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3 Tesla Execs Dead in Plane Crash
Jalopnik ^
| Feb 17 2010
| staff
Posted on 02/17/2010 7:07:31 PM PST by Brugmansian
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the plane belonged to Doug Bourn, a senior electrical engineer for Tesla Motors. Although it's unclear whether or not he was on board at the time. As we reported first earlier, two other Tesla employees were in the plane at the time of the crash. Fox Business News reported earlier today Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not on board the plane, and that he's calling this the " worst day in Telsa's history." Later on, he issued a full statement, which can be read here at Wired . . .
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: California
KEYWORDS: automakers; aviation; planecrash; telsa
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To: Brugmansian
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:08:50 PM PST
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null and void
(We are now in day 391 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Brugmansian; Admin Moderator
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:09:05 PM PST
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Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Brugmansian
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:09:41 PM PST
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justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: Admin Moderator
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02/17/2010 7:10:35 PM PST
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Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Brugmansian
Isn’t this odd timing for this at Tesla? I mean, didn’t they just qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars from the government to start producing their cars?
It is either a sad twist of fate, industrial sabotage, or perhaps there are problems at Tesla they didn’t want us to know about.
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02/17/2010 7:12:10 PM PST
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ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: Brugmansian; Red Badger; NormsRevenge
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posted on
02/17/2010 7:14:15 PM PST
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tubebender
(Thanks to all the Patriots who support Free Republic financially...)
To: Brugmansian
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02/17/2010 7:14:58 PM PST
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icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
To: ConservativeMind
I believe they just announced a IPO of the company...
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02/17/2010 7:15:27 PM PST
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tubebender
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To: All
The death of the electric car, GM figures in here somewhere.
To: Petronski; Admin Moderator
Typo...I hate when I do that. Perhaps a mod will fix? It is “Tesla”
To: Petronski
Sad to see this. I have my suspicions about the electric car industry so far - but it’s an intriguing product. And whatever Tesla’s long run prospects - you have to love people who are working at the (very uncertain) bleeding edge. Car & Driver drove one for several days in the Bay area and covered it in a recent issue. It’s not ready for prime time, but has a lot of potential. I especially like the incredible low end torque and near silent running. Could be a bad combination for pedestrians!
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To: Brugmansian
Giving them a million in taxpayer dollars per car was a STUPID thing to do. Idiotic retards in government.
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02/17/2010 7:22:34 PM PST
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GeronL
(I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
To: Brugmansian
No problem. I’m just trying to clarify the record.
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02/17/2010 7:22:47 PM PST
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Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: ConservativeMind
Almost a million bucks per car from the government wasn’t it?
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02/17/2010 7:23:14 PM PST
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GeronL
(I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
To: 2Fro; all_mighty_dollar; Arkat Kingtroll; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Betis70; billycat95130; ...
Power in Paly was seriously hosed all day today.
To: Brugmansian; MamaDearest; FARS; Jet Jaguar; TigersEye; Godzilla; appalachian_dweller; ...
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To: Sporaticus
The death of the electric car, GM figures in here somewhere.GM : Govt Motors
Good point.
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02/17/2010 7:31:04 PM PST
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null and void
(We are now in day 391 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: JustPiper
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02/17/2010 7:38:42 PM PST
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Candor7
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