Comments on: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Wishes the Chevy Volt Well as His Company is Awarded $465 Million in DOE Loans

By: jeffhre

jeffhre — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:37:09 +0000

Please try to use fewer facts. Facts hurt my brain. Please stick with the innuendo, insipid unsupported conclusions, baseless generalizations, stereotypes with only a hint of factual evidence, plus some name calling. Thank you in advance – I know you won’t let me down.

By: jeffhre

jeffhre — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:22:21 +0000

Happy to oblige. Send us a check for $1.2 million to Jeffhre@fuelcellcarsinyourwildestdreams.org. We’ll get started on fulfilling your order right away.

We’ll send you your vehicle the very moment some one builds a fuel cell production car from the DOE Advanced Technology Loans they have applied for.

Will each manufacturer that fits those criteria please step forward…Sounds of crickets chirping… don’t worry about that, we are not deterred at Jeffhre@fuelcellcarsinyourwildestdreams.org, please send the money now!

By: jeffhre

jeffhre — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:10:50 +0000

I also like trains as an element of the transport mix that may even help to extend the 85 to 90% efficiency of electric motors over long distances on appropriately chosen routes.

Although incredibly efficient, their large scale is at complete odds with the tradition of individualism though.

Can’t beat the image of a lone guy, accomplished, independent and determined, in his highly technological, sleek and luxurious automobile, free to go anywhere anytime.

– as long as trillions of dollars of roads and maintenance and equipment and stoplights and signage are funded by the state.

By: Michael C. Robinson

Michael C. Robinson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:31:51 +0000

Anyone concerned about why Tesla needs loans? Are BEVs not profitable perhaps? At $50k+ the Tesla Model S doesn’t exactly scream family car does it? Even people who have worked at Tesla will tell you that battery performance varies depending on driving style and worse, battery performance declines over time.

Electric cars yes.

BEVs no.

Fuel cell cars yes!

Get me a Volt fuel cell hybrid now!

By: KentT

KentT — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:50:00 +0000

Protectionism? This is not the ’70s! Toyota overtook GM in sales! WE need some protection! But of course, we can’t protect ourselves from our own bone-headed government!

Ford is well run? Mr. Mullally has done everything right? PLEASE! Mullally has mortgaged Ford to the hilt. I’d rather be in a place to repay the federal government than the sharks on Wall Street. (Do a Google search on how Ford has working capital during this period.) I wish Ford all the best but they have been number two all these decades for a reason. (I’ve yet to find a comparable Ford product vs. GM and have yet to choice Ford.)