What a waste when they don’t have a viable battery...
Fascism Alert.
Something one could buy without a bailout bonus.
“We are such a generous nation.”
Well, but a Palo Alto plant makes such good sense...cheap labor, low real estate costs, easy access to the auto supply industry (Gomer Pyle voice) “I could just go on and on...”
“The Model S will have a range of up to 300 miles and take about 45 minutes to charge, according to Tesla Motors’ Web site. Prices are expected to start just shy of $50,000.”
This is such a joke. If this was truly a promising and cost effective technology there would be private investors lining up. Tesla will be receiving a bailout in a few years.
Wow, and they won’t solve a dang thing! Where is the electricity to power them going to come from? Idiots, these theiving politicians are so generous with our money aren’t they?
Literally dozens of closed auto plants scattered across this nation, along with trained workforces, and Tesla has to build a new plant in Silicon Valley, one of the highest real estate markets in the nation?
Genius.
Is that right on the fault line or only a mile or two away?
Not if they build it in California. They will be lucky if they can built them for twice that cost.
Just remember Tesla spelled backwards is al set. The greenies may be all set, but they got no place to go.
Let private capital fund this if it is a good idea.
Say Norm, mind if I stop by your place to visit? BTW, do you have a place to plug in my car?
Let me count the ways you can spell B-O-O-N-D-O-G-G-L-E
which will probably be protested/delayed/made more costly by environmentalists.
Of course, all the usual liberal bigwigs are invested in Tesla. I’m pretty sure even Al Gore has a stake, as does the Google owners. Nothing more than a government subsidy for expensive toys for big Democratic Party donors in Silicon Valley.
Tesla Board of Directors makes an interesting read
http://www.teslamotors.com/learn_more/company_board.php
Kimbal Musk
Director
His prior and current board seats, in addition to Tesla Motors, are Medium, Inc., Everdream Corp., BlackBook Media, SpaceX Corp., and ProgressNow.org.
http://www.progressnow.org./
Whose going to buy this car?
Sounds very expensive to maintain, and not very convenient.
It would seem that if someone was vain enough to buy and drive an all-electric vehicle with all of its inconveniences, they’d look to buy the next generation Prius or another vehicle with a major manufacturer behind it.
Where will they get the electricity? There are not enough power plants.