceptable. But to use the battery can and it's cheaper than immediately dispose of it.


The whole bottom of the car Tesla Model S is the battery.