Friday, February 7, 2014

Used Tesla's Appreciating Almost as Fast as the Stock (TSLA)

A bit of hyperbole in my headline, the stock is up $7.95 (4.46%) at $186.33.
From Corporate Intelligence:

Things Increasing in Value: Tesla Stock, and Second-Hand Teslas 
Tesla Motors Inc. defies the auto industry’s normal forces of gravity in more ways than one. Its stock keeps levitating – up more than 2% today – and now comes a survey that suggests the prices for used Tesla Model S sedans may be higher than the price of the car new.

That’s the conclusion of a sample by iSeeCars.com, an auto shopping website. The company concluded that a used Tesla Model S that had a base price of $79,900 is worth an average of $99,734 used, and that a Model S with the long-range 85 kilowatt-hour battery pack is worth as much as $106,800. Other electric cars, such as the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, lose value when they leave the showroom....MORE