Tesla fans say they are cancelling Model 3 orders over Musk's Trump connection

CNBC ^ | January 31, 2017 | Robert Ferris

[2ndDivisionVet]

What’s the advantage to a battery-powered car versus a gasoline or diesel-powered one? Buehler? Buehler?

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

http://insideevs.com/number-of-fire-related-deaths-per-year-caused-by-evs/

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

free electricity HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

Kinda reminds me of the AMC Pacer.NON Sequitur, SECOND stupid comment you made today..

[hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998]

So your Solar Panels will charge your BOMB waiting to happen, PS The Mokes do not like Haoles. circa 1970...

[Fightin Whitey]

I might consider a Tesla living on Oahu, especially if I have solar panels on the house,besides you have few places you can go fast on the island and fuel is expensive.

Throw in a few housekeepers and I'm right there wit'cha.

[TexasGator]

Thanks for pointing out that EV fires occur far less than ICE fires per mile driven.

[US_MilitaryRules]

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lol Vaporware.

[Mr. Douglas]

Yep. I have a friend that lives in a 650 sq ft house on the big island that is 100# solar powered. They are in a development on the southwest side of the big Island on what is, in essence, a lava flow mountainside. They actually had to bring up dirt to put on the lava so they could try to grow a garden, but the “vog” is bad sometimes.

That would be a good place for an electric car, though.

[Mr. Douglas]

Kinda reminds me of the AMC Pacer.NON Sequitur, SECOND stupid comment you made today..

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Hey! I’m on a roll! ;-)

Actually, it is like the Pacer in some ways. The car was actually a huge initial success even though they had to abandon the primary reason the car could be designed the way it was: GM refused to build the wankel engine it was supposed to use. They had to shoehorn a straight six into it. It worked, but not ideally.

But the styling was very, VERY futuristic. The car was VERY successful, until it wasn’t and then it died quickly.

I compare the Tesla because it caused an amazing stir, but has its obvious issues. Yet is is still something that turns heads somewhat, anyway. But once the shine wears off, not to mention government subsidies (something the pacer does NOT share with it), the company will probably fold, unless there is a major technology breakthrough to put these cars in the hands of millions of average Americans. Otherwise they just become another DeLorean.

[Mr. Douglas]

free electricity HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Actually, it was, as an “incentive” to get people into the car. If one was conveniently located, you could milk that pretty well until the freebie ended. :)