Jay Leno makes several eloquent points about Tesla's accomplishments and the US-based criticism surrounding the company:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000320121
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000320121
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I don’t know, but it feels like the only reason Jay doesn’t have a Model S as his daily driver is because GM (and/or Ford and Chrysler) are contributing significantly to the money pile he needs to maintain his ‘garage’ and pay all his ‘garage’ staff..../ We caught him on a bad day when he did the Model S for his "garage" the last time. He really liked the car but just didn't seem blown away by it as he should have been. I'm thinking the P85D will knock his socks off.
It takes a long time to convince most anybody to give up one of their passions.
I believe his daily driver is a Chevy Volt, and I think that's a reasonable compromise. Nothing wrong with collecting gas cars. They are part of history and are essentially museum pieces.I don’t know, but it feels like the only reason Jay doesn’t have a Model S as his daily driver is because GM (and/or Ford and Chrysler) are contributing significantly to the money pile he needs to maintain his ‘garage’ and pay all his ‘garage’ staff.
And if he really fully understood the implications of AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) he wouldn’t own the so-called “tank car”… And probably not a whole bunch of other cars that he also currently owns.
Nothing wrong with collecting gas cars. They are part of history and are essentially museum pieces.
We caught him on a bad day when he did the Model S for his "garage" the last time. He really liked the car but just didn't seem blown away by it as he should have been. I'm thinking the P85D will knock his socks off.
I thought he gave it a very glowing review in that piece with Franz.
I kind of like Leno. He seems like a kind of a really nice guy. For instance: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was always (?) a union show (see 2:11 in the YouTube clip below.). And here (and here) he is protesting against the dictator of Brunei..../ Nothing wrong with collecting gas cars. They are part of history and are essentially museum pieces.
.../ The Blastolene Special, also known as the "Tank Car" /.../ Created from a military tank engine and a custom-made aluminium body, /.../ it produces 810 bhp (600 kW) (@2800 rpm) and 1,560 pound force-feet (2,120 N·m) (@2400 rpm) of torque. /.../ The car weighs 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) which is 1/11th the weight of the original tank from which the engine was used. /.../
Interesting facts
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- The car gets 5 miles per gallon (up from the original performance of 2–3 miles per gallon, after the transmission was replaced.)
Source: Blastolene Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You're free to go down whatever slope you want.He may have a couple of warehouses full of cars, but he can only drive one at a time. So in criticizing him for his collection, perhaps we should start criticizing people for having houses that are too big for what they really need. After all it takes more energy in whatever form, to heat/cool a 5,000 sq ft home than a 1500 sq ft home.