Tesla Motors - 100% Electric Vehicle

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

I think it is very revealing of the position the green movement would have us all in that those who subscribe to that position need to have contingency plans for the times they are stranded in a neighboring city and can't get home.

What do you do if no one has a charging station waiting just for you to plug into. How green is it to run out of juice and have to call a flatbed truck that gets 8 mpg burning diesel to tow you home?

But the majority of people drive less than 50 miles per day, and most electric cars I've heard of have ranges in excess of 100 miles. So situations like what you describe will be exceedingly rare.

[Number 3]

Originally Posted by Libertyforall1776

Looks like Tesla is getting a bite of the Apple (too bad GM missed out):

"Former Apple Retail mastermind jumps ship from Microsoft to Tesla
George Blankenship, the strategic genius behind Apple's booming retail segment, lasted only a year attempting to jumpstart a similar effort at rival Microsoft before being lured away from the software giant to architect the retail experience for upstart Tesla Motors."

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._to_tesla.html

We went the route of bringing in marketing and sales geniuses from Proctor adn Gamble, etc. Didn't quite work out so well. Selling computers and ipods doesn't automatically make for a good car guy.

Besides our CFO is from Microsoft and from what I've seen, he "gets it".

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by Libertyforall1776

Looks like Tesla is getting a bite of the Apple (too bad GM missed out):

"Former Apple Retail mastermind jumps ship from Microsoft to Tesla
George Blankenship, the strategic genius behind Apple's booming retail segment, lasted only a year attempting to jumpstart a similar effort at rival Microsoft before being lured away from the software giant to architect the retail experience for upstart Tesla Motors."

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._to_tesla.html

Apple = a small niche of overpriced 'fancy' computers. Or, if you prefer: Phones that are no longer revolutionary and are hindered by their network. I don't want that image associated with GM, sorry.

[Nycteus]

Originally Posted by Libertyforall1776

I think the link you are missing is electronics and electric cars go together like peas and carrots -- lithium ion/polymer batteries power them both, etc. I think there will be a lot of synergy.

This is exactly right. The EV is more comparable to an electronic device than it is a motor vehicle. While they both perform the same task, they are handled in separate ways.

It's like creating a marketing strategy for mp3 players when the market was saturated by Portable CD-Players.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Libertyforall1776

I think the link you are missing is electronics and electric cars go together like peas and carrots -- lithium ion/polymer batteries power them both, etc. I think there will be a lot of synergy.

He was brought in to 'revolutionize the buying experience' not for electronics engineering. That said, Tesla and Apple do fit together pretty well. You can get better, cheaper products elsewhere but those other manufacturers don't have the tech geeks swooning over them like Apple and Tesla have.