RE: Tesla Will Change The World And Waste All Your Money

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Tesla Will Change The World And Waste All Your Money

in technology •  8 years ago 

It took me a while for it to sink in but I have to wonder, "$29 from LAX to Palm Springs"?

A NORMAL business would need to cover the depreciation/amortization of the $100k car, the costs incurred for having an employee aka "Pilot" in the car, in California the minimum wage is probably something like $72/hour for "skilled" labor like that.

I guess if GM can apparently make the business model of "Sure, we lose money on every sale, but we'll make up for it in volume" work, maybe Tesloopy can too.

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Hahaha... yeah, I was skeptical too. But in all fairness, there were a couple other people in the car (although I didn't feel crammed in there), so they were making more than $29 for the trip.

I actually talked to the 'pilot' for a while and he explained how the biz works... they're making money. The route is driven multiple times a day with several passengers for each leg. One of their vehicles has over 300k miles on it in one year!

So do they charge by the mile or is there a standard route and they make several trips a day?