Taxpayer Millions, Lithium Ion and Rich People Just Don't Mix Well (Elon Musk)

NLPC ^ | February 12, 2013 | Paul Chesser

[jazusamo]

Musk is adept at getting taxpayer grants, subsidies and guaranteed loans, he spends hundreds of thousands for lobbying.

[Ken522]

In the old days they would call Elon Musk “a confidence man,” always ready to sell the latest and greatest brand of snake-oil.

[jazusamo]

Exactly...The Tesla Model S is a great example showing Musk as a conman.

It goes for about $100K and does not perform as they've advertised. It probably has a niche for the filthy rich as an enviro-nazis status symbol but why should taxpayers grant subsidies or guaranteed loans to a billionaire to produce it and help the rich buy it?

We shouldn't, period!

[cripplecreek]

Top Gear UK’s James May test drove the car and loved it except for the fact that it was electric.

[Darksheare]

Musk and his posts calling Broder a liar are fully in keeping with the personality of “Mr Make Kissy Lips at Obama” Musk.
Musk always goes after anyone who tells the truth about the car.
Anyway, according to a troll from the prior thread on Musk, Musk has more than enough money of his own to finance the car out of his opwn pocket -he doesn’t need taxpayer subsidies to do it.

[jazusamo]

Hah!

I read that story by John Broder yesterday of his test drive in the Northeast in cold weather, it’s hilarious.

I can understand why Musk must have been livid.

[cripplecreek]

As I said yesterday. Liberals want someone else to pay for their stupidity even though they can afford it themselves.

Electric Car Owners Get a Free Ride in Ann Arbor

No argument can be made that electric car owners are somehow in need of a subsidy. A 2012 survey of electric vehicle drivers found that the vast majority come from households earning more than $100,000 per year, and are predominantly, in the words of the study, "...very well-educated, upper-middle class, white men in their early 50’s..."

[jazusamo]

Yep, and I believe he could fully afford to finance it himself but the conman doesn’t want to risk his own money, he prefers to risk investors and taxpayers money.

[familyop]

"John Broder, who test drove the Tesla Model S in frigid conditions that required frequent unplanned recharging stops throughout the Northeast,..."

Heh. Try driving one at high elevations on the Rockies in the winter. Park it overnight at over 9,000 feet or so, then drive it over 100 miles each way during the day. I wouldn't want to try that, but it's alright if someone else does. ;-)

[Darksheare]

Even worse is that there are people who should know better boosting the tech as some wonder miracle that will revolutionize the world.

[jazusamo]

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[familyop]

"(outside temperatures were in the 30s)"

LOL! That's not cold! Try driving an electric car, where temps go down to 30 below.

[cripplecreek]

The season premier of Top gear was classic Clarkson.

“A lot of poo just shot out”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAptCdalzug

[jazusamo]

You’re right and anyone who’d buy an electric that lives in an area where it gets 10 degrees or below has to have rocks in their head, they’d either have to have a second car or they’d stay home a lot.

[nascarnation]

Musk is pretty good at selling the public too.

My buddy’s daughter put down $5 grand deposit on a new Tesla SUV that won’t even be built until 2014, LOL.

There really is one born every minute....

[jazusamo]

I can’t believe the Brits even allow that thing on the highway. :0)

[jazusamo]

That’s funny, she’s got to have more money than brains. LOL!

[Darksheare]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973234/posts
Thread about Musk and his ability to sucker money from government.
[Buys 17million dollar home, received 465 million dolar loan. True Believer in thread keeps boosting how much Musk is worth and doesn’t se what the problem is.]

[cripplecreek]

I think that’s the same clown who told me that its just fine for Michael Bloomberg to use his money to manipulate national politics because he’s rich.

[Darksheare]

Probably.
We seem to have such morons on here way too often.