Comments for High Resolution Tesla Model S Gallery at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://ecogeek.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:15:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-34616 The U.S. dollar, falling like a stone, no longer commands the 80% of the world's finite resources required to maintain American "Status Quo" - lifestyle resulting in Gold over $1200.00 / oz. and oil crashing the $80.00 / bbl threshold. Asian demands bid with stronger currencies, like the Yuan for the very finite world's resources on open world markets. Net Result: convulsive paradigm shift in U.S. towards Hybrid cars, all electric cars, buses trams rail transportation, and less, more expensive food. Oil, and gasoline prices on the rise, America recoils from expansive growth to a frugal mode, making Tesla a bargain long term. Also: Three moving part power train and recyclable recupable expense on batteries, and no planned obsolescence, no sheet-metal style changes, no shawdy workmanship, in basic designs make Electrics very economical over the long run, and the way to go as the gasoline prices constantly force upward by Asian demand as Asians expand on world's markets. Tesla does what the "Mighty GM(America) cannot do, produce the solution to the problem. America has no more "Easy Oil" but America has South Western Solar/Electric, Prairie Wind Corridor Wind/Electric, Geothermal/Electric Nuclear/Electric, Tidal/Electric. Wave/Electric and Hydro/Electric in abundance! Truly Tesla's age, now,Mr. Obama, where are your Electric Bullet trains and intercity rail network to take the oil hungry jet planes out of the air, and to reduce need for longer distance car driving? America has solutions thank goodness, but much back-fighting against them. Sorrowfully corporatists are cheif adversaries to real progress! To back that statement, I ask you to Google, Torrent, the movie "Who Killed The Electric Car" and study it well, it is truly a lesson on "The American Condition" today! Good luck Tesla you have navigated a very dangerous minefield and we applaud you for this! - Uncle B Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:08:34 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25587 Give it bigger brakes, and I could have mistaken it for a Maserati! - Troy Sherk Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:16:37 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25579 Yeah, weird comments. The Roadster assembly is mostly outsourced to Lotus (in the UK) from what I understand. Tesla is planning on building an entirely new manufacturing plant (probably in California) in which to build the Model S (and other future models), assuming they get the loan from the DOE. So to say that they cannot produce more than a few hundred Roadsters in the past year means that they won't be able to produce thousands of another car doesn't make any sense. - Grant Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:07:42 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25557 Isn't it curious that whenever a very awesome story is posted on ecogeek, there's enormously ignorant comments masquerading as skepticism? The Model S is one of the most important developments in the automobile industry in a while. Its advantages are obvious. Who would shoot it down outright? Someone who has something to lose from it. The four comments above me are so specific and intense in their position that they're likely made by lobbyists. Take them with a grain of salt. - Alfred Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:26:49 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25490 bill, did you know, Tesla Motors is still a startup? You know what's the common fate of most startups? - Funtomas Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:40:44 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25488 Tesla has still not solved the problem that they can not build cars as fast as their customers are willing to buy them. Tesla is far behind in production of the Roadster and will get even farther behind in the production of the Model S. - bill Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:49:52 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25487 Production slated for 3Q'2011 ... two and a half years out??? By that time, the specs on this thing aren't going to be that remarkable. Of course, I don't see Tesla's funding holding up that long when their only product is the roadster. - Mr. Sinister Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:42:53 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/automobiles/2648#comment-25477 Good to see the announcement is getting the mainstream media attention it deserves: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/26/tesla.new.sedan/index.html - Rob Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:29:53 +0100