drinkerofkoolaid
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Pure speculation:
When Elon said "The Model X was the most difficult car in the world to build" he was making a slight nod to the company that Tesla is currently suing. At the time, Tesla was forced to wait for the company to produce on its obligations, with Tesla ultimately being forced to re-tool the Model X, locate a new supplier.
1) The main reason the Model X was delayed was because of Hoerbiger, not Tesla.
2) When I was in China, I saw a number of stores that had recently opened. The people I spoke to mentioned a number of times that Tesla had recruited a lot of employees from Apple, and from the tone of the conversation, it sounded like Apple and Tesla had a friendly relationship.
* The positive coverage about Tesla in Chinese newspapers, is a very good sign.
3) It's possible Analysts overestimated the cost to ramp up production of the Model X.
4) Low gas prices, the methane leak in California, and the scarcity of Model X vehicles, have likely encouraged more people in the market for a $50,000 - $100,000 vehicle to buy a Tesla.
5) It is more important than it was 6 months ago for the world to stop using gasoline vehicles. The methane leak is the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving 7 million cars each day. Cheap gasoline prices have "persuaded" more people than ever before to buy "GAS GUZZLERS". THIS IS A VERY BAD THING!
6) Obama should host a press conference, in which he emphasizes why it is essential for the USA to stop incentivizing gas guzzlers. The "hummer tax break" didn't help American manufacturing, and was a horrible thing for the environment. There should be a tax incentive, mirroring the hummer incentive, that applies to "heavy" battery powered vehicles. I think a number of states have already done this?
1) Politicians and Celebrities need to make it clear that it is very politically and morally wrong to drive an SUV.
2) Anyone in the market for a $50,000 + sedan or SUV who isn't considering buying a Tesla, should be ashamed of themselves.
Celebrities should be very vocal that Electric, and Efficient Vehicles = Good and GAS GUZZLER = BAD.
I think the USA is the only developed country that incentivizes inefficient vehicles, and doesn't tax inefficient vehicles.
Could Obama use an executive order to stop all incentives for big oil? Does Obama need the "blessing" from the "evangelical right" to remove a subsidy?
When Elon said "The Model X was the most difficult car in the world to build" he was making a slight nod to the company that Tesla is currently suing. At the time, Tesla was forced to wait for the company to produce on its obligations, with Tesla ultimately being forced to re-tool the Model X, locate a new supplier.
"Tesla incurred millions of dollars in damages, including, but not limited to costs of re-tooling the entire vehicle in order to support a different engineering solution,” the lawsuit said. In addition, Tesla had to pay the new supplier a premium to rush out a workable solution.
1) The main reason the Model X was delayed was because of Hoerbiger, not Tesla.
2) When I was in China, I saw a number of stores that had recently opened. The people I spoke to mentioned a number of times that Tesla had recruited a lot of employees from Apple, and from the tone of the conversation, it sounded like Apple and Tesla had a friendly relationship.
* The positive coverage about Tesla in Chinese newspapers, is a very good sign.
3) It's possible Analysts overestimated the cost to ramp up production of the Model X.
4) Low gas prices, the methane leak in California, and the scarcity of Model X vehicles, have likely encouraged more people in the market for a $50,000 - $100,000 vehicle to buy a Tesla.
5) It is more important than it was 6 months ago for the world to stop using gasoline vehicles. The methane leak is the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving 7 million cars each day. Cheap gasoline prices have "persuaded" more people than ever before to buy "GAS GUZZLERS". THIS IS A VERY BAD THING!
6) Obama should host a press conference, in which he emphasizes why it is essential for the USA to stop incentivizing gas guzzlers. The "hummer tax break" didn't help American manufacturing, and was a horrible thing for the environment. There should be a tax incentive, mirroring the hummer incentive, that applies to "heavy" battery powered vehicles. I think a number of states have already done this?
1) Politicians and Celebrities need to make it clear that it is very politically and morally wrong to drive an SUV.
2) Anyone in the market for a $50,000 + sedan or SUV who isn't considering buying a Tesla, should be ashamed of themselves.
Celebrities should be very vocal that Electric, and Efficient Vehicles = Good and GAS GUZZLER = BAD.
I think the USA is the only developed country that incentivizes inefficient vehicles, and doesn't tax inefficient vehicles.
Could Obama use an executive order to stop all incentives for big oil? Does Obama need the "blessing" from the "evangelical right" to remove a subsidy?
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