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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:14 PM Original message |
Tesla to build Model S in San Jose |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent! I LOVE this company! |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I drove a Roadster a couple of months ago. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Man, I'd love to be able to try one of those out. Even for just a few minutes. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I couldn't believe it. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If you see her again, tell her I'd like to marry her, would you? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The line forms behind me, Buddy. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I love the story about how they'd take people out for a test drive, ask the |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. We could feel you bursting then, Tom. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. The world does not need a 280HP sedan at a $60K price point... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you for your concern,,, |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I think their strategy is brilliant, and also helps us environmentally in the |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Would have been better business to build 140HP, at $30K. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I think that's their plan for the next incarnation, but they're using the revenue |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It doesn't quite scale that way. You can't just halve the power and halve the cost. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yes... |
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ElectricGrid (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. You are assuming that half the power will yeild |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, I'm not assuming that... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. If you're confident of that then do it. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Looks more like an Aston Martin to me |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. that was my first impression as well.. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Holy crap that's low to the ground. |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't understand... |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. NOW PG&E WILL OWN US |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Not at 40 cents a night for charging... |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Buy some solar panels and own yourself |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hold on, is that the right image? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. OP edited - it may "look like" the Aston Martin, according to one source |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Well, that reassures me a little actually. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. as long as the price tag is $60,000, don't look for mass adoption . . . |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. They aren't after mass adoption of the S model |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. Why not a $20B subsidy to help Tesla instead of trying to resuscitate |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Can you imagine what they could do with $20 billion? |
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