Tesla & Biden: A Good Match With A Touch Of Compromise
How will a Biden presidency benefit Tesla?
How will a Biden presidency benefit Tesla?
If elected president of the United States, Joseph R. Biden would do a few things for the electric vehicle industry. In short, he would aim to:
When Trump claimed in the recent debate that “I think I’m all for electric cars, I’ve given big incentives for electric cars, but what they’ve done in California is just crazy,” I cracked up laughing at first. Then I cried.
MarketWatch reports that Tesla, General Motors, and others in the electric vehicle ecosystem are seeking expansion of the US federal tax credit for EVs.
Yes, 2018 is winding down. That means in just a few hours, your chance of buying a Tesla and getting a $7,500 tax credit will wither away. Like Cinderella, you get to keep one $3,750 slipper, but the rest is gone.
This article will be an update on a bunch of year-end Tesla topics. I’ll cover the latest news on the tax credit, the referral program, availability of inventory cars, the improved financing, the trade-in and delivery process, whether wait for the $35,000 car, and the latest on volunteering at the end of the year at a Tesla Delivery Center.
It seems like every week there is a new deadline given by Tesla. I’ve only had a couple of marketing courses, but I seem to remember a huge problem in sales is people are 99% ready to buy, but are just not quite ready to pull the trigger. If you give them a reason to decide, some will decide to buy, some will decide to wait, but you will at least get some of the people off the fence to pay the bills.
Donald Trump isn’t unpopular enough. His latest attempt to woo the American public (aside from attacking US heroes and his longtime right-hand man) is apparently to eliminate support for true energy independence, energy security, clean air, and clean water through electric vehicles and clean energy.
Sometimes I feel like the boy who cried wolf. On October 12, I wrote an article that you should order a Tesla Model 3 by October 15 or you wouldn’t be guaranteed delivery by year end. Then, on November 11, I wrote about 5 options to still get a Tesla in 2018. Tesla didn’t want that to be the end of the story. As we wrote on November 15, the company secured extra trucking capacity and announced to the world it won’t use rail to ship to the East Coast (since it takes too long and Tesla wouldn’t want you to miss out on getting your Tesla by year end). But that’s not all.
The Tesla Model 3 is the 8th highest selling car in the USA, outselling many cars in the $10,000 to $26,000 range. People are going to buy as many as Tesla can make.