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More Woes for Tesla from Consumer Reports
NLPC ^ | April 21, 2016 | Paul Chesser

Posted on 04/21/2016 11:06:58 AM PDT by jazusamo

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To: ilgipper
"This looks like a game-changer if they can avoid these types of problems."

When you read the article, you see that they ALREADY HAVE these problems.

41 posted on 04/21/2016 1:37:16 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: dangus

The taxpayers are paying for everything.


42 posted on 04/21/2016 1:38:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: jazusamo
My big gripe with Tesla is they are not a car the average buyer can afford yet taxpayers are subsidizing well to do buyers on their purchase or leases besides the outright subsidies, both fed and state.

I have a gripe with taxpayers subsidizing anybody's vehicle purchase, or solar panel installation for that matter.

43 posted on 04/21/2016 1:56:33 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: jazusamo

... and can be used only once.


44 posted on 04/21/2016 2:44:05 PM PDT by dangus
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Only insofar as your mortgage interest tax deduction is taxpayer funded.


45 posted on 04/21/2016 3:23:57 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: blueunicorn6

The interest is real. Great place to put $1000 if you like electric cars (many do), have the cash to invest in first dibs (i would if I had $1k to spare), and plan to spend around $35k on a sedan in a couple years.

The number of electric cars in Atlanta is amazing.


46 posted on 04/21/2016 3:28:03 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: dangus

33 posts before someone noticed the glaring absurdity in the article.

With your correct numbers, the electric breaks even with gas at 1000 recharges (half that when gas goes back up to $4/gal). Methinks EV will prove even cheaper, all things considered.


47 posted on 04/21/2016 3:36:13 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: jazusamo

Anybody know how many they plan to make a year?

$300,000,000 in cash just laying around.

Why, you could just live well and turn out 5000 cars a year because of technical difficulties.


48 posted on 04/21/2016 3:36:20 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Only insofar as your mortgage interest tax deduction is taxpayer funded.

Well, there's a big difference in a tax deduction and a tax credit.

49 posted on 04/21/2016 4:25:02 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ctdonath2

Yeah, conservative or not, I don’t look to political lawyers for technology news.


50 posted on 04/21/2016 4:44:08 PM PDT by dangus
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Here is why Tesla always was doomed to fail. Because the other auto manufacturers are not going to sit idly by while Musk siphons off even a tiny portion of their market share. They big boys have been perfecting coachbuilding for decades, and the lack of build quality obviously is one of Tesla’s chief failings. But the traditional manufacturers can build an equivalent or even superior all-electric or hybrid technology powerplant in a fraction of the time it will take Tesla to work the bugs out of its coachbuilding. Telsa cannot survive (unless they switch to building electric razors, then they stand a chance).

BMW alone already is selling more hybrid cars annually than Tesla’s combined sales. It’s just a matter of time until there’s no one driving Teslas except Leonardo DiCrapio and Ed Begley Junior.


51 posted on 04/21/2016 6:58:08 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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