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No wonder they have opened a showroom in India


Teslas are stupidly unaffordable for the average Indian, especially with the 100% tariff currently in place for non-Indian car imports.

There has been talk for years of Tesla opening a local factory, but this remains just talk.


I doubt that Tesla intends to market to the average Indian. I'm not sure it has reached out to the average American, yet. I think it has, but only at the bottom of its target market.


Oh, I'm sure it doesn't, but my point is that there's no way sales in India will have a meaningful impact on Tesla's bottom line anytime soon.


Obvious math:

Population of US: ~340M

1 percenters of US: ~3.4M

1% of 1 percenters of US: ~34K

Population of India: ~1.4B

0.1 percenters of India: ~1.4M

1% of 0.1 percenters of India: ~14K

So if you only target the extreme top of the wealth demographic in India, the numbers still matter. If you somehow convinced 1/2 of 1% of the millionaires in India to purchase a Cybertruck and donate it to a local mobile health clinic, you would increase global sales of Cybertrucks by 100%.

Is there any way sales in New Mexico will have a meaningful impact on Tesla's bottom line? West Virginia? South Carolina? There are more Tesla dealerships in New Mexico than in all of India.


Teslas are unaffordable for the average American as well. Assuming we consider buried in debt for 5+ years unaffordable.


Tesla model Y starts at 70,000 USD in India. In india they wont sell well till India reduces import duty and they have price around 30-35K USD


The only reason the showroom in India was opened, is for Tesla influencers to pump it on Twitter.




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