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Tesla Model 3's huge pre-orders burn as Elon Musk fiddles [updated]
Computer World ^ | Apr 4, 2016 3:09 AM PT | Rich Jennings

Posted on 04/04/2016 1:48:45 PM PDT by ckilmer

After the dust settled on the Tesla Model 3 jamboree, preorder deposits approached $300 million, topping up Elon Musk's capex war-chest. His new electric car's reviews are insanely great, but some commentators are wondering if it's really an elaborate Ponzi scheme.

(Excerpt) Read more at computerworld.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electriccar; model3; musk; tesla
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To: 4rcane

I don’t either except to say people eat whatever they are fed these days.


41 posted on 04/04/2016 3:40:58 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
And no thought at all to where the electricity to recharge the batteries will come from.

350,000,000 people in China and India shuffling their feet across carpet to charge super-capacitors.

42 posted on 04/04/2016 3:41:56 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yeah, and he guts them and plucks them, too! 8^)


43 posted on 04/04/2016 3:43:50 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Bob
Oh, they’ve thought about the power source — They’ll be burning carbon-free unicorn farts. Very environmentally friendly, don’t you know.

Powered by coal, or frack gas. As long as it has a dongle cord of some sort that looks like USB it must be good. Plug in your I-Puke and buzz around the neighborhood. No harm there. Greeeen.

44 posted on 04/04/2016 4:04:19 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Dirt for sale

Well, Obama and Hillary have supporters to.


45 posted on 04/04/2016 4:09:10 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: TexasGator

Don’t believe everything you read. Batteries even LIon are sensitive to how far they are run down, and how fully they are charged. Weather has even a bigger impact. Sub Freezing temperatures will knock more than 50% off the battery even when new.

The rule is generally recharge between 80 and 40 pct for best life. Even so, after 3 years you’ve probably used about 50% of the battery, charges lasting less and less and mileage dwindling. I’m guessing but there will be some fine print involved in the batter.


46 posted on 04/04/2016 4:13:40 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: TexasGator

Check again, they moved it to the not recommended list.


47 posted on 04/04/2016 4:14:24 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Dirt for sale

maybe but you can easily see how the executives of every big car company on the planet are going to be demanding that their engineers step up their electric car game.

The tesla’s pre orders are just that astounding.


48 posted on 04/04/2016 4:38:46 PM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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To: Dirt for sale

Fracking produced real dollars to back up the feds printing fake dollars during Obama’s term as president.

The next president is going to preside over a revolution in cars and the next revolution in the energy business.


49 posted on 04/04/2016 4:41:36 PM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
And no thought at all to where the electricity to recharge the batteries will come from.

I was chastised by another Freeper when I asked that on another thread. he seems to believe they will only be charged at night when the demand is down,Oh, and the cars will only be purchased by homeowners who would have a place to charge them because, and I found this hilarious, people who live in apartments would never spend 35K on a vehicle instead of buying a home. I knew then that any further discourse with them was pointless because they lived in an alternate reality.

50 posted on 04/04/2016 4:53:22 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: smoothsailing; unlearner
Doesn’t solar fry a lot of birds?

……reported an average of one bird igniting in flight every two minutes., TENS OF THOUSANDS PER YEAR…

'Streamers': Birds Fried in Midair by Solar Plant, Feds Say

Solar Farms Threaten Birds

Birds igniting: California solar power plant scorches birds in mid-air (+video)

Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air

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Bird Vaporization at Ivanpah: Solar Enters Wind Territory

Mojave solar plant scorching birds in mid-air


51 posted on 04/04/2016 4:53:32 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: PAR35
Just run the cars on cold fusion.

Get Doc Brown to import Mr. Fusion's back from the future.

52 posted on 04/04/2016 4:56:10 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ckilmer

Until they can make an electric vehicle battery that is smaller than those currently used, has 10 times the capacity, and recharges instantly, electric cars are a joke.


53 posted on 04/04/2016 4:59:09 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Ohhh....Derka derka derka!)
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To: TexasGator

So we can only charge the cars in off-peak hours?


54 posted on 04/04/2016 5:15:24 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

(the cost of base-load electricity is a fraction of peak-load generation costs). “

Putting 100 million cars on charge at the same time will have no effect, right?


55 posted on 04/04/2016 5:16:59 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: TexasGator

And the grid will handle 100 million cars all charging at once? Not a chance.


56 posted on 04/04/2016 5:18:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“I believe the company is a house of welfare mirrors. Most people don’t want or can afford one.”

35k isn’t that high for a car these days. Especially if your gas bill goes way down. I can already count 4 friends that reserved one.

Not for me since I like long trips to remote areas. But for people that stay in cities, it seems great


57 posted on 04/04/2016 5:22:26 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Please re-read my post.


58 posted on 04/04/2016 8:18:55 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

gas cars have around 300 miles range
tesla model 3 have around 215 miles range
why you holding electric cars to a higher standard than gas cars?


59 posted on 04/04/2016 10:21:35 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

I don’t care about the winner but really but I do think that the competition that’s coming in the next decade between internal combustion, electric, and even fuel cell cars will make for another golden age of cars not seen since the 1950’s and 60’s.


60 posted on 04/04/2016 10:38:12 PM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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