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Kokonoe

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Fri May-21-10 08:13 AM
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11. The EV1 was an 3,000 lb electric fork truck made into an 80 MPH car.

Edited on Fri May-21-10 08:24 AM by Kokonoe

No innovation there.
Then they gave it out to young celebrities. An accident in waiting.
They probably just had a silent problem getting the last car back before some icon got killed.

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-Electric Car Agreement for Toyota and Tesla	kristopher	May-20-10 08:16 PM	#0
- Smart move by Toyota. I wish GM or Ford had done it, but I'm happy Tesla got the scratch.	David Zephyr	May-20-10 08:24 PM	#1
- Toyota put all their eggs in the Prius basket - it was a bad bet	kristopher	May-20-10 08:42 PM	#4
- Hey, watch it.	David Zephyr	May-20-10 09:08 PM	#5
- TOYOTA BET ON PRIUS	FBI_Un_Sub	May-20-10 09:34 PM	#6
- Heh, well it's a small point, but GM DID do it almost 20 years ago with the EV1...	TrollBuster9090	May-20-10 09:41 PM	#7
- Federal policy shifted to hydrogen cars and hence the battery powered car ended	Kolesar	May-21-10 05:26 AM	#10
- The EV1 was an 3,000 lb electric fork truck made into an 80 MPH car.	Kokonoe	May-21-10 08:13 AM	#11
- The Tesla is a retrofitted British sports car. Not exactly an engineering miracle! nt	Romulox	May-21-10 11:36 AM	#23
- GM could not rebrand a British sports car with lead acid batteries.	Kokonoe	May-21-10 12:24 PM	#25
- Tesla: "We will design the fail safe control stuff"	Kolesar	May-20-10 08:36 PM	#2
- Great news!	CLANG	May-20-10 08:37 PM	#3
- Were not three high level Tesla people killed in an 'airplane accident'?	SnoopDog	May-20-10 10:10 PM	#8
- Yes, they were	KamaAina	May-21-10 11:47 AM	#24
- I would prefer Ford but it is good news for Tesla.	BrightKnight	May-20-10 11:20 PM	#9
- Tesla, Toyota to build electric cars at NUMMI plant	kpete	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#12
- That's great! The Tesla is an awesome vehicle.	alittlelark	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#13
- yes, let private money subsidize the electric car for the wealthy elites - no taxpayer cash nt	msongs	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#14
- Tesla got a half a billion dollars from the taxpayers to do this...	Romulox	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#16
- good	jpak	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#17
- They'll be bankrupt again in 6 months without more taxpayer cash.	Romulox	May-21-10 09:47 AM	#19
- then more taxpayer cash they will get	jpak	May-21-10 11:32 AM	#21
- That's how crony capitalism works, yes. nt	Romulox	May-21-10 11:36 AM	#22
- Which means that Toyota is getting ANOTHER US Taxpayer subsidy; Tesla is otherwise bankrupt. nt	Romulox	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#15
- $50 million is like $2 of Toyota.	Kokonoe	May-21-10 09:41 AM	#18
- Just think of how many Lotuses they can retrofit at such a plant!	Romulox	May-21-10 09:48 AM	#20

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