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Although I mostly agree with you, and I think Tesla is more on top of the game than just about anybody else right now. . . it's not entirely clear-cut.
Venturi, Phoenix, Commuter Cars and UEV have all shown working prototypes.
Miles probably have multiple prototypes of the Javlon which they simply haven't shown to the public yet.
Although you make fun of the Chevy Volt, please remember its slated for production some time later than the Tesla "White Star", and we haven't seen anything on that. You're looking at something very early in development and saying, "Man it doesn't even run!" But one could say it doesn't run simply because it's very early in development. That's the downside of too much transparency and openness.
Fisker are also aiming for a similar time slot, along with the WhiteStar and Volt. And again, we've seen more of the Fisker than we have of the WhiteStar.
In the short run I think T-Rex is very close to shipping product, much closer than most people are aware. Understand that it has been in development for a while now, it's based on an existing gas-powered vehicle, T-Rex themselves are the manufacturers of that existing vehicle, and it only has to meet motorcycle safety regulations. I think they were held up by their corporate change in ownership and restructuring, but they are coming out of that mess now. If it hadn't been for that, they probably would have been shipping to customers before now.
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