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https://insideevs.com/tesla-addresses-paint-shop-bottleneck-by-ditching-two-car-paint-options/
They will eliminate Obsidian Black and Metallic Silver –
I looked at the Tesla owners site where they have list of cars that have purchased with details.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-l47Zmw4zL1D331PtghTQCAHYh1vC6P1wYkjZpjRD1o/edit#gid=0
Here is the breakdown of colors
Obsidian Black Metallic 138
Silver Metallic 347
Solid Black 585
Pearl White Multi-Coat 794
Red Multi-Coat 953
Deep Blue Metallic 1021
Midnight Silver Metallic 1051
Total 4889
Solid black is the base color (no additional charge). Obsidian Black and Silver Metallic are the two least popular colors. Small lots are killers in such paint shops, based on the set up time and tear down time, especially given they are metallic paints. Hence Tesla is wise to eliminate them for now. Again this tells us that most people are not paying the $49,000 base price, they are at the minimum paying up to $2,000 for paint upgrade.
They will eliminate Obsidian Black and Metallic Silver –
I looked at the Tesla owners site where they have list of cars that have purchased with details.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-l47Zmw4zL1D331PtghTQCAHYh1vC6P1wYkjZpjRD1o/edit#gid=0
Here is the breakdown of colors
Obsidian Black Metallic 138
Silver Metallic 347
Solid Black 585
Pearl White Multi-Coat 794
Red Multi-Coat 953
Deep Blue Metallic 1021
Midnight Silver Metallic 1051
Total 4889
Solid black is the base color (no additional charge). Obsidian Black and Silver Metallic are the two least popular colors. Small lots are killers in such paint shops, based on the set up time and tear down time, especially given they are metallic paints. Hence Tesla is wise to eliminate them for now. Again this tells us that most people are not paying the $49,000 base price, they are at the minimum paying up to $2,000 for paint upgrade.
