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Wouldn't surprise me if the Hertz models were fairly basic spec, no performance models.
Almost all the news and press releases about Tesla cars, Tesla Motor's plans, Tesla's CEO, etc. have been positive. Some of it is justified, some is hype. The stock will likely go higher or remain high until a credible piece of negative news comes out, or until the last optimist slurps the cool-aid.
Almost all the news and press releases about Tesla cars, Tesla Motor's plans, Tesla's CEO, etc. have been positive. Some of it is justified, some is hype. The stock will likely go higher or remain high until a credible piece of negative news comes out, or until the last optimist slurps the cool-aid.
Fair enough, just as long as you know that.
Certainly not all of these investors are gamblers. It's a gamble if there is no product behind the hype. Not the case with Tesla.
Compared to the Tesla, whose electric motor is so simple, the ICU is unnecessarily complicated with so many things that can go wrong. And they often do with or without constant maintenance. Nonetheless, Carl Benz or whoever else who invented the ICU was a genius.
Enjoy!
"Not the best-selling electric car. Not the best-selling car with a plug.
For the month of September, the Tesla Model S was the best-selling car, period."
:surprise:
Still, these are exported goods, a positive for a US company to be doing so well globally. I expect a few more of these similar stories in other Countries before long.
I'm okay with Norway paying these incentives and giving its drivers non-monetary incentives for an expensive American import, but I'd be less enthusiastic if I were a Norwegian citizen and motorist.
By the way, check out the video of a Model S that caught fire upon impact. It'll be interesting to see how this impacts Tesla's reputation for safety. I imagine it'll depend on the details regarding this accident. Although the car was destroyed, fortunately no one was injured.
I like the Norway thing too, looks like American socio-economic policy is being exported. Or it's just goofy policy via dopey greenies.
I spoke to a friend who is an expert vintage race car driver (you have to have a big set to drive some of these old timey cars as fast as he does) and his comment after test driving a Tesla was that it was a very nice car indeed but that "the rate of acceleration is positively LETHAL to an inexperienced or careless driver".
I suppose one could say that about a Ferrari as well, but I think his point was that the kind of person buying a Tesla is not a sports car enthusiast to begin with.
Maybe there should be a safety warning, as is required for cigarettes.
Looks like Tesla vehicle fires are pretty quick to happen when involved in normal everyday incidences. Lately a rear-ender, and the next day with another, road debris flew up and started a fire. I guess it isn't really necessary to point out where the fires occurred in both cases? Let's just say it wasn't from a gasoline storage tank.
The stock price has been reflected by these incidents too..there goes your aspirations of the 200 buck threshold for awhile..might be quite awhile if some more of this bad press starts to gain a bit more momentum.
If my post has a hint of unsympathetic undertones, it's because you would think that since Tesla places the batteries so low in the chassis (a good thing) that they would properly protect them from basic common everyday hazards like kicked-up road debris. That challenge is not rocket science.
If this latest news is true, then it seems that some of the more rudimentary bases haven't been covered and that has to cause some investors a caution or two. I know it would me if I owned the stock.
Impact protection should not be that hard to address..certainly not from usual road debris being thrown up. If fires are happening due to other more invasive impacts like collisions, then maybe the batteries are sensitive to shock deceleration values? Who knows, but I find it odd that their crash worthiness claims don't seem to be standing up in real world use.
It could also be negative media fear mongering, or even stock manipulation...all hurdles that new companies trying to get a foot hold in the market must endure till reputation either exonerates or condemns.
It was sabotage. :shades:
I am curious to know exactly what the Tesla hit.
I have always feared that they may organize some day.
RE: Sure the media may jump on this, and Tesla had better be ready for it, or future incidents, and not come up with that odd statement (and vague one) they offered for the fire--basically saying that the passenger compartment didn't burn because "of the way Teslas are built".
Actually I'd like to hear a Tesla engineer's explanation of statement. A fireproof firewall and trunk bulkhead? Asbestos carpeting? What?
I suspect when they give gifts to the top few, it doesn't result in decades of devolution as it has here.
"A curved section that fell off a semi-trailer was recovered from the roadway near where the accident occurred and, according to the road crew that was on the scene, appears to be the culprit."
And I bet Musk and his suits do everything possible to keep the driver happy and quiet.
What I am thinking is that if this was such a big piece of debris, why didn't the "driver" avoid it? Phone in hand, maybe (high end car with standard bluetooth, inept overmonied type behind the wheel, etc - I see the guy is from Bellevue, I see it every day)
Musk has also issued a statement Which is kind of amusing, kind of like the wacky cost of ownership claims. Comparing fire probablity for the vehicle fleet in general vs his car. I'd assume most non-Italian cars that catch fire are old, poorly maintained, and unsafe anyway. To compare those to a brand new expensive car with not a lot of time or miles under its belt is a bit sketchy.
Thought I read that here on Edmunds actually...
VoltELR won't be a game changer.One of the big tail winds the Model S has going for it is that it doesn't have even one direct competitor.
Field says that he had never seriously considered leaving Apple. He began his career as a development engineer at Ford but says that he left the auto industry in “search of fast-paced, exciting engineering challenges elsewhere.”
Certainly picked the right company IMO...
Things are falling into place for Tesla as "California, New York and six other states said they would work jointly to adopt a range of measures to make it easier to own an electric car."
Read full NY Times article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/business/energy-environment/coalition-of-state- s-seeks-to-spur-use-of-electric-cars.html?ref=automobiles
Americans want Apple products. Americans do not apparently want electric cars, and are not prying off dealership doors to get at diesels either.
What's the point? MAKE THEM want it?