o f h y d r o g e n e n e r g y 4 0 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 1 6 2 5 e1 6 3 8 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/he Changing the fate of Fuel Cell Vehicles: Can lessons be learnt from Tesla Motors? Scott Hardman a,*, Eric Shiu b, Robert Steinberger-Wilckens a Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK b Birmingham Business School, University House, University
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MEMORANDUM Company Background Tesla Motors, Inc. was founded in 2003 by South African entrepreneur Elon Musk, and is based in Palo Alto, California. The company designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars, and is known for introducing the first fully electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in 2008. It was priced at $109,000 and could travel more than 200 miles per charge, twice as far as its competition. Tesla stopped producing the Roadster in 2011 as its contract with the key supplier
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for the product. Customers are not buying features and benefits! Promotions One promotion value Tesla Motors provides is what they call, bringing Tesla to the customer in which Tesla host ownership events at no cost to a potential customer. The events are ticketed gatherings hosted by current Model S owners, whose love for the Model S, Tesla utilizes to connect with possible purchasers. Tesla has found that with every Model S delivered, there is an average of three reservations via word of mouth
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Tesla Distribution Plan Students Name University Affiliation Tesla Distribution Plan Recall, the primary objective of the marketing plan is to get the general public to purchase our products or services. Distribution talks about the location tactics and possible strategies we would use to sell your product (Edmunds& Demand media, n.d.). The distribution unit of a marketing plan consists of a review of where our competition is selling, where our target clienteles like to buy, the effect that
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Executive Summary The paper regards the construction of a gigafactory by Tesla Motors. The gigafactory will be at a cost of $5 billion and will be operational in 2020. Importantly, the gigafactory will reduce the costs of the electric cars produced by the firm by 30%. This will increase the marketability of the vehicle to a broader market. The paper will seek to undertake an analysis of the demand and supply of electric cars as well as the price elasticity of electric cars. Hence, the paper will
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Tesla Company Marketing Program Group: Name: Institutional Affiliation: Table of Content Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 TESLA COMPANY OVERVIEW 3 TESLA COMPANY STRATEGIC FOCUS AND PLAN 11 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TESLA COMPANY 12 SWOT Analysis Of Tesla Company (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunites and Threats) 12 TESLA COMPANY MARKETING PLAN 21 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF TESLA COMPANY 22 TESLA FIRM FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 24 PRODUCT 30 PRICING STRATEGIES
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choice is concerned, I have many favorite brands for different requirements but for this paper I will chose my favorite brand which is Tesla Motors. Explain a minimum of three reasons why you are passionate about this brand Tesla Motors, Inc. is US based Company which designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicles power-train components. Tesla, which was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk, has pushed the envelope beyond what most automakers thought possible. The
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http://www.professionalacademy.com/blogs-and-advice/marketing-theories---pestel-analysis In the following paragraphs, each factor is going to be analyzed separately. Political By selling autos in many countries of North America, Asia andWestern Europe (Tesla, 2014), the companyneeds to manage any political issues affecting its business operations. For example,one of the main political aspects influencing on the industry is ecological assurance lawsto stimulate the production of more environmentally friendly
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FAMILY NAME: LEON FIRST NAME: ALEXEI REG NO: 1102810 ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL COVER SHEET BE431 BUSINESS STRATEGY Based on your own research, analyse the current strategic position of Tesla Motors both in terms of their competitive environment and their capabilities. You must draw on relevant frameworks discussed on the module. Your comments in this section should include a discussion of the extent to which the frameworks you used were helpful for your analysis. Critically evaluate the concept
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Executive Summary Tesla Motors started with the objective of facilitating the growth of the electric car by making compelling vehicles first began with the Roadster, a solely electric operated sports car to complete with high performance supercars to prove that electric technology was viable and an electric car didn’t have to be boring.Tesla then expanded its technological advantage to the luxury sedan market. The Model S, a zero emission and sustainable luxury sedan, was then introduced as their
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