[www.teslamotors.com]
"Tesla Motors has received approval for about $465 million in low-interest loans from the US Department of Energy to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles.
Tesla will use $365 million for production engineering and assembly of the Model S, an all-electric family sedan that carries seven people and travels up to 300 miles per charge.
The Model S has an anticipated base price of $49,900 after a $7,500 US federal tax credit. It has lifetime ownership costs equivalent to a conventional car with a sticker price of $35,000, thanks to the lower cost of electricity vs. gasoline and a relative lack of service and maintenance. Tesla expects to start Model S production in late 2011 in a state-of-the-art assembly plant employing about 1,000 workers."
So much for that... :shrugs:
So the US government gave Tesla ultra-low interest loans (essentially subsidized) to keep them from going belly-up, only so Tesla can continue to produce high-end luxury cars. OK so tax payers bear the burden of the government-backed loans, and only the elite can afford to get the cars.
Typical...
that's exactly how I drive my Rx-7 around Manhattan. XD
So it's like BEAMZ for "hand crafts"
Orange paint? Seems pretty ghetto. I think some day-glow / reflective adhesive-backed tape would be a better solution.
At least, that's what I did to my car...years ago.
Does this mean vegans will finally have to give up using computers? I hope so, it might help to keep their wild ramblings and off the Internet.
Silly ignorant Gawker writer.
What the &%@?
Why is this article cross-posted across the entire Gawker network? One minute I'm reading about the Detroit Auto Show, the next minute there's an article about how all gay men are drug-addicted sexual deviants. This article is the type of slanderous-smut that conservative groups use to justify their stereotyping of homosexuals.
Either someone messed up and accidentally cross-posted this across all the Gawker blogs, or the site was hacked (yet again).
What's going on here!?
I love that road. Us Rotary / Rx-7 guys make a pilgrimage at least once a year...
www.DealsGapRotaryRally.com
edit...oops
Yeah never had any luck finding a 2 or 3 for that price. The 7 is my daily, but it's currently under the knife getting a BW s366 single setup... ;)
No, my girlfriend used to live in Park Slope though so I was always street-parked, so yes that was probably my car.
I drive my nearly 400 rwhp Rx-7 in the city in Manhattan all the time. The lights are actually timed relatively well, and you can get pretty good non-stop segments up & down the avenues when it's not "rush hour."
Assange & WikiLeaks yet again stealing credit for other's discoveries/leaks...
Looks like the incestuous love child of a C6 'vette and a 5th-gen Camaro.
All I heard was, "I'm a french hipster. Blah, blah, blah."
Seems more THX 1138 (1971) than Apple commercial (1984) if you ask me.
You can clean your engine with water...us rotary guys do it all the time.
[www.rx7club.com]
[www.rx7club.com]
I noticed they're all coming from Sam. But what can you expect - Giz hired a recent college grad (class of 2010) with an undergraduate degree in "Moral Philosophy" (i.e., not Journalism, not Writing).
I just wish they would focus more on tech and gadgets, and stay away from the political issues (e.g. anti-nuclear propaganda, or Libyan "rebels" that "liberated" the country).
I'm amazing that I haven't fallen beneath the ban hammer (again) for criticizing Gizmodo's horrible coverage of politically-charged issues. I've been a regular giz reader longer than Sam's been a writer. I've also been to Giz events in NYC multiple times. This is my second username after my first was banned for questioning the "innovation" behind someone attaching an LED scroller to a yarmulke. Not sure why I was banned because of that.
Think it might be time to switch over to that "other" gadget news blog...
I just wish they would focus more on tech and gadgets, and stay away from the political issues (e.g. anti-nuclear propaganda, or Libyan "rebels" that "liberated" the country).
I'm amazing that I haven't fallen beneath the ban hammer (again) for criticizing Gizmodo's horrible coverage of politically-charged issues. I've been a regular giz reader longer than Sam's been a writer. I've also been to Giz events in NYC multiple times. This is my second username after my first was banned for questioning the "innovation" behind someone attaching an LED scroller to a yarmulke. Not sure why I was banned because of that.
Think it might be time to switch over to that "other" gadget news blog...
I really wanna know which anti-nuclear lobby has been paying Giz to run these nuclear fear-mongering pieces for the past few months. I feel like every time I check out Giz, there's a new article posted with a frightening title that talks about nuclear horror stories or alleged worst case scenarios. Who is forking out the dough for all this anti-nuclear content? The American coal industry lobby? OPEC lobby? lol
