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Johonny

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5. Only if it becomes "more" than just a car company

Mon May 8, 2017, 12:04 PM

May 2017

the idea it will be a battery, energy storage, solar power etc... company is what the stock price is all about. Musk has buttered up the new administration, but Trump's energy policy will make it harder for Tesla to survive until alternative power is the only option...

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Will Tesla Succeed? [View all] Stuart G May 2017 OP

only if they can beat the new Dodge Demon in the quarter mile snooper2 May 2017 #1

I have heard that Tesla's move pretty fast from standing still... Stuart G May 2017 #2

You can't drive 840 hp on city streets. You'd need new tires weekly NightWatcher May 2017 #3

840 is nothing on the street snooper2 May 2017 #4

Because drag racing ability is why people buy cars? longship May 2017 #8

Every stop light is a drag race LOL snooper2 May 2017 #14

Who needs 3.8 liters? longship May 2017 #19

Some people have fun driving Calculating May 2017 #21

"Who needs 3.8 liters? Who needs more than four cylinders?" EX500rider May 2017 #22

Driving at a safe and legal speed is part of the premise of the comparison caraher May 2017 #33

If you don't kick someone's ass by the time you hit the speed limit, you've kinda lost the "race." TheBlackAdder May 2017 #25

leaves starting line at 1.8G , first production car to pull a wheelie snooper2 May 2017 #30

The 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda Lightweights (1500 lbs) could pull wheelies. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #32

Those were mid-500HP stock with a bit of tuning and still ran mid-10's in stock form, I believe. JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #39

Good points. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #44

Only if it becomes "more" than just a car company Johonny May 2017 #5

Thank You for your insitefull answer.. Stuart G May 2017 #6

Tesla will survive and thrive because it makes sense, even to the investment class Alex4Martinez May 2017 #9

$35,000 is still out of the price range of a great deal of Americans. HughBeaumont May 2017 #7

375,000 on waiting list for new Tesla 3 DrDan May 2017 #12

35K is becoming cheap for a new car these days snooper2 May 2017 #15

I was able to get away with $14,900 on a new 2016 Cruze last year. HughBeaumont May 2017 #17

Much as was said of both Apple and PC computers in 1982. LanternWaste May 2017 #20

Selling shiny toys to affluent people isn't a bad business plan. hunter May 2017 #10

Many of your fellow DU members own iPhones. Blue_true May 2017 #23

The most adaptable electronic device I've ever owned is a $35 Raspberry Pi. hunter May 2017 #24

I am really not a luxury type of person, just really like my iPhone's utility. Blue_true May 2017 #45

375,000 on waiting list for the new Tesla 3 - I'd say they have a GREAT chance DrDan May 2017 #11

Only if they start making profits Calculating May 2017 #13

Tesla does not lose thousands of dollars on every car sold. Massacure May 2017 #35

They have a pickup and a heavy truck in the pipeline A HERETIC I AM May 2017 #38

They aren't like any car manufacturer in America. NCTraveler May 2017 #16

I dunno, others are coming out with electrics, not to mention the huge field of hybrid competitors Baclava May 2017 #18

Check out these guys... True Dough May 2017 #26

They haven't managed anything other than prototypes Voltaire2 May 2017 #28

Yes underpants May 2017 #27

I JUST WANT A TOTALLY ELECTRIC CAR....... a kennedy May 2017 #29

...and how much are you willing to pay for one? Tesla Model S - MSRP - $68,000 Baclava May 2017 #40

I know they are terribly expensive........I can dream can't I? eom a kennedy May 2017 #41

You could get 3 used Toyota Prius hybrids for the cost of one new electric with only a 100 mi range Baclava May 2017 #43

How many private companies have built reusable rockets that land themselves? Warren DeMontague May 2017 #31

You are absolutely correct Zorro May 2017 #34

That's the stuff of classic '30s, '40s, and '50s science fiction. hunter May 2017 #36

Seriously. Chills. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #37

After NV dropped $1.3 B (as in BILLION) incentives on them? Quiet_Dem_Mom May 2017 #42