| 2MuchMark |
04-04-2014 01:47 PM |
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Originally Posted by fetishwealth
(Post 20033427)
I get he's great and all but the hyperbole in OP's post was hilarious.
"Blows away Jobs and Gates"
Maybe in 10 years IF Tesla really gets off the ground and becomes affordable to the mainstream.
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If?
In May 2013, Tesla became the best selling EV in America. 90% of the cars were sold with Supercharging built in. And in 2014, Tesla sold more cars than Ford in Norway. They sold 22,450 cars in 2013 and expect to sell 35,000 in 2014 now that they can sell to China. Also their stock price grew from about $50 in April 2013 to $212.22 in March 2014. Id' say Tesla is already off the ground.. !
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Originally Posted by fetishwealth
(Post 20033427)
Also, don't forget that the current auto giants are all each doing R&D and actually producing shit much cooler than shitty ol' electric batteries(BMW w/ Hydrogen, etc.) So the future of Tesla is a lot more tenuous than it may currently seem.
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Sounds to me like they are (a) just playing catch-up (GM, BMW, Mitsubishi etc now have electric cars). Hydrogen isn't cool. While it gets good milage, it's expensive to make, dangerous to transport, dangerous to store, requires a very big tank, and the infrastructure to transport it is extremely limited. Electric cars however can be plugged at home.
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Originally Posted by fetishwealth
(Post 20033427)
As far as SpaceX, fuck if I have any idea how that will turn out, hopefully well, but who knows what will happen in the next few years.
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SpaceX sells space launch services to NASA as well as private companies for carrying astronauts and cargo into earth orbit and to the International Space Station. Their customers are Orbcomm, MDA, Nasa, SES, AsiaSAT and others. In 2014 they have 12 launches from Cape Canaveral for Nasa, Falcon, Asiasat and even the Airforce.They are booked for missions right through to 2018 so I think they will be just fine too. |
