Une douzaine de véhicules Tesla ont été incendiés durant la nuit du 2 au 3 mars 2025 dans le showroom de la marque situé près de Toulouse. Que s'est-il passé ? Un incendie est survenu dans la nuit du dimanche 2 au lundi 3 mars 2025, sur le site de Tesla à Plaisance-du-Touch, près de Toulouse. Selon La Dépêche, les
Guys, stop burning the dealerships cars. They just get to claim back from their insurance. Leave them there, trapped in their coffins on the dealership floor. Taking up space. make it unprofitable to do business with nazis, so they can’t order new stock from Tesla.
No, you’re wrong here. Tldr, its way more expensive to have an unsold vehicle on the lot floor.
So, I understand it’s not an independent dealership, but it’s a dealership. So, let’s assume there is a $50k Tesla on the floor of the dealership, given Tesla’s slim margins, it probably cost Tesla somewhere around $45k to manufacture. As with most businesses like this, a significant portion of the vehicle manufacturing costs is done using credit, and settled once the vehicle is sold. So let’s assume it’s 50% and $22k is from a loan (it’s higher, but I don’t know what that number is). They pay interest on that loan until they have made enough money from the sale of the vehicle. They pay insurance every month on the vehicle, while it stands there gathering dust. They pay staff, to operate the dealership, with no sales. It’s a crisis!
Now, assume someone burns the car. Your insurance pays out for the car, the building repairs, and any (made up) operating losses from not being able to trade. Tesla makes money back, settles the loan, no more interest. Cash liquidity looks better and you can pay staff and operating costs at the dealership. Tesla also gets to tell investors that they “shipped” another Tesla.
Now, you may be thinking, but what about the insurance premiums. Yes, you burned a few cars. Of the thousands that are insured by Tesla. Insurance premiums may go up a dollar or so per car, but this is the power of underwriting risk, is that any single incident which may leave you shit out of luck, actually becomes really manageable by comparison.
Unless the cars aren’t insured, in which case it’s a crisis.
Also, if the vehicle is discounted to significantly below cost and sold, they stop the cash bleed, but there is a loss, and we can call it community service for being Nazis.
Don’t burn dealership (or sales outlets or whatever the fuck they call themselves), don’t burn their cars!
Last time this topic came up, I think I remember reading something about Tesla not actually selling through dealerships, so this would directly impact Tesla itself. A quick Google did confirm that.
You know what probably hurt them more than lost sales, raising insurance rates.
Also I wouldn’t have so much faith in them staying unsold on a lot. Eventually he’ll just have Trump give them massive government contracts to buy them all.
Insurance will only pay the first time it happens. Once insurance smartens up and realize that attacks are targeted, then rates will go up or insurers will just deny coverage for Teslas
Guys, stop burning the dealerships cars. They just get to claim back from their insurance. Leave them there, trapped in their coffins on the dealership floor. Taking up space. make it unprofitable to do business with nazis, so they can’t order new stock from Tesla.
No continue to burn them. Insurance doesn’t want to lose money either and will probably raise rates. More burned tesla means higher rates.
No, you’re wrong here. Tldr, its way more expensive to have an unsold vehicle on the lot floor.
So, I understand it’s not an independent dealership, but it’s a dealership. So, let’s assume there is a $50k Tesla on the floor of the dealership, given Tesla’s slim margins, it probably cost Tesla somewhere around $45k to manufacture. As with most businesses like this, a significant portion of the vehicle manufacturing costs is done using credit, and settled once the vehicle is sold. So let’s assume it’s 50% and $22k is from a loan (it’s higher, but I don’t know what that number is). They pay interest on that loan until they have made enough money from the sale of the vehicle. They pay insurance every month on the vehicle, while it stands there gathering dust. They pay staff, to operate the dealership, with no sales. It’s a crisis!
Now, assume someone burns the car. Your insurance pays out for the car, the building repairs, and any (made up) operating losses from not being able to trade. Tesla makes money back, settles the loan, no more interest. Cash liquidity looks better and you can pay staff and operating costs at the dealership. Tesla also gets to tell investors that they “shipped” another Tesla.
Now, you may be thinking, but what about the insurance premiums. Yes, you burned a few cars. Of the thousands that are insured by Tesla. Insurance premiums may go up a dollar or so per car, but this is the power of underwriting risk, is that any single incident which may leave you shit out of luck, actually becomes really manageable by comparison.
Unless the cars aren’t insured, in which case it’s a crisis.
Also, if the vehicle is discounted to significantly below cost and sold, they stop the cash bleed, but there is a loss, and we can call it community service for being Nazis.
Don’t burn dealership (or sales outlets or whatever the fuck they call themselves), don’t burn their cars!
Last time this topic came up, I think I remember reading something about Tesla not actually selling through dealerships, so this would directly impact Tesla itself. A quick Google did confirm that.
You know what probably hurt them more than lost sales, raising insurance rates.
Also I wouldn’t have so much faith in them staying unsold on a lot. Eventually he’ll just have Trump give them massive government contracts to buy them all.
Insurance will only pay the first time it happens. Once insurance smartens up and realize that attacks are targeted, then rates will go up or insurers will just deny coverage for Teslas