[DeTomaso] NPC: Tesla Car Assembly...

[Christopher Kimball]

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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
>   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors
>   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal
>   4. http://www.youtube.com/embed/8_lfxPI5ObM?rel=0
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