> the top price which apparently came down 40% in less than a year?

yes, they were very responsive to demand and immediately changed price and advertised so, entirely unlike the dealers.

> besides, this matters to the consumer how exactly?

It’s very easy to buy a Tesla at a low price now, and hard to buy a competing EV at a competitive price because of dealer greed and lack of desire, so people don’t.

No, it wasn’t. Tesla was moving their cars at high velocity and found the top price that keeps them moving.

Dealers aren’t doing that to EVs, they are radically overpricing.

Dealer markup only helps the dealer and hurts the manufacturer with high fixed costs. At least Tesla got some money which they can, and did, put back into capital improvements for future models.

They’re doing that. The Bolt 2.0 will use a CATL LFP pack.

Note: not Ultium!

I predict the Bolt will be much more popular than their Ultiums, which will be overly expensive and potentially unreliable.

Someday it may be Apple brand cars made in China. They could buy Lucid assets in bankruptcy.