$200,000,000.00 of our money just thrown away to Barry’s buddies even though everybody knew they would never succeed.How many police officers, teachers or homeless shelters could that have funded?
Not only the Editorial Cartoonist, but also the ultra conservatives on this site as well. And Elon Musk and Tesla have done this with a relatively expensive sports car. They are now developing a family vehicle that will sell in the $30,000 per vehicles range, and get at least the same 200+ miles on a charge as the sports model.
Further, I see where Tesla has so scared the more traditional GM that it is now going to try to catch up with Tesla with a family style vehicle of its own!! Thanks to the help the government did give these private electric car developers, the future is going to be here at least two decades sooner than anybody originally thought it would be. Can you then say Bye Bye to the Middle Eastern control over the imported oil of the USA from OPEC??
Great post, MichaelWME.I can only add that as a child, I thought by now I would be able to visit a city sized space station in stationary orbit between the moon and earth by now.We got distracted.Thanks again for your many great comments.Respectfully,C.
Jack: Ford DID apply for and receive a grant/loan for alternate vehicle development exactly like Musk did at Tesla. It was NOT the same program as the “bailouts” for GM and Chrysler, and Ford has NOT paid the development loan back as Tesla did.
Michael that Firebird I mentioned in the other post, in 1955, was one of the vehicles running on electricity as an alternate source. There were a lot of folks quite serious about the concept, until they “priced it out”. In Europe and Japan, and only parts of the U.S., the concept is working, they’re called “trains”.
Saw an electric sedan in I-25 yesterday. Tags said: Gas Sux. I’m happy there is progress. Now if Honda can make their hydrogen powered vehicles more main stream, and not just Orange County California. I’d figure a way to own one of those.
CEO Musk at Tesla is a brilliant engineer, as well as businessman, the company IS doing well, and will do better. They are working on several “consumer” cars for a more general market, phasing in as charging stations become available (some they’re putting in). The Tesla vehicles are also competitive price-wise with Porsche and other “performance” cars that are gasoline driven. More performance companies are also looking to hybrids, lower cost, and greater “serviceability” without waiting for the “grid” to catch up.
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
$200,000,000.00 of our money just thrown away to Barry’s buddies even though everybody knew they would never succeed.How many police officers, teachers or homeless shelters could that have funded?
frodo1008 over 10 years ago
Not only the Editorial Cartoonist, but also the ultra conservatives on this site as well. And Elon Musk and Tesla have done this with a relatively expensive sports car. They are now developing a family vehicle that will sell in the $30,000 per vehicles range, and get at least the same 200+ miles on a charge as the sports model.
Further, I see where Tesla has so scared the more traditional GM that it is now going to try to catch up with Tesla with a family style vehicle of its own!! Thanks to the help the government did give these private electric car developers, the future is going to be here at least two decades sooner than anybody originally thought it would be. Can you then say Bye Bye to the Middle Eastern control over the imported oil of the USA from OPEC??
chazandru over 10 years ago
Great post, MichaelWME.I can only add that as a child, I thought by now I would be able to visit a city sized space station in stationary orbit between the moon and earth by now.We got distracted.Thanks again for your many great comments.Respectfully,C.
eugene57 over 10 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA you should be on the comedy circuit.
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
Jack: Ford DID apply for and receive a grant/loan for alternate vehicle development exactly like Musk did at Tesla. It was NOT the same program as the “bailouts” for GM and Chrysler, and Ford has NOT paid the development loan back as Tesla did.
Michael that Firebird I mentioned in the other post, in 1955, was one of the vehicles running on electricity as an alternate source. There were a lot of folks quite serious about the concept, until they “priced it out”. In Europe and Japan, and only parts of the U.S., the concept is working, they’re called “trains”.
cjr53 over 10 years ago
Saw an electric sedan in I-25 yesterday. Tags said: Gas Sux. I’m happy there is progress. Now if Honda can make their hydrogen powered vehicles more main stream, and not just Orange County California. I’d figure a way to own one of those.
cjr53 over 10 years ago
Saw three Tesla sedans today. (Different color paint, it wasn’t the same one following me around.)
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
CEO Musk at Tesla is a brilliant engineer, as well as businessman, the company IS doing well, and will do better. They are working on several “consumer” cars for a more general market, phasing in as charging stations become available (some they’re putting in). The Tesla vehicles are also competitive price-wise with Porsche and other “performance” cars that are gasoline driven. More performance companies are also looking to hybrids, lower cost, and greater “serviceability” without waiting for the “grid” to catch up.
habfan40 over 10 years ago
Progress?Here in Ontario we pay the windmill owners not to produce electricity.