Tesla Cuts Prices—And Showrooms
Business Wars Daily
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🗓️ 12 March 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, March 12, and we’re looking at Tesla vs. Mercedes.
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| 1:08.0 | The From Wondry. I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, March 12th. |
| 1:12.2 | It's been another challenging month for Elon Musk and a head-snapping one for employees, customers, and shareholders. Tesla finally released its $35,000 baseline Model 3, |
| 1:19.8 | the mid-market vehicle at first tease three years ago. The company also drastically cut the prices |
| 1:24.8 | of its high-performance models, the S&X. |
| 1:31.6 | Prices fell by up to $18,000 in the U.S. |
| 1:35.7 | The Wall Street Journal says that's the company's third price reduction this year. |
| 1:40.5 | Musk has gone on the record as saying that Tesla cars are too expensive for most people. |
| 1:43.4 | Cutting prices was an effort to broaden Tesla's market. |
| 1:45.9 | But it's not easy for a luxury automaker to afford to sell a $35,000 car, let alone make cuts to the rest of its prices. Earlier this |
| 1:52.7 | month, the company abruptly announced it would close most of its retail showrooms. Those closures |
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