[DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...
thomas
thomas at hax.se
Fri Jul 4 12:11:28 EDT 2014
It is also the first electric car with a range long enough to take us between our two homes. It would take us both ways, if the numbers are true.
I've been contemplating taking an S model for a test drive really soon. Not that I can afford one, but just to check out what it's like.
Cheers,
Thomas
> 4 jul 2014 kl. 17:54 skrev Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>:
>
> There is no question that Elon Musk is a genius. Between his first
> commercial success (a video game he made as a teen ager), to Pay pal ,
> which made him a billionaire, to Tesla, Solar City, and Space -X (which
> I think is the coolest by far) the guy is absolutely brilliant. His
> fist Tesla roadster was made on the lotus Elise platform. His later
> models are proprietary designs. There 0-60 times are impressive. The
> 2013 model S sedan does 0-60 in 3.9 and the quarter mile in 12.4 sec
> !A [1]http://www.zeroto60times.com/Tesla-Electric-Cars-0-60-mph-Times.h
> tmlA A The 2013 model S broke the crash test machinery ! It had the
> best results ever
> recordedA [2]http://www.wired.com/2013/08/tesla-model-s-crash-test/A
> His Space X rocket the Falcon 9 takes off, and the space craft A (the
> dragon) travels to to the international space station( by robotic
> control ) unloads supplies and brings back waste and experiments. It's
> missions so far have been unmanned but it can fly both robotically and
> by pilots (in a future version Dragon 2) The Dragon 2 space craft will
> eventually be able to carry a crew of 7 who will be able to have some
> limited control over the space craft. I think it's absolutely amazing
> that this has been accomplished by a privately owned company ( Space -X
> is not publicly traded) . Only in the U.S.A.! A Tesla at a PEG of 2900
> seems crazy , but there are many tech companies that have no PEG
> because they have still to operate at a profit!
> So who knows but it's a little to risky for my blood. A But as an
> individual I think Elon Musk is A a manto watch. He invested a huge
> portion of his own money into Space X and has predicted they will make
> a manned A flight to Mars by 2026 ( that's 10 years ahead of NASA's
> prediction). He named his space craft Dragon after the peter , paul,
> and mary song "Puff the magic dragon" because critics said his Space -X
> rocket would never get off the ground!
> Boyd
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Asa Jay Laughton
> <[3]asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
> 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. A Both
> finished. A I'm told by course workers that all you heard was tire
> noise
> coming down the road.
> Asa A 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:
>> A A I wasn't too impressed with BMWs electric, either. A Or
>> A A Harley-Davidson's new electric bike. A It has about a 50-mile
> range!
>> A A Chris
>> A A Sent from my Windows Phone
>> A A
> A __________________________________________________________________
>>
>> A A From: [1]doug351c
>> A A Sent: 7/3/2014 10:22 PM
>> A A To: [2]Christopher Kimball; [3]Mike Thomas
>> A A Cc: [4]De Tomaso List
>> A A Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...
>>
>> A A Tesla is flat out lying on its financial statements. A It uses
> non-GAAP
>> A A accounting to get away with claiming they made a profit by
> selling
>> A A regulatory credits to other car makers. A I wouldn't touch their
> cars or
>> A A their stock with a 10 foot pole.
>> A A Doug
>> A A -----Original Message-----
>> A A From: DeTomaso [[5]mailto:[7]detomaso-bounces at poca.com]On Behalf
> Of
>> A A Christopher Kimball
>> A A Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:52 AM
>> A A To: Mike Thomas
>> A A Cc: De Tomaso List
>> A A Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...
>> A A At Rotary yesterday the speaker was from BMW. A He was talking
> about
>> A A their
>> A A new electric car, and the subject of Tesla came up. A His
> opinion was
>> A A that
>> A A Tesla wasn't a large enough company to be viable on it's own,
> and that
>> A A Mercedes might buy it; this would also help Mercedes get their
> average
>> A A MPG
>> A A figures down to meet the coming CAFE standards. A He said that
>> A A currently,
>> A A Mercedes is way over the requirements and could be facing large
> fines
>> A A when
>> A A the new regulations take effect.
>> A A I'm not sure if he is accurate, but it was interesting.
>> A A Chris
>> A A On Jun 28, 2014, at 8:11 AM, "Mike Thomas"
> <[8]mbefthomas at comcast.net>
>> A A wrote:
>> A A > A You may have seen this one before, but it's still
> fascinating.
>> A A Looking
>> A A > A forward to the next model, the SUV. A Should come out just
> about the
>> A A > A time we'll be looking for a replacement. A Economies of
> scale should
>> A A > A start making the price more attainable by then as well.
>> A A >
>> A A > A Mike Thomas
>> A A > A Subject: Tesla Car Assembly...
>> A A >
>> A A > A Tesla Car Assembly...
>> A A >
>> A A >
>> A A > A Henry Ford would not believe the present-day assembly line.
>> A A >
>> A A > A Tesla Motors is an electric car company, out of San Diego,
> bent on
>> A A > A turning the automotive motive industry upside down, both
> here in
>> A A the
>> A A > A US, and world wide. The company was founded by Elon Musk
> (born 28
>> A A June
>> A A > A 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business
> magnate,
>> A A > A investor and inventor. He is currently the CEO & CTO of
> [1]SpaceX
>> A A and
>> A A > A CEO & Chief Product Architect of [2]Tesla Motors. He is the
> founder
>> A A of
>> A A > A multiple companies, most notably SpaceX, [3]PayPal, and
> Tesla
>> A A Motors.
>> A A >
>> A A > A A [4][9]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
>> A A >
>> A A > References
>> A A >
>> A A > A 1. [6][10]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
>> A A > A 2. [7][11]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
>> A A > A 3. [8][12]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
>> A A > A 4. [9][13]http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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>> A A 1. mailto:[18]doug351c at gmail.com
>> A A 2. mailto:[19]chrisvkimball at msn.com
>> A A 3. mailto:[20]mbefthomas at comcast.net
>> A A 4. mailto:[21]detomaso at poca.com
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>> A A 6. [23]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
>> A A 7. [24]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
>> A A 8. [25]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
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> References
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> 1. http://www.zeroto60times.com/Tesla-Electric-Cars-0-60-mph-Times.html
> 2. http://www.wired.com/2013/08/tesla-model-s-crash-test/
> 3. mailto:asajay at asajay.com
> 4. http://www.racingagainstautism.com/
> 5. http://www.teampanteraracing.com/
> 6. http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
> 7. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
> 8. mailto:mbefthomas at comcast.net
> 9. http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
> 10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
> 11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
> 12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
> 13. http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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> 18. mailto:doug351c at gmail.com
> 19. mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com
> 20. mailto:mbefthomas at comcast.net
> 21. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
> 22. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
> 23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
> 24. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
> 25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
> 26. http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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