Yeah. Okay. https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-main-product-isn-t-cars-it-s-subsidies-14769263
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2020/07/28/elon-musk-is-government-subsidy-critic-but-teslas-q2-results-were-helped-by-covid-19-aid/ And that's not the only company that gets them. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-subsidies-how-much/ Where's our multi billion dollar handout? Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: January 14, 2022 10:23 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: astrasfo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] High mileage Tesla You mean like the depletion allowance for oil and gas drilling in the US? https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/04/the-oil-depletion-allowance-the-largest-tax-loophole-in-american-history/ On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:02 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I wonder how much subsidy the government gives him > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Jan 14, 2022, at 8:01 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > *One Tesla Model S Has Gone Nearly 1 Million Miles And Needed SomeMajor > > Repairs*epairs > > A Tesla owner in Germany may just have the record for highest-mileage > Model > > S in the world. He recently rolled over 1.5 million kilometers (932,256 > > freedom miles if you live in the U.S.) in his Model S P85. > > > > Getting to this number was no cheap feat for the owner. It’s been through > > quite a number of parts > > < > https://www.carscoops.com/2022/01/this-original-tesla-model-s-performance-model-is-nearing-1000000-miles/ > > > > in > > its lifetime. The owner, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg says the car is > on > > at least its third battery. The first was replaced under warranty at > about > > 180,000 miles. The second was replaced after about 93,000 additional > miles > > before the third battery was installed. So far, the Model S has done more > > than 621,000 miles on that third battery. > > > > That isn’t all. The car also needed four drive motors to reach over > 900,000 > > miles. The P85 has only one drive motor on the real axle. That means > three > > different drive motors have failed. > > > > But how has this Tesla racked up so many miles? Well, the owner uses it > as > > a taxi. He also chronicles his journeys on his very-German Twitter > account > > < > https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor > > > > . > > > > #NeuesProfilbild > > < > https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeuesProfilbild?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> > > pic.twitter.com/wEsk1ZW3yC <https://t.co/wEsk1ZW3yC> > > — Hansjörg von Gemmingen - Hornberg (@gem8mingen) January 6, 2022 > > < > https://twitter.com/gem8mingen/status/1479108423685840905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw > > > > > > According to InsideEVs, he reached the 900,000-kilometer (559,0000 mile) > > mark in July 2019. That means he has averaged about 150,000 miles > annually > > since then. That works out to over 400 miles a day packing onto this > > Tesla’s odometer. > > > > There are a few high-milage Model S’s trolling around the world right > now, > > like this 425,000 mile example > > < > https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-425-000-mile-tesla-model-s-has-held-up-1848286496 > >. > > But it’s safe to say the German car blows this one out of the water. > > > > The owner has stayed mum on exactly how much the repairs have cost over > the > > life of his Model S – perhaps because it would make no logical sense to > > pour this money into a car to keep it going, or perhaps because it isn’t > > our business. > > > > So, while we may not know how much he’s paying for the privilege of > driving > > a Model S nearly a million miles in less than ten years, we will > certainly > > be able to follow along on his Twitter account > > < > https://twitter.com/gem8mingen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor > > > > . > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
