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Panasonic Axes Future Investments in Tesla Factories Amid Dwindling Demand: Report
The Drive ^ | April 11, 2019 | Rob Stumpf

Posted on 04/11/2019 10:22:37 AM PDT by Yo-Yo

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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Yo-Yo.

21 posted on 04/11/2019 11:06:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Army Air Corps; raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON

[I want a free supermodel]

I found this secret place full of supermodels. But then I lost my picture of man-hands. It was like the Forbidden City.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHxlS2o-m4


22 posted on 04/11/2019 11:09:25 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Go read it. Not long, not hard to understand, hysterically absurd. No surprise Democrats won’t actually vote for it.


23 posted on 04/11/2019 11:09:48 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: ctdonath2

[hysterically absurd]

I hope AOC continues to do her thing - Nancy is worried


24 posted on 04/11/2019 11:14:11 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Yo-Yo

Panasonic is into much more than just audio equipment, stereos, TV sets, etc?


25 posted on 04/11/2019 11:18:55 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Yo-Yo

Toy electric cars were never going to be mainstream, folks. The electric grid is NOT designed for such.


26 posted on 04/11/2019 11:43:18 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: SaveFerris

The difference?

I had a lack of $$ for my Challenger but I said #### it. The only day of the month I regret the car is the car payment day :)

Some idiots like me will do that for a sports car they really want!

NO ONE is going in over their heads for a tesla!!!!


27 posted on 04/11/2019 11:51:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Panasonic is into much more than just audio equipment, stereos, TV sets, etc?

Panasonic is just slightly ahead of their time.

(If you remember their 1980s ad campaign.)

28 posted on 04/11/2019 12:13:18 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Do they have what plants crave?

But seriously, I see a few Tesla 3’s in the parking lot here (engineering facility), and I don’t see what gets people so excited. For the money, I’d rather buy something fun and the difference in price will more than pay for the gas.

What I really need to do (if I even still can) is get one last car before all the car ninnies, I mean nannies, I mean whatever they are’s take over. I love my G8, but I doubt it will last long enough for me to be buried in it. Perhaps a BRZ would fit the bill, or maybe a Mustang.


29 posted on 04/11/2019 12:27:38 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: SaveFerris

Decades ago, a good friend retired from the foreign service and moved back to California. They had limo service at every embassy. So, they didn’t own any cars except a Ford Victoria they had while stationed in DD. They kept that vehicle in storage when they went over seas.

Also, they had two teenage daughters from hell and a son approaching that age group.

Each teen wanted their own car. His BIL suggested that he buy two ugly Pacers that the teens would drive if the parents didn’t need them.

They bought the mung brown Pacer and puke yellow Pacer. The kids refused to drive the Pacers. If they were driven to school, the kids wanted to be dropped off a couple of blocks away.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAMWDF_enUS770US770&q=amc+pacer+photos&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiumZru38jhAhVBo54KHfD4A9sQsAR6BAgHEAE

Besides being embarassed with an old person’s Victoria. They had to pay for the gas they used. The Dad would fill it back up the next day and deduct the cost from the driver’s allowance.


30 posted on 04/11/2019 12:29:12 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone trusting the media has failed a competency check or/and is a paid troll for the lefties.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Solyndra II


31 posted on 04/11/2019 12:36:24 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Kommodor
Do they have what plants crave?

Tesla? No.

Democrats? Most assuredly.

32 posted on 04/11/2019 12:43:47 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Grampa Dave

[The kids refused to drive the Pacers.]

Brilliant plan.


33 posted on 04/11/2019 12:45:36 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dp0622

Friend in high school had a ‘70 or ‘71 with a 440 Magnum.

In near perfect condition.


34 posted on 04/11/2019 12:46:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Wow!!


35 posted on 04/11/2019 12:59:31 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: SunkenCiv; Yo-Yo

Here’s a story with a different explanation:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/panasonic-says-reviewing-further-investment-095456810.html

TOKYO/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp and Tesla Inc will continue to make new investments in the U.S. electric carmaker’s Gigafactory as needed, but believe they can squeeze more out of existing resources than previously planned, Tesla said on Thursday.

The two companies were responding to a report by Japan’s Nikkei that said they had frozen previous plans to raise the capacity of the plant, which supplies battery packs for Tesla cars.

“Both Tesla and Panasonic continue to invest substantial funds into Gigafactory,” a Tesla spokesperson said.

“That said, we believe there is far more output to be gained from improving existing production equipment than was previously estimated.”

...

Tesla is also in the process of buying Maxwell, which should give them a significant boost in battery production and capacity, which could give another reason for them to delay expansion until that acquisition is complete.


36 posted on 04/11/2019 1:02:50 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: dp0622
Looked about this color - except white vinyl top and no black on the hood. Really a nice car. After hotrodding it at high school, his father made him sell it and buy a 318 car - which would still be worth some money today. But the 440? Yeah, a lot. I think it was a white interior, too.

I never rode in it but I saw it up close. Beautiful car.


37 posted on 04/11/2019 1:06:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
White interior example. His wasn't a convertible, though. I think his car had the Magnum 500 wheels like this.


38 posted on 04/11/2019 1:08:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dp0622

It was a deep red wine color. So that pic may not be 100% accurate. Perfect color combination with the white vinyl top and the white interior.


39 posted on 04/11/2019 1:09:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Love!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m in love!!!!!!!

A beauty!!!!


40 posted on 04/11/2019 1:11:14 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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