Showing posts with label Tesla Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tesla Cars. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Tesla Motors Model X Release



The auto making giant has released the high end electric car in the market which has been receiving mixed opinions from all over the industry.

Tesla Motors released its new car on Wednesday which was not only the most talked about car of the auto makers but was also the third electric vehicle that the giant has so far released in the market. The anticipation with which it was received was one of its kind, and the auto makers seem to have met almost all the expectations of the customers and analysts that they had with the new model, as the comments and reviews that the automobile has gathered from the market so far have turned out to be quite on the positive side. On the other hand, there are some analysts who are looking at the new car with a little bit of disappointments as the auto giant has somewhat failed to give them the results that they were expecting to get out of it. Analysts are also of the opinion that for all those customers which are using Tesla cars for the first time, this new car might turn out to be a very exciting new car which supports such high tech software. However, the analysts and customers which have been following the trends set by the company from the starting might not get too impressed by the new revelations of the firm since the kind of progress that they were thinking the company would make did not really materialize. For those customers who are thinking in this manner are considered to be taking the whole launch of the new car a little too negatively, as analysts think that the fact that the smart car makers have installed an option in the luxury car that is going to drive a lot of people, who believe in the emergence of the apocalypse, towards the automobile in the long run. Tesla has installed a new cabin inside the Model X which will be protecting the atmosphere of the car from the impurities in the air outside the closed doors and windows of the hybrid EV. This will be supported by a special filter called the HEPA filter that will also be working towards keeping the air inside the vehicle as clean and hygienic as possible for the people travelling inside it. This is being referred to as an important factor for all those who believe in the zombies, because when they do actually appear and pollute the air as per the popular belief, the people who own Tesla cars will be able to break free and stay in clean air inside their cars which will be providing them the utmost satisfaction. 

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Bidnsss ETC - Tesla Retail Stores To Be Supported By Major Dealers Reports Morgan Stanley



Tesla Motors facing several legal battles with auto dealers regarding establishing their own stores.

Tesla Motors Inc’s recently announced that it will establish its retail stores in the United States; however this decision by the company was not very well received across the board. When companies start to own their own retail stores, this becomes an imminent threat to franchise automotive dealers considering the current paradigms of the automotive sector. So now the electric car giant is in an awkward position where it has been fighting legally with automotive dealers in various states including North Carolina, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Massachusetts.

Almost a week ago, the House Bill (HB) 1653 was declined by the authorities; this after becoming a law would allow Tesla Motors to establish 12 of its stores in the vicinity of Texas. This state has acted like a force to stop the Tesla from establishing a direct sales mechanism within the region. Apart from Texas, there are several other regions like Iowa, West Virginia, Arizona and Michigan where this Palo Alto Based automaker is restricted from directly selling its item.

One of the prime reasons behind several auto dealers and large enterprises including the General Motors Company are not in favor of directly selling business mechanism because they assume by doing this, it will allow the company to start offering undue advantages which the remaining will not really offer. Moreover, the auto dealers are scared if the car maker is granted permission to manage their own retail mechanism, this will allow the manufacturers to strategize regarding the prices and will also be more rigid in terms of providing customer services to clients.

In opposition to this, the Morgan Stanley analyst mentioned in a report that the auto dealers should not discourage Tesla Motor from establishing its retail chain mechanism but many auto dealers of the state are “quietly” in favor of TSLA CEO-Elon Musk.

Adam Jonas, a renowned analyst mentioned in a note that a good number of auto dealers in US will not really have any issue with if the law for state dealer franchise that currently stops the automakers to establish stores gets nullified. According to the sell side firm, someone of the automaker stated that “We’d actually benefit from it.”

Hence, in a nutshell, there are adequate steps that can be taken by the state to overcome the reservations the company and auto dealers are facing. Tesla Motors at this point needs to come up with a strong stance that will allow them to overcome the legal battles. However, Morgan Stanley is optimistic about the venture.

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Bidness ETC - Tesla Motors Earnings Report For 1QFY15



The auto making company managed to beat the analysis of the Street analysts by reporting earnings just a little higher than expectations.

Tesla Motors (TSLA) reported earnings for the first quarter of 2015 on Wednesday, May 6 2015 in which the company proved the expectations of the analysts to be wrong. The smart car makers were seen to report a net loss of around $45 million which made it come around to 36 cents per share. A rise in the loss was seen as compared to the year before when the loss came around at 12 cents per share. As for the GAAP net loss, the car makers witnessed the total loss of $154 million which resulted in coming around at $1.22 per share. Such a loss was experienced by the electric car makers due to the increasing worth of the dollar on a global basis.

The last quarter that was faced by Tesla Motors (TSLA) turned out to be a difficult one for the company as it tried to penetrate into the Chinese market but due to some major issues, it failed to do so. For the last quarter, the net loss that was witnessed by the firm came around at 13 cents per share while the gain turned out to be at 33 cents which beat the estimated earnings of the Wall Street analysts who thought the company would report 30 cents per share for the gains.

The smart car producers reported adjusted revenue of around $1.1 billion for the first quarter which ended up beating the estimations of the analysts at Wall Street who predicted that Tesla sales for the quarter will produce revenue of around $1.05 billion, Bloomberg reported.

In a recent press release by Tesla, the company expected to report the sales of around 10,030 vehicles by the end of the first quarter and this guide number was comfortably met by the firm when it presented the number of cars sold coming around at 10,045. As for the total cars that were produced, the electric car makers made 11,160 vehicles.

Tesla Motors has made an expectation of producing around 12,500 cars by the end of the second fiscal quarter. The firm also reported in the earnings conference call that its plan of selling 55,000 units of the Model S cars is still in progress.