""concentrated on building a four-door electric sedan that would get the equivalent of 190 miles per gallon of gas. By comparison, the electric Nissan Leaf is rated at 99 mpg.""Well, good luck with that...
1 posted on
12/05/2011 7:42:41 AM PST by
Abathar
To: Abathar
This was their 3-wheeled prototype vehicle. They better put a red flag on the back of that thing, a biker could put his eye out.
2 posted on
12/05/2011 7:47:39 AM PST by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar; martin_fierro
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Tesla Motors Inc., for example, has racked up millions of dollars in losses as it prepares to bring its electric Model S sedan to market in mid-2012. The Tesla factory is right down I-880 from Solyndra.
4 posted on
12/05/2011 7:50:28 AM PST by
SteveH
(First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
To: Abathar
The company was hoping to get a $150 million loan from the Department of Energy Correction. It was scheming to pilfer 150 million dollars from the American taxpayers.
6 posted on
12/05/2011 7:50:37 AM PST by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Abathar
Speaking of the Leaf's range, one may wish to read this
article.
7 posted on
12/05/2011 7:51:00 AM PST by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Abathar
They are selling something that nobody wants. Once the prospect of endless Obama money dried up all these “green” companies will be going away.
8 posted on
12/05/2011 7:51:28 AM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Abathar
Aptera few months,
Green always turns Brown.
To: Red Badger
12 posted on
12/05/2011 7:55:56 AM PST by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Abathar
The company was hoping to get a $150 million loan from the Department of Energy but needed to raise matching funds, Wilbur saidWhew, the taxpayers squeaked past that one.
20 posted on
12/05/2011 8:10:17 AM PST by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: Abathar
The founder simply didn’t grease enough Dem palms with campaign contributions. Otherwise he would have landed the $150M easy as pie.
To: Abathar
Electric cars are a tyrant’s dream....Limited range, and all he has to do is flip a switch to turn off the grid and any revolt is over because folks can’t move.
25 posted on
12/05/2011 8:16:51 AM PST by
SENTINEL
(Romney is to Conservatism what Mormonism is to Christianity.)
To: Abathar
I guess it is only Government that invests in the PAST. Maybe the race to the 18th century is slowing down??
31 posted on
12/05/2011 8:35:58 AM PST by
eyeamok
To: Abathar
Even in the UK, a country that has drunk a lot more of the green kool aid than we have, the guys from Top Gear could not find any places to plug one in for a recharge.
To: Abathar
How to achieve peak miles per gallon ...
... Don't burn any gallons!
42 posted on
12/05/2011 9:58:52 AM PST by
cynwoody
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