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No argument there, the man is a genius. But the halo is slipping. There's just no hiding the cash burn. The punditry is starting to use words like Enron.

Could be. But today looked like Elon's Zapp Brannigan moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFNN5Qf2AR4 "Musk Meltdown": Tesla Tumbles After Elon Cuts Off Conference Call Question

Tesla is starting to look like the Mercedes AA Class. Is it just me or is it time to stick a fork in Tesla?

That was my point. The utility is not selling electricity to you at their cost so when they buy from you they're paying a higher price than they would if they bought electricity elsewhere. All that's really happening is you're getting your power at a reduced cost while many other users are...

I'm guessing they buy from you at a price higher than their own generation cost. Someone is picking up the tab for the difference. I'm thinking of building my own backyard oil refinery and selling gasoline to Mobil at retail price.

I've seen the movie and it was three black women, can't fool me.

The weird part is Norway is not so much a country as an oil industry with a population. The oil distorts everything. I have a customer in Norway and he explained it all to me at length at one point, it's more or less a wealthier-than-average communist country with very high taxes and a lot of...

Norway is a strange and messed up country. Tesla is doing well solely because the Norwegian gubmint wants it to for whatever reason in their weird, managed economy. The Norwegian government publishes the salary of everyone in the country on a gubmint web site. Want to know how much your...

Er, no. $200K x 1,000 equals $200 million not $2 billion. And we already know Tesla's business plan is to lose money on every vehicle but make it up on volume.

Ear plugs? That does not sound right at all. My engine sounds the same summer or winter when it has warmed up. Even when cold it is only a little louder.

The difference is you didn't pile on to someone just looking for a little help.

I'm no guru but you're probably going to find the problem lies in your neighbor's turbo "rebuild." If you're still on speaking terms with him, ask him exactly what he did and where he bought the parts. I'll go out on a limb and guess you're going to find Chinese parts at the bottom of this...

Pretty obvious to me he's saying the cost of fixing the PO's tooefing falls on his shoulders now. If you can't parse his prose maybe you're coming up a little short in the ability department too. Just sayin'.

Why? Seriously, with your limited budget and low risk tolerance, why? You need reliable transportation. Find a good Toyota or Honda on Craig's List. Focus on the seller as much as the car. Buy only from someone who will meet you in his driveway in an upscale town.

My '03 Golf started a lot better after I tapped the IP case pressure relief valve back in. It had obviously walked out a bit at 130,000 miles.

Germany Ends Tesla Model S Subsidies In Massive Blow To Company's Government Funded Business Plan Apparently German government officials have finally woken up to the realization that it's utterly ridiculous to use tax revenue generated primarily from middle and low-income households to fund...

Total straw man. Clean air and clean water are things everyone can agree on. The current debate over who is more virtuous via infinitesimal and irrelevant changes made at the margins of their lifestyle is a fool's errand. When I was younger I wondered how people could be so silly as to debate...

That sick feeling when your virtue suddenly evaporates. :) i.e. they dropped a zero and it's km not miles. So...are you going to update your comment on your evil, CO2-generating monster of a battery pack? Just imagine how much CO2 was generated to build Tesla's South Australia mega-battery...

Despite what it says I don't think that average mileage is credible even in tolerant Sweden and is not supported by other ways of analyzing the equivalence. Producing one 100kWh Tesla Model S battery pack causes the emission of 17.5 metric tonnes of CO2. An average ICE car emits approximately...

In other, other news. Tesla car battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving