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More Woes for Tesla from Consumer Reports
NLPC ^ | April 21, 2016 | Paul Chesser

Posted on 04/21/2016 11:06:58 AM PDT by jazusamo

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To: ilgipper
Despite their use of government resources, Telsa is also in itself an incredible innovator via Elon Musk.

Musk is Affirmative Action of Automobiles. He only exists because liberals want him.


21 posted on 04/21/2016 11:34:10 AM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
They are gasoline car owner supported.

They are also mostly coal and natural gas powered.

Contrary to popular leftist belief, electric cars are not magically powered by unicorn farts.

22 posted on 04/21/2016 11:34:52 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: jonrick46

For an very expensive car I would think it would have more legroom!
Gull wing doors are so stupid.


23 posted on 04/21/2016 11:37:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Moonman62

No, the editor didn’t miss it but you missed much in the article that you didn’t point out.


24 posted on 04/21/2016 11:41:19 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo
Being green ain't cheap. $$$$$$$$$😂
25 posted on 04/21/2016 11:41:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: minnesota_bound

I chose that photo to show that the front doors were conventional. I was thinking the gull wing doors were for a two seater. That would make for a very expensive two seater. Not so. The gull wings make for a very expensive four seater and may be one reason why the car is so expensive.


26 posted on 04/21/2016 11:47:23 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Is not Tesla taxpayer supported?

LOL!
You win the El Cid Award for excellence in abstaining from reading the article and directly posting comments.

27 posted on 04/21/2016 11:50:41 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: jazusamo

Bricks on wheels


28 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:26 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Oh indeed it is


29 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:43 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: El Cid

True I did not read the article. I was simply interested a quick answer.


30 posted on 04/21/2016 11:52:51 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: jazusamo

Hollywood will make a time travel movie using the Tesla..........
Elon Musk is today’s John DeLorean.

“You put a time machine in a... Tesla?!”


31 posted on 04/21/2016 12:07:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
It was in the last sentence: "...what you’re running on is the fuel of taxpayer subsidies".

I usually don't get that far down into the article, but for some perverse reason I seem to take glee in the Tesla bashing articles. So I read this one (and it also didn't require linking to some other location).

32 posted on 04/21/2016 12:13:09 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: jazusamo

I don’t understand the claim that the cost of a Tesla battery is $325 per KWH. At that rate, the Tesla battery’s entire lifetime charge is 20 KWH. Last I checked, the price of a KWH of electricity was about thirty cents.


33 posted on 04/21/2016 12:22:18 PM PDT by dangus
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To: minnesota_bound

You do know that Tesla has already sold several times more cars than DeLorean? And that what send DeLorean under was a drug sting, not any problems with the business plan?


34 posted on 04/21/2016 12:27:58 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Vince Ferrer

In California road construction and maintenance is funded through gasoline taxes. Tessa’s drive on roads that they do not pay for.


35 posted on 04/21/2016 12:31:03 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Electric cars that cost an avg. of 100,000 grand plus that won’t go very far in winter nor summer are not middle class vehicles.


36 posted on 04/21/2016 12:32:20 PM PDT by biff
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To: dangus

I don’t know what they’re trying to say. The Md S has an 85 kwh battery in it and if the manufacture cost of battery is $325 per kwh that means the cost of the battery alone is close to $28K.


37 posted on 04/21/2016 12:44:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blueunicorn6

Yeah there was a massive line at the dealership in town for the model 3 pre-order. Line went down the block so people could plop down a grand for one.


38 posted on 04/21/2016 12:51:35 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: jazusamo

The current versions of the model S have 70 or 90 KWH batteries.


39 posted on 04/21/2016 1:04:02 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Okay, I was looking at I guess an older Md S. I guess the 75D Md X has a 75 kwh battery.


40 posted on 04/21/2016 1:19:54 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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