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Chapman: Tesla will ban commercial Supercharger access if Tesloop scales
“If you scale up and you've got a hundred cars on the road to Palm Springs every day, and the other Tesla drivers who are not commercial drivers cannot get a supercharger, I guarantee you Tesla is gonna say, no commercial use, you are not allowed to use our sta…”
Sonnad: Tesloop exposes more people to Teslas than Tesla's marketing
“Well, how I see it, at least in the short run, we're really, we're doing Tesla a favor, because when you look at the numbers of Tesla's test drives, and how they're trying to get customers in their cars, we're actually introducing a lot more people into Tesla'…”
Sonnad: Tesla will not enter city-to-city transit market
“We don't think Tesla's gonna try to do this himself. Elon Musk is not about creating city to city transit. Right now, one of his biggest focuses is automizing manufacturing, and there's a lot of focus on that from Tesla and the rest of his companies, that we d…”
Sonnad: Tesla executives are aware of Tesloop's commercial Supercharger use
“As of right now, they haven't drawn that line, and we are, in somewhat collaborating with Tesla, they're aware of what's happening, they're aware we're using it for commercial use, and right now they haven't said anything about that, and there are a lot of peo…”
Chapman: Tesloop name is trademark infringement against Tesla
“You did it in the name Tesloop, and I think that if you got really big, either Tesla's gonna buy you, or they're going to shut you down on that name. Cause it's definitely trademark infringement.”
Sonnad: Tesla's autonomous rideshare restriction does not ban Tesloop
“I don't know the exact details, but that, that announcement wasn't fully true because it doesn't actually eliminate us from using their autonomous ride sharing. There's some weird clauses in there that actually do let us proceed with everything that we're doin…”
Sonnad: Long-distance electric transit can only use Teslas for four years
“The first is that for the next four years, this can only be done on Teslas. They have the only platform with big batteries and supercharging and nice cars that allows this model to happen.”
Manus: Market would support Tesloop charging at least $50 to $75
“Why, why would you only price this to cover your costs when I think the market would bear you charging at least 50, at least 50 on the low side and 75 on the high side?”
Sonnad: EV economics are optimal for 50-to-300-mile regional trips
“50 to 300 is our target distance, is what we call the electric hall, where the economics of electric cars really benefit you. Because further than that, you have to charge the car too much. Shorter than that, like a gas powered car kind of benefits you because…”