Tesla S- "Best, safest car EVER", 300 mile range. free 1/2 hr charge. Pubs can't OMG

[FA_Q2]

Tesla S- "Best, safest car EVER", 300 mile range. free 1/2 hr charge. Pubs can't OMG
...stop him lol. This guy is amazing...

Can you afford one? No.

Can I afford one? No.

Can 90% of America afford one? No.

You are not supposed to be able to afford one. I would be that you did not buy the first real big screen flat TV’s that were retailing over 30,000 bucks either. People that are not rich are not supposed t be able to afford first runs in new tech. We need the rich dingbats that have so much money that they just want the flash to pay the standup costs before anyone else can get them.

Considering that the standup is going to need a vast support system I would not be surprised that the costs continue to be unreachable for 99 percent of Americans for another decade or so.

Tesla S- "Best, safest car EVER", 300 mile range. free 1/2 hr charge. Pubs can't OMG
...stop him lol. This guy is amazing...

Can you afford one? No.

Can I afford one? No.

Can 90% of America afford one? No.

The Tesla S is made for the upper middle class and the rich. True story.

Not really. Only the rich because not only is it close to a hundred K but you also need ANOTHER vehicle so that you can go longer distances. The Tesla S is more like the third car – the one that you want to tool around in for fun or show off to your neighbors.

That’s fine though, we NEED those moves with new tech to fund getting reasonable priced tech to the rest of us.

 

[FA_Q2]

If the volt is so good then why all the tax breaks for people who buy it?

The government wants to shift away from the middle east energy policy. Gots to invest to do that...

Sorry but no.

The government wasted our money bailing out GM and had to prop them up so as not to look stupid.

If an electric car can't compete in the market on its own then it's not worth buying.

More importantly, if it can’t compete no amount of subsidy is going to help because the piss poor product will continue to be piss poor. In the end it just wastes money as the market shifts right back as soon as the subsidy ends.

All that subsidy does is make a company comfortable in producing a vehicle that can’t compete and essentially drives them against progress. Without the subsidy, they would be forced to actually innovate something worthwhile.

 

[deltex1]

Weekly unemployment up by 13k...good for the market...maybe I can buy my tesla after all....

 

[ScreamingEagle]

as with almost all electric cars....the source of their battery power is still FOSSIL FUELS....will Obama open back up the coal mines....?

 

[Sunni Man]

as with almost all electric cars....the source of their battery power is still FOSSIL FUELS....will Obama open back up the coal mines....?

That is way too deep into reality for liberals/progressives to comprehend. ..

 

[francoHFW]

Guess what- a huge electric plant is much more efficient than the gas power plant you have in your gas hog lol...

Read the links page 1, the Tesla S is a huge step forward, voted Motor Trend Car of the Year UNANAMOUSLY LOL. It stands on its own, can easily be a first car, especially in California where there are ALREADY Tesla charging service stations- 1/2 hour for free or swtching batteries in no time at all, and coming to other parts of the country very soon.

This car is better and cheaper than its gas competition. 400 hp, 0-60 4.2 seconds, 250-300 mile range, seats 5-7 in 2-3 roads, 17 inch GPS etc etc screen-by far the safest car ever, $70-105k. The owner of Tesla is amazing- also going into space, and behind that tube/800 mph people mover thing. $70-105k.

Could hater dupes be more stick in the mud moaners? It's unbelievable seeing the effects of gloom and doom brainwashing after 25 years or so.Thanks for the Depression, the stupidest wars ever, and the most mindless obstruction ever....hoping for your recovery.

 

[Stephanie]

Guess what- a huge electric plant is much more efficient than the gas power plant you have in your gas hog lol...

Read the links page 1, the Tesla S is a huge step forward, voted Motor Trend Car of the Year UNANAMOUSLY LOL. It stands on its own, can easily be a first car, especially in California where there are ALREADY Tesla charging service stations- 1/2 hour for free or swtching batteries in no time at all, and coming to other parts of the country very soon.

This car is better and cheaper than its gas competition. 400 hp, 0-60 4.2 seconds, 250-300 mile range, seats 5-7 in 2-3 roads, 17 inch GPS etc etc screen-by far the safest car ever, $70-105k. The owner of Tesla is amazing- also going into space, and behind that tube/800 mph people mover thing. $70-105k.

Could hater dupes be more stick in the mud moaners? It's unbelievable seeing the effects of gloom and doom brainwashing after 25 years or so.Thanks for the Depression, the stupidest wars ever, and the most mindless obstruction ever....hoping for your recovery.

can you be a more hateful person? and all this over a FRIGGEN CAR?

 

[cutter]

Tesla couldn't get any of the money obama was throwing at electric car company's. The only way to success seems to be WITHOUT government help.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Guess what- a huge electric plant is much more efficient than the gas power plant you have in your gas hog lol...

Read the links page 1, the Tesla S is a huge step forward, voted Motor Trend Car of the Year UNANAMOUSLY LOL. It stands on its own, can easily be a first car, especially in California where there are ALREADY Tesla charging service stations- 1/2 hour for free or swtching batteries in no time at all, and coming to other parts of the country very soon.

This car is better and cheaper than its gas competition. 400 hp, 0-60 4.2 seconds, 250-300 mile range, seats 5-7 in 2-3 roads, 17 inch GPS etc etc screen-by far the safest car ever, $70-105k. The owner of Tesla is amazing- also going into space, and behind that tube/800 mph people mover thing. $70-105k.

Could hater dupes be more stick in the mud moaners? It's unbelievable seeing the effects of gloom and doom brainwashing after 25 years or so.Thanks for the Depression, the stupidest wars ever, and the most mindless obstruction ever....hoping for your recovery.

if coal-fired electric plants are more efficient then why is BO closing them...?

and the electric cars may be fine for those in lala land.....however for those in snow country it becomes a problem.....sorry boss i can't come in 'cause my battery is frozen....

 

[francoHFW]

Tesla couldn't get any of the money obama was throwing at electric car company's. The only way to success seems to be WITHOUT government help.

Maybe in the Pub Alternate Universe, but on planet Earth, they got a 250 million dollar loan- .

 

[hboats]

So why was it a Pub thing to wreck the Volt? This Tesla guy also does space, that 800 mph passenger tube lol....AND good nite.

Franco, you think the "pubs" are out to get you. You think they are in your closet and hiding under your bed. Most paranoid liberal I've ever seen. If you didn't notice, what part of our infrastructure is ready to handle hybrids? None of it. The car needs to be charged, yet the only place you can charge it is your home. It's big weakness? It can't go on long road trips.

another is it can't pull heavy loads like boats and trailers without quickly running out of juice...........

And I'd love to see how it will handle sitting outside for the day in the heart of winter in the Northern United States. You know what cold does to batteries, right? The fact is that before an electric car can be a viable option to replace the combustion engine they will have to work out all of the problems that will come with it. Yeah, in Southern states it may work reasonably well, but we don't all live in warm weather year around states.

Rick (hboats)

 

[Katzndogz]

If the government just bought us all a new Tesla, it would be the best selling car on the planet.

Did the government go oops when it jumped the gun by buying up all those Volts?

 

[francoHFW]

Guess what- a huge electric plant is much more efficient than the gas power plant you have in your gas hog lol...

Read the links page 1, the Tesla S is a huge step forward, voted Motor Trend Car of the Year UNANAMOUSLY LOL. It stands on its own, can easily be a first car, especially in California where there are ALREADY Tesla charging service stations- 1/2 hour for free or swtching batteries in no time at all, and coming to other parts of the country very soon.

This car is better and cheaper than its gas competition. 400 hp, 0-60 4.2 seconds, 250-300 mile range, seats 5-7 in 2-3 roads, 17 inch GPS etc etc screen-by far the safest car ever, $70-105k. The owner of Tesla is amazing- also going into space, and behind that tube/800 mph people mover thing. $70-105k.

Could hater dupes be more stick in the mud moaners? It's unbelievable seeing the effects of gloom and doom brainwashing after 25 years or so.Thanks for the Depression, the stupidest wars ever, and the most mindless obstruction ever....hoping for your recovery.

can you be a more hateful person? and all this over a FRIGGEN CAR?

Praying for your recovery, total chump of the greedy idiot rich GOP. I don't hate you at all, I hate the new BS hater GOP- and half its voters ARE brainwashed, snarling haters who think everything is them and Rush Seanbeck Savages versus commies LOL.

These cars, which the GOP has ruined for years with total BS fear mongering- it's just like other parts of the recovery and ACA. Read something.

Obama has closed the worst polluting coal plants. Period.

 

[g5000]

The cost of a Tesla is prohibitive. You'd have to drive it for quite a few years before you break even on the money you saved in gas. And then it would be time to change the batteries.

We're talking about the more expensive 85 kw-h batteries here, not the 60 kw-h ones. You have to have the 85 kw-h ones to get that 300 mile range you'v been bragging about.

So how much are batteries anyway?

Assuming someone can pry a 900lb energy storage system out of the car and that your insurance won't pay (my insurance covers it), Tesla has said that the replacement cost is about $30,000. That being said, you can buy the pre-paid replacement option for $12,000.

Battery Replacement Cost | Forums | Tesla Motors


$12,000 will buy 3000 gallons of gas. 3000 gallons will take you 90,000 miles in a $20,000 car.

 

[g5000]

Oh. Another thing Tesla doesn't tell you.

Tesla owners who leave their car in an airport parking lot for two weeks come home to a brick.

Tesla Motors' lineup of all-electric vehicles — its existing Roadster, almost certainly its impending Model S, and possibly its future Model X — apparently suffer from a severe limitation that can largely destroy the value of the vehicle. If the battery is ever totally discharged, the owner is left with what Tesla describes as a "brick": a completely immobile vehicle that cannot be started or even pushed down the street. The only known remedy is for the owner to pay Tesla approximately $40,000 to replace the entire battery. Unlike practically every other modern car problem, neither Tesla's warranty nor typical car insurance policies provide any protection from this major financial loss.

http://jalopnik.com/5887265/tesla-motors-devastating-design-problem

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Guess what- a huge electric plant is much more efficient than the gas power plant you have in your gas hog lol...

Read the links page 1, the Tesla S is a huge step forward, voted Motor Trend Car of the Year UNANAMOUSLY LOL. It stands on its own, can easily be a first car, especially in California where there are ALREADY Tesla charging service stations- 1/2 hour for free or swtching batteries in no time at all, and coming to other parts of the country very soon.

This car is better and cheaper than its gas competition. 400 hp, 0-60 4.2 seconds, 250-300 mile range, seats 5-7 in 2-3 roads, 17 inch GPS etc etc screen-by far the safest car ever, $70-105k. The owner of Tesla is amazing- also going into space, and behind that tube/800 mph people mover thing. $70-105k.

Could hater dupes be more stick in the mud moaners? It's unbelievable seeing the effects of gloom and doom brainwashing after 25 years or so.Thanks for the Depression, the stupidest wars ever, and the most mindless obstruction ever....hoping for your recovery.

switching batteries in no time at all

How many batteries are they going to keep in stock and charged for switching out? If these cars catch on, and 30 cars show up at the same time for switch-outs, will they have enough on hand or will some folks just have to be told "So sorry, go wait in line to plug in"?

 

[FJO]

as with almost all electric cars....the source of their battery power is still FOSSIL FUELS....will Obama open back up the coal mines....?

The Tesla owners should remember that their car should be plugged in to ONLY those outlets where the electricity was produced by wind turbine or solar panel, in order to avoid being called a bloody hypocrite.

 

[francoHFW]

The cost of a Tesla is prohibitive. You'd have to drive it for quite a few years before you break even on the money you saved in gas. And then it would be time to change the batteries.

We're talking about the more expensive 85 kw-h batteries here, not the 60 kw-h ones. You have to have the 85 kw-h ones to get that 300 mile range you'v been bragging about.

So how much are batteries anyway?

Assuming someone can pry a 900lb energy storage system out of the car and that your insurance won't pay (my insurance covers it), Tesla has said that the replacement cost is about $30,000. That being said, you can buy the pre-paid replacement option for $12,000.

Battery Replacement Cost | Forums | Tesla Motors


$12,000 will buy 3000 gallons of gas. 3000 gallons will take you 90,000 miles in a $20,000 car.

What total BS. So your 400 hp, 0-60 in 4.2 sec 5-7 passenger car gets 30 mpg? LOL BS, double that to 24k for 90K miles, and with Tesla you get FREE electricity and free new batteries if you're smart. Now people can afford one.

 

[Jarlaxle]

You forget the Tesla having the serious design flaw of turning into a white elephant needing a FORTY THOUSAND DOLLAR REPAIR that can be caused JUST BY LEAVING THE THING PARKED FOR A WEEK! You also conveniently forget that Tesla not only doesn't warn their customers about it, but they lie about it!

God and goddess, Frankie, are you really THIS FUCKING STUPID?!

 

[Star]

Volt now selling as hoped- only took 3 years to get past the PUB BS sabotage campaign. Fecking a-holes, hater dupes...WTF is wrong with you people, in the end?

I don't have any problem with the car.

Its going to be great for those 1%ers that have $100k laying around.

Of course I'd perfer to buy a new Stingray Vette and use the extra $40k to buy gas for 240,000 miles.

If your simplistic solution were all there was to it, you might be right but-----but figure it out carbon
suckers - do the arithmetic....

Click here for cost calculator:
Gas / Electric Vehicle Cost Comparison
Compare your gasoline car to my 1959 Henny, or enter the values of your own EV.


Gas Cost per Mile - $0.121
Electric Cost per Mile - $0.059
Electric Wins!! 51.23% Cheaper ☜ in the black

...Voila, electric costs less.
BTW, when replacing the authors values with your car's values be sure to add theHawk's $40K worth of gas (chuckle).
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