Tesla: 4 month's to live
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Right. Breitbart is salivating over this. That's Steve Bannon.WilburHooksHands said:Why the fuck do some people want alternative fuels to fail so badly? I don't get it.
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Rich people want to spend their own capital, go for it.
Pretending you're economically viable by including $4 billion in government subsidy, without government benefit? Not so much -
Is the cost of charging an electric vehicle more expensive than paying for gas on the east coast? If so, that's what I see as a problem for them going forward.
The midwest I believe has the cheapest electric costs, but being geographically spread out, it's not really an ideal market for Tesla as well. -
AgreeHoustonHusky said:
Its not that I want them to fail badly...I just understand thermodynamics. I don't want to fund something that makes no economic senseWilburHooksHands said:Why the fuck do some people want alternative fuels to fail so badly? I don't get it.
For the high-end market nobody cares about the economics of gas vs. electricity, but for an average car it makes no sense.
http://blog.independent.org/2016/01/28/the-truth-about-tesla-motors/ -
Northwest is way cheaper.greenblood said:Is the cost of charging an electric vehicle more expensive than paying for gas on the east coast? If so, that's what I see as a problem for them going forward.
The midwest I believe has the cheapest electric costs, but being geographically spread out, it's not really an ideal market for Tesla as well. -
Why do they even make cars? Battery technology should be their business
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That will be their business in 10-20 years. They created the market and economies of scale for the batteries.Pitchfork51 said:Why do they even make cars? Battery technology should be their business
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I pay taxes, so by definition I'm helping fund them (including the $7,500 Federal tax credit per car).2001400ex said:
You aren't funding Tesla.HoustonHusky said:
Its not that I want them to fail badly...I just understand thermodynamics. I don't want to fund something that makes no economic senseWilburHooksHands said:Why the fuck do some people want alternative fuels to fail so badly? I don't get it.
For the high-end market nobody cares about the economics of gas vs. electricity, but for an average car it makes no sense.
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You...probably not so much... -
Charging them is pretty cheap, but one of the reasons why is that they avoid the Federal, State, and local gasoline taxes. Its not a like-for-like energy value comparison.greenblood said:Is the cost of charging an electric vehicle more expensive than paying for gas on the east coast? If so, that's what I see as a problem for them going forward.
The midwest I believe has the cheapest electric costs, but being geographically spread out, it's not really an ideal market for Tesla as well. -
Is that guy seriously taking Tesla's quarterly P&L and dividing it by the number of cars sold in order to claim Tesla loses $4000 a car?Southerndawg said:
AgreeHoustonHusky said:
Its not that I want them to fail badly...I just understand thermodynamics. I don't want to fund something that makes no economic senseWilburHooksHands said:Why the fuck do some people want alternative fuels to fail so badly? I don't get it.
For the high-end market nobody cares about the economics of gas vs. electricity, but for an average car it makes no sense.
http://blog.independent.org/2016/01/28/the-truth-about-tesla-motors/
