Without gov’t funding, Tesla will go under, as would most of Musk’s ventures. I don’t think that any have turned a net profit yet.
But the low-infos really believe that that two-pronged outlet in the wall produces endless energy.
Tesla makes nice-looking coal-powered cars.
Tesla makes nice-looking coal-powered cars.
He is wrong. Musk had a fabulous week: made history with Falcon 9 first stage recovery and generated a $14 BILLION backlog for Model 3.
Tell me, when was the last time anyone was that enthusiastic about some piece of crap coming from Detroit? Or Tokyo?
Call him a crony capitalist, a deluded Millennial Leftist, or whatever you want...fact is, he's the guy with the market.
There's a guy who builds hotels and office buildings who does pretty good and people accuse him of being a fraud, but know what? They got the business.
I wouldn't care except it's probably government cash that is being burned.
When I have to drive to work, half of the time it is a long distance, no chargers and too far for a Tesla charge. No thanka unless Elon is waiting to push me home.
Hard to say. Working people don’t throw their money away as easily as the Richie Riches who buy Teslas.
While that slight of hand has worked on Musk’s wealthy Silicon Valley fan boys and cult-crazed investors,
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With a sentence starting off like that, this article couldn’t possibly be biased. The Model 3 really isn’t mass market. It will compete in the low end luxury market with Mercedes, BMW and Lexus.
The same will be true of his rockets much to the dismay of the US government and his commercial customers.
How much does it cost to charge the batteries of a Model 3?
1. Not sure I want to pay $100K for a Chevy Volt 2. I like to be able to go on a 400 - 800 mile trip...don’t see that happening with a Tesla. 3. What’s the cost of recycling the battery pack on those turkeys? 4. Do these things burn down garages/houses like the Volt?
Not with gasoline under $3 it won’t.