[DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...

[Asa Jay Laughton]

There were two Teslas that ran this year at the Nevada Open Road
Challenge; one in the 105 class and one in the 95 class.  Both
finished.  I'm told by course workers that all you heard was tire noise
coming down the road.

Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/3/2014 10:55 PM, Christopher Kimball wrote:
>    I wasn't too impressed with BMWs electric, either.  Or
>    Harley-Davidson's new electric bike.  It has about a 50-mile range!
>    Chris
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>    From: [1]doug351c
>    Sent: 7/3/2014 10:22 PM
>    To: [2]Christopher Kimball; [3]Mike Thomas
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>    Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...
>
>    Tesla is flat out lying on its financial statements.  It uses non-GAAP
>    accounting to get away with claiming they made a profit by selling
>    regulatory credits to other car makers.  I wouldn't touch their cars or
>    their stock with a 10 foot pole.
>    Doug
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>    From: DeTomaso [[5]mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com]On Behalf Of
>    Christopher Kimball
>    Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:52 AM
>    To: Mike Thomas
>    Cc: De Tomaso List
>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...
>    At Rotary yesterday the speaker was from BMW.  He was talking about
>    their
>    new electric car, and the subject of Tesla came up.  His opinion was
>    that
>    Tesla wasn't a large enough company to be viable on it's own, and that
>    Mercedes might buy it; this would also help Mercedes get their average
>    MPG
>    figures down to meet the coming CAFE standards.  He said that
>    currently,
>    Mercedes is way over the requirements and could be facing large fines
>    when
>    the new regulations take effect.
>    I'm not sure if he is accurate, but it was interesting.
>    Chris
>    On Jun 28, 2014, at 8:11 AM, "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
>    wrote:
>    >   You may have seen this one before, but it's still fascinating.
>    Looking
>    >   forward to the next model, the SUV.  Should come out just about the
>    >   time we'll be looking for a replacement.  Economies of scale should
>    >   start making the price more attainable by then as well.
>    >
>    >   Mike Thomas
>    >   Subject: Tesla Car Assembly...
>    >
>    >   Tesla Car Assembly...
>    >
>    >
>    >   Henry Ford would not believe the present-day assembly line.
>    >
>    >   Tesla Motors is an electric car company, out of San Diego, bent on
>    >   turning the automotive motive industry upside down, both here in
>    the
>    >   US, and world wide. The company was founded by Elon Musk (born 28
>    June
>    >   1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate,
>    >   investor and inventor. He is currently the CEO & CTO of [1]SpaceX
>    and
>    >   CEO & Chief Product Architect of [2]Tesla Motors. He is the founder
>    of
>    >   multiple companies, most notably SpaceX, [3]PayPal, and Tesla
>    Motors.
>    >
>    >    [4]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
>    >
>    > References
>    >
>    >   1. [6]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
>    >   2. [7]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
>    >   3. [8]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
>    >   4. [9]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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>    2. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
>    3. mailto:mbefthomas at comcast.net
>    4. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
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>    6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
>    7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
>    8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
>    9. http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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