Re: [Vo]:Tesla to eat GM's lunch?
Model S won again one car prize. This time it was an international green car prize, not much competition there! The Jury commented: "The Tesla Model S has wowed the world's press, and for good reason: It's a car from a startup maker that actually competes on its merits with vehicles from established global players. The Model S is fast and stylish, its high-end models offer more range than any other electric car, and thus far, it appears to be well-built and selling well. Now that it's in volume production, it can be argued that it is already the world's most alluring green car that's also practical and desirable." "There have only been two pure electric cars with a sensible range, and both have been made by Tesla. Its Roadster would go at least 180 miles and the Model S a lot further than that. It also seats up to seven, is almost supercar swift, swoopily styled and recharge time apart and absurd width apart as practical as a family sedan. It's not cheap, but certainly isn't expensive for what it does." http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/and-now-there-is-one-tesla-model-s-declared-2013-world-green-car-200452081.html —Jouni On Mar 29, 2013, at 11:15 PM, "Jones Beene" wrote: > The Tesla S, at its present rate of sales (500/week) is outpacing the > Volt... despite its higher price and the lame story from the NY Times ... > > http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/28/tesla-500-model-s-cars-per-week-expandin > g-in-us-canada-europe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Fe > ed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29 > > This is remarkable in many ways. The Tesla S is not only a faster, larger > and better made vehicle than the Volt, the cost gap between the two is > dropping. As one observers to recent comparative testing between sez: > > "At the end of the day, it's like comparing Claire Danes [or a great Dane] > with a Shih Tzu - they're both mammals but that's about it..." > > http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-model-s-vs-chevy-volt-drag-race/ > > Go Elon, go ... >
Re: [Vo]:Tesla to eat GM's lunch?
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:15:02 -0700 "Jones Beene" wrote: > The Tesla S, at its present rate of sales (500/week) is outpacing the > Volt... despite its higher price and the lame story from the NY Times ... ... > Go Elon, go ... Given your headline to your post, I don't doubt that 'Elon' will go go go if you can help. But looking at the Tesla, or any electric car, more objectively, makes me think they are either for rich people who can use them as toys ($100k for the top of the line Tesla) or for people like me and my wife, who rarely drive more than 75k in a day (Chevy Volt, Prius?). I liked the bit, below, about dispensing with 'amenities' like a heater. Imagine paying 100k but not being able to use a heater; you would just have to have the chauffeur following you around in the BMW to save you when the juice ran out and the cold began to seep in. I don't know when I have seen such a large PR campaign for such a useless machine. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57497703-48/on-the-road-in-six-electric-cars/ 2012 Tesla Model S In its top trim, which incidentally costs about $100K, it is a real joy to driveHowever, its efficiency, at 38 kilowatt-hours per 100 miles, is the worst of the lot. Think of it as a performance-oriented electron guzzler. http://www.ibtimes.com/tesla-model-s-review-controversy-can-elon-musk-vanquish-electric-car-stigma-1091504 “That 200 mile stretch between Newark, Del. and Milford, Conn., seems needlessly sweat-inducing,” Valdes-Dapena said after his test drive Test drivers of the Model S have been kind enough to lend their car’s telemetry data to the Web via Twitter, but some of the data we’re seeing is indicative of the prime complaint among users: Distress about the car’s range In his review, Broder said he dispensed with “battery draining amenities” like keeping up with traffic and heating his car in the cold winter weather.
RE: [Vo]:Tesla to eat GM's lunch?
-Original Message- From: Terry Blanton > Go Elon, go ... His $17 stock is pushing $40. As several articles mention, GM mostly had the correct ingredients but did not adequately couple the wimpy ICE to the electric motor so that they could provide cumulative performance. So the Volt is a slow-poke - by far the worst performing $40,000 car ever. Even a few tree-huggers, and all of the Sierra Club, like to have a bit of obscene power when they need it. All the "S" needs, to become an icon like the "T" (besides the obvious: the 3:1 improved "bettery" which may happen this year) is a auxiliary unit to trickle charge the betteries overnight ... something like the 1.5 kW unit promised this year. http://www.blacklightpower.com/technology/ciht-cell/ ...never mind that the promise-maker (Randy Mills) has more broken promises than a three-term Congressman (from either party). Will this be Mills' year to finally make amends, or will someone else steal his thunder? Jones
Re: [Vo]:Tesla to eat GM's lunch?
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > Go Elon, go ... His $17 stock is pushing $40.
[Vo]:Tesla to eat GM's lunch?
The Tesla S, at its present rate of sales (500/week) is outpacing the Volt... despite its higher price and the lame story from the NY Times ... http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/28/tesla-500-model-s-cars-per-week-expandin g-in-us-canada-europe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Fe ed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29 This is remarkable in many ways. The Tesla S is not only a faster, larger and better made vehicle than the Volt, the cost gap between the two is dropping. As one observers to recent comparative testing between sez: "At the end of the day, it's like comparing Claire Danes [or a great Dane] with a Shih Tzu - they're both mammals but that's about it..." http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-model-s-vs-chevy-volt-drag-race/ Go Elon, go ... <>
