Tesla Inc

Fundamentals

PREFACE
A lot of the information we are about to cover could feel like a surprise, and in many ways it is. Tesla's market size is more than twice as large as previouly forecasted.



TESLA IS DOMINATING
U.S. sales figures for 2015 reveal that Tesla's Model S rose to become the number one top seller within the U.S. market for large luxury vehicles, overtaking the Mercedes-Benz S-Class for the first time. Here's the incredible data (highlighting added):


All of these vehicles start around the same $70,000 as the Model S.

Just so we're perfectly clear on this data: Every other luxury sedan saw falling sales while Tesla saw a 51% increase. Tesla's Model S is now the single best selling large luxury vehicle and now owns more than 25% of the market. (Source: electrek). Tesla has already displaced the hallowed Mercedes brand.

Here is Tesla's all-time revenue chart:



TESLA'S SECRET
Those numbers presented above are basically a mathematical impossibility if not for one stunning secret: Not everyone buying the Model S was an owner of a $70,000 car before.

In 2015, Jefferies conducted a survey of Model S owners and discovered that nearly 40% had previously owned a car that cost less than $40,000 (Business Insider). That's borderline ludicrous. Tesla is not only moving people up -- it's moving people up by staggering amounts.

Here's why that reality changes everything.

MODEL 3
Both the Model S and Model X have selling prices in the $70,000 - $140,000 range. Tesla aims to reach its 500,000 unit sale through a mass market vehicle -- aptly named the Model 3. It will have an initial sales price of $35,000 (CNN Money).

It's this vehicle that will make or break the Tesla dream of a 1,000% unit sales increase in five years.

Skeptics vigorously point out that even if Tesla is able to create a car with a $35,000 base price, the average actual cost, after options are added, will be above $40,000 and that is not a mass market vehicle.

Here's where that data on the Model S breaks eveything.

MASS MARKET
We actually now know that the $70,000+ Model S is already poaching from non-luxury brands like Toyota even though the prices are wildly different. Keep in mind that Prius sales were down 11% last year and we have data from vehicle registartions that point to Tesla's $70,000+ vehicles as a main culprit.

Enter the Model 3 -- even if it becomes a $40,000 vehicle as cynics insist, based on the brand appeal, we get this:


So, Tesla's Model 3 will be going after two markets. First, the agreed upon "Midsize Luxury Vehicle" segment with its 508,000 unit sales in 2015. These are cars like The Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Mercedes C-Class, Acura TLX, Infiniti Q50, etc.

But, if that market isn't big enough, consider our new reality where Tesla brings buyers of less expensive cars up. The Model 3 is absolutely in play for at least some of the non-luxury sedan market. Here are the best selling cars in the United States for 2015 via Statista:



Those three highlighted in green are in play, and here's why:

The MSRP for the Honda Accord is listed in the range of $22,205 - $34,680 by KBB.com. The Toyota Camry's MSRP comes in at $23,070 - $31,370. The Hundai Sonata is $21,750 - $34,075. Just those three vehicles alone totaled nearly one million vehicles.

Friends, the market Tesla is aiming at for its Model 3 isn't the 508,000 luxury sedan market, it's all of it -- totaling well over 1.5 million vehicles.

THE MOMENT
Tesla will start taking pre-orders on March 31st for its Model 3. A $1,000 down payment will be required. Soon after that, Tesla will tell the world how many pre-orders it received. This will be one of "the moments" for Tesla as an enterprise.

THE REAL RISK: APPLE AND GOOGLE
The risk for Tesla is not any of the existing vehicles. We can see quite clearly that it is a total and utter disruptor, destroying demand for even the hallowed Mercedes Brand.

The risk is Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet / Google (GOOG, GOOGL). CML Pro users have access to two full research dossiers about exactly this: "The Secret's Out: Apple and Tesla are Going to War," and "Apple's Car Will Change Automotive History."

Google's plans are a bit less disruptive, but equally dangerous. If we're looking for the possible derailment of Tesla -- we can stop looking at existing automanufactures and start looking at the best technology companies in the world.

THE FUTURE
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