oh noes electric car woes

[2minkey]

for jim. and others that don't understand that ROI doesn't happen in 4-7 days.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...n-in-convertibles-to-help-repay-u-s-loan.html

"The carmaker arranged in March to repay its Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan in five years, rather than the original 10-year period."

 

[Winky]

what?

 

[catocom]

It says they are selling x-amount, but it doesn't say how much they are
actually going to pay back.
We'll see. I'm pulling for Tesla.
They are actually one of the more viable companies.
Now Fiskar OTOH has already booted it.

 

[2minkey]

it just says they are paying back the loan early.

they aren't bad looking cars. i put very few miles on my car but i do like to take an occasional road trip. can't do that in a tesla.

 

[catocom]

no, from what I hear, it's about the same as the Volt. (50 miles or so on electric)

 

[2minkey]

right. you go on a road trip 50 miles at a time. see how fun it is.

can you imagine pulling in to some gas station in alabama and asking if you could plug in your fagmobile?

 

[Winky]

Where did you get the idea that they paid anything back?
Oh that's right you have a marketing degree, not a decade of being a CEO OK sry my bad...

Just lemme know when they go under like all the rest of these stupid green industries

 

[Winky]

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/TSLA:US

 

[Winky]

After 10 years, Tesla posted profits for the first time during the first quarter of 2013
musta been a great quarter eh?

 

[Winky]

http://au.businessinsider.com/tesla-is-not-really-outselling-bmw-audi-2013-5

 

[Gonz]

ROI can be in weeks, months or years. However, it should never be under the flag of the US government.
It ain't their money to play with.

 

[2minkey]

Where did you get the idea that they paid anything back?
Oh that's right you have a marketing degree, not a decade of being a CEO OK sry my bad...

Just lemme know when they go under like all the rest of these stupid green industries

what were you CEO of, a KFC franchise? 'cause you ain't coming off as particularly sharp in these matters.

it's okay if yer dumb. there are lots of dumb CEOs.

in fact there is only one type of man who understands what is really going on. and that ain't either of us.

 

[Winky]

even a guy with a GED that was the CEO of a chapter C corp for a decade
can finger out what's goin' on

they just shifted the debt, nuthin's been 'paid off'
they sure as fuck ain't made a 'profit' (sry iffin' ya don't know wut a profit iz)

 

[Gonz]

Having a GED proves you can read & do the work. Having a diploma means you showed up

 

[Winky]

Your banker doesn't want to see your college transscripts
he wants to see your profit n loss statement and balance sheet

see where Tesla the failed public car company has a market cap of over a beellion dollars
and has posted TEN YEARS of losses?

I mean c'mon did the minxter post that link cuz he thought it was silly or does he really believe this sheet?

(I leave it to the reader to decide)

 

[Winky]

Elon Musk is best known for founding SpaceX and for co-founding Tesla Motors and PayPal...

The real story is his success not that battery powered cars are ever going to be
a success (at least not until the dinosaur juice runs out three centuries from now).

 

[2minkey]

yep, KFC. or equivalent. for sure. but we'll *never know.*

intrigue builds...

hey how much and how long do you think it takes to design and build a completely new vehicle?

 

[Winky]

ever one is gonna wanna buttery powered car fer a hundred n five grand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_S

research ol Elon he knows what's up

He is reported to have a 32% stake in Tesla, which is currently valued above $1 billion, as of March 2012

 

[Winky]

 

[2minkey]