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In reply to the discussion: Tesla is the new Hummer. Flying down the highway reading Drudge [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)An electric car that has a range of about 250 miles. That requires you to have a home where you can plug the thing up. What does someone like me, who lives in an apartment, has no place at all to plug up an electric car supposed to do?
And BTW, car dealers employ a LOT of people. They pay lots of taxes of all types. Where do all these people fit in Musk's worldview? Is Musk going to replace the taxes and wage lost by killing all the car dealerships? No he won't. He'll fall back on the old Libertarian bullshit of letting the market rule. The people at car dealerships are completely disposable.
I wish Progressive / Liberal people would get over this love affair with Tesla, and hatred of regular car dealerships, and realize that Tesla is a real danger to local jobs and communities. Musk doesn't give a fuck about anyone except those that can afford his toys.
And, no I am not in the "dinosaur car business" as you put it.