“。。。 We are still quite small, and even if the big car manufacturers are not afraid of us, they should be afraid of their competitors copying us.

Our success will make Toyota worry about what BMW is going to do and GM about what Honda is going to do, which will create a tense atmosphere where you will be beaten up if you fall behind.

Our role as a beacon for electric vehicles to enter the market 5 or even 10 years earlier could have extraordinary implications for saving our planet.

I have to confess to all Tesla customers that we are in trouble, not technically, but costly!"

Andy stood on the rostrum in the lobby of Tesla's direct store, next to a production car of Tesla's electric supercar, the first batch of 7 limited edition Founder's Edition V00001, and in the face of a packed crowd of reporters, Andy bluntly spoke out about the difficulties Tesla is facing now.

"This pretty guy is a bit more expensive than we thought it would be, so, we decided... The Roadster will be priced at $109,000... ”

As soon as Andy's words fell, it caused an uproar, and the entire press conference immediately became chaotic, and the former shareholders who had just signed the contract in a fake way and went through the motions were a little surprised by Andy's confession, and it was hard to believe that he would directly announce the news of the price increase at the press conference.

"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet ... I know it's a difficult decision to make and it hurts our loyal customers, so I can only say sorry to you again, I'm just taking over the company, and I'm willing to continue to invest in the future of electric vehicles, and we're willing to accept refunds from our customers...

At the same time, I would like to announce that the first generation of the Roadster will only be sold in a limited edition of 2,400 units, and the delivery order will be strictly according to the payment time of our customers, after all, we still need to increase production now.

Some people will ask, with a sports car price of 109,000, there seems to be a lot of room to choose, why choose Tesla's electric car?

Andy calmly paced back and forth on the rostrum, with a charming smile on his face, looked at the many reporters in the audience, and said with a confident smile: "Because this two-seater sports car called Roadster, with a carbon fiber body, it can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds, it can travel more than 322 kilometers on a single charge, and it can accelerate from zero to 96.6 km/h in 4 seconds... And for $109,000, you can take home these two all-electric supercars!"

It's not just who took the lead in giving out exclamations and applause, soon the entire directly operated store burst into applause, after all, it is simply amazing that an all-electric drive car can do this, you must know that when General Motors fully retracted their electric cars, and then they were all crushed into pieces, the electric car market became a desert, and no one set foot in it.

"In the face of the consumption concept formed over the decades, it is not easy for electric vehicles to win consumer recognition. The difficulty right now is that not many people know that the world's crude oil supply will peak in 2020 and dry up in 2050, but almost everyone knows that electric cars used to give the impression of being bad... ”

Hahaha –

The reporters in the audience looked at Andy's helpless shrug expression, and they naturally knew that Andy was laughing at GM's electric car that was all recycled and crushed into pieces.

"We are pioneers, we are the beacon of the industry, for the future of the earth, please allow some of our attempts or failures, because our dreams have never been stagnant and exhausted!"

Andy stood in the middle of the podium, with his arms outstretched, with a confident smile on his face, and a large screen behind him appeared with a line of words and a big red rendering of the Model S car and a schematic diagram of the effect of the Supercharger.

"Let's suffocate our dreams together!"

In the midst of a blinding flash, Andy's acquisition press conference was successfully turned into a propaganda hype brainwashing conference.

Everyone knows that in the next period of time, Andy Smith and his Tesla electric car will begin to shamelessly brush the page, because there will be a topic of controversy, and a topic will become a hot topic, and the more people discuss, Tesla will become the focus of more people's attention.

However, just as Andy thought, regardless of the many doubts and ridicule brought by the price increase, Tesla's official website also ushered in the first batch of more than 30 customers who asked for refunds, and his sentence "Let's suffocate for our dreams!" has completely begun to become popular.

Andy lost no time in uploading some sketches of his steel suits drawn with pencils on Facebook, sketches of villas in Liberty City and concept sketches of Model S models, and began to consciously create an image of a tech-savvy person with a strong interest in industrial design and rich imagination.

Andy naturally knows better than anyone how much it will help a person's success if he creates a good personality, and the most profitable thing in the future is the fan economy, no matter how bad it is, as long as it is made by his idol, there will be a lot of people who buy it and consume it.

"Boss, in addition to the 36 scheduled customers who applied for refunds, our number of reservations has reached 1,800 vehicles, and the share of 2,400 Tesla supercars will soon be divided!"

The director of the marketing department reported at the meeting with some excitement that the past two days have been like a roller coaster for Tesla, and the end of the big boss's press conference immediately caused an uproar in the United States.

There have been a lot of reports, especially when General Motors' vice president of technology, Lutz, angrily retorted because Andy ridiculed GM's electric vehicle project, "Does a startup made up of young people who don't know anything about the automotive business really know how to build cars?"

You must know that many media know Andy's poisonous snake skills, which is a typical angry person who does not pay for his life, and they all want to see Andy fight, especially some reporters have also begun to report negative news about Tesla, and meanly call the S-shaped renderings designed by Andy "a gorgeous golf electric car".

Andy uploaded a screenshot of the newspaper directly on Facebook, accompanied by "A two-hundred-and-five, typical idiot!"

The response to GM was, "We're not going to get bogged down like Detroit, we're a Silicon Valley tech company, agile and innovative." You'd better find a way to keep your job first, there is news that GM is planning to close 13 factories in North America and let the Pontic brand exit, God bless you... ”

Andy turned on the viper mode and directly fired the map cannon, GM, Detroit all entered the range of his artillery fire, and the reporters and media who were sprayed by him all began to spray in the air like eating a gun, and it was not lively for a while.

Of course, the happiest are the Facebook with a sharp increase in traffic and the Tesla electric car company that has been completely hyped up by Andy, and you can see reports about Tesla almost every day, and a group of environmental virgins automatically joined the Tesla platform, so that the war began to spread to the energy issue...

The Tesla executives in the conference room looked at Andy with a relaxed smile with admiring eyes, to be honest, they are sincere worship, Nima, these days the boss is like a plug-in, scolding people everywhere, not only did not cause problems, but made Tesla more and more popular, more and more attention, no wonder some media said that the big boss is a great marketing expert, and now Tesla has really become a pioneer in the mouth of some environmental activists, and has become a beacon in the electric vehicle industry.

"I flew to Phoenix this afternoon, before leaving, I still have to reiterate that the price of Panasonic's battery should be lowered, the chassis provided by Lotus Company will be strictly inspected, and the supply of gearboxes will be solved as soon as possible, our advantage is the electric motor and battery management system, those seats, accessories what to find suppliers, we can't really become a car manufacturing company now, some things we can make ourselves, some are completely unnecessary, find a good supplier, the rest is what parts we need to let them provide us with what parts, we only assemble the core technology, so that we can not only reduce costs, can also increase production capacity!

There is also what I said, in addition to the 8 founder's limited edition, the mass production of electric supercars in strict accordance with the predetermined order of delivery, can not destroy this order, the first batch of off the assembly line we held a delivery ceremony, engaged in the lively point!

That's all, this weekend is the Super Bowl, and I know you're all eager to see it live, but I'm sorry guys, I really don't have any extra tickets in my hand... ”

Hahaha...

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, Martin Eberhard looked at the cloudy atmosphere of the meeting, and also felt a lot in his heart, only a few days, three days, just three days, this young billionaire easily controlled the entire company, and initially got the trust and respect of the company, it is really amazing!