If this actually comes about, and that is a big IF, I’m going to be very happy.
Tesla Motors is NOT A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CAR MAKER!!!! How is it that the ‘Chevy Volt’ is still not here and we’ve been dumping billions into that program and yet some Silicon Valley retiree decides to start his own car company and he has cut the learning curve down to 12 months and they are going to end up at the same price target but with way better performance and way better style and endurance.
If consumers want electric F’ing cars, let them buy them from companies who aren’t idiots and can make cars that people actually want. NOBODY IS LINING UP TO PAY $40K+ FOR THAT STUPID CHEVY VOLT!!! Yet the US government is loaning tens of billions to Detroit in order to make crap that pleases environmentalist (who don’t even like cars) and politicians but not the people who put 20,000 miles a year on their cars year after year.
One word: Unions!