A Preston Tucker redux??

westend wrote:


I was reading that the Tesla is one of the most sought after cars in Norway. I believe the Norsk are leading the way in EV use.

Good for them. Theyre also leading the way in consumption of Smalahove.

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Preston Tucker was quite the showman but with Musk only time will tell ...

http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/tesla-model-3-delays-are-costing-company-8000-minute-report-says

No ofense but
Comparing Tucker to Musk is kinda idiotic,,

How was Tucker cars diferent,better then other cars of that time?
It wasnt..

Tesla on the other hand beats every ice car in reliability,low cost of operation and cleanliness..

Tesla does make profit no matter what the naysayers claim,,Tesla just reinvests expands and builds more Gigafactories and superchargers icluding world wide..
I woudlnt be surprised if someday Tesla became the worlds bigest ev builder..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla-semi-companies-confirm-electric-truck-orders/

Idiotic?....Really??....So you say it was not a better car for the times?? (LOL!)

Check out the history:

http://tuckerclub.org

From all latest reports I’ve bothered to read, Musk is going GigaBroke faster than a fully charged Model 3....For EV fans, no worries, there will always be manufacturers for EV’s...

3 tons

IF Tucker was better car then why did it fail,,?
It wasnt,,case closed

Tesla cars and trucks are the future,,you dont have to believe it,its that simple..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/28/tesla-semi-electric-truck-orders-delivery-giant-dhl/

Its not so much the car failed, the man did from an economic perspective. There were no government subsidies then, at least not like now. It also doesn't help when you have 3 of the largest corporations in the country at the the time against you in anyway possible. How many politicians did GM and Ford have in their pocket in the late 40's? Case open! Perhaps Musk should study Tucker more. Burning through capital / cash at the rate of $480000 an hour while the accounts receivable column remains in brackets is unsustainable. You don't have to believe it,its that simple..

I laughed until I was sick at an idiot of an engineer waxing over eloquent about superconduction. "200 horsepower Motors this size" he squealed making a basketball size orb with his hands.

"Oooo a super fluxduction 1/4" drive shaft?" I countered...

More power to them I say -- Much more power.

Some future Mexican drivers will need therapy. No sewer pipe jake brake serenades.

I don't follow Tesla much but Musk seems to have one card in his hand that other EV makers don't, he builds and supplies Lithium batteries. My understanding is that once the Giga plant is on track in Nevada, he's building an even bigger one in Europe. Don't know if that is in partnership with Panasonic or not.

Now, if Mars turns out to be one giant block of Lithium, he'll be the richest man on that planet, lol.

I was reading that the Tesla is one of the most sought after cars in Norway. I believe the Norsk are leading the way in EV use.

At the current rate Tesla has the cash to make it into Summer 2018.
If Tesla was a Tucker déjà vu the Roadster1 would have been the end of it.

Tesla is not just producing compelling vehicles but re-inventing how to automate production at the next level.

Hee hee I love the rationale. Let's play...

If China products weren't better why are flooded with them? If McSyntho and Burglar King food wasn't better why do cities have one every block and why are they listed on US stock enchanges? Why do Talapia fish fillets even exist in USA supermarkets? Survival of the "fittest" on USA television - please define "fittest".

If a brand new dress design isn't "better" why do women insist on them, continuously in perpetuity?

Define FAD

There's a lot more to mass marketing than cold hard rationale. If you do not acknowledge this reality you'll never get as far as a bachelor's in economics.

Again, I have nothing against the concept except a great deal of suspicion that crisis infrastructure improvement will be in your future. You are aware of crisis infrastructure improvements right. Where it's going to cost a hundred billion dollars rather than fifty billion to make all of the dreams come partially true?

While this churns and spits I'll end my days looking out to sea, hoping for yet another tropical Green Flash. If I was forty years younger, I would be setting myself up to prey on all the loose as a goose hand-wringing taxpayer money that will be swirling.

Oh well such is life.

3 tons wrote:

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Preston Tucker was quite the showman but with Musk only time will tell ...

http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/tesla-model-3-delays-are-costing-company-8000-minute-report-says

No ofense but
Comparing Tucker to Musk is kinda idiotic,,

How was Tucker cars diferent,better then other cars of that time?
It wasnt..

Tesla on the other hand beats every ice car in reliability,low cost of operation and cleanliness..

Tesla does make profit no matter what the naysayers claim,,Tesla just reinvests expands and builds more Gigafactories and superchargers icluding world wide..
I woudlnt be surprised if someday Tesla became the worlds bigest ev builder..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla-semi-companies-confirm-electric-truck-orders/

Idiotic?....Really??....So you say it was not a better car for the times?? (LOL!)

Check out the history:

http://tuckerclub.org

From all latest reports I’ve bothered to read, Musk is going GigaBroke faster than a fully charged Model 3....For EV fans, no worries, there will always be manufacturers for EV’s...

3 tons

IF Tucker was better car then why did it fail,,?
It wasnt,,case closed

Tesla cars and trucks are the future,,you dont have to believe it,its that simple..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/28/tesla-semi-electric-truck-orders-delivery-giant-dhl/

3 tons wrote:

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Preston Tucker was quite the showman but with Musk only time will tell ...

http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/tesla-model-3-delays-are-costing-company-8000-minute-report-says

No ofense but
Comparing Tucker to Musk is kinda idiotic,,

How was Tucker cars diferent,better then other cars of that time?
It wasnt..

Tesla on the other hand beats every ice car in reliability,low cost of operation and cleanliness..

Tesla does make profit no matter what the naysayers claim,,Tesla just reinvests expands and builds more Gigafactories and superchargers icluding world wide..
I woudlnt be surprised if someday Tesla became the worlds bigest ev builder..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla-semi-companies-confirm-electric-truck-orders/

Idiotic?....Really??....So you say it was not a better car for the times?? (LOL!)

Check out the history:

http://tuckerclub.org

From all latest reports I’ve bothered to read, Musk is going GigaBroke faster than a fully charged Model 3....For EV fans, no worries, there will always be manufacturers for EV’s...

3 tons

Investors are okay with the financials of Tesla because so far Tesla sees reasonable margins on their products that are within industry expectations. Both for vehicles and energy storage and production products. The company financials are public and follow industry audit standards. However, he spends a ton of money on R and D as well as new product development and of course the ever expanding supercharger network. The tesla management mindset is that the supercharger network will set the tesla automotive products apart and make them more desirable than all the competition. This has obviously so far worked as model S and X continue to be in demand around the world. The upper S and X models are high margin products that generate a lot of cash but the model 3 will do it through high numbers. The first Tesla 3's being configured are pretty highly decked out but as the line gets shorter place holders will be able to get less expensive versions. Right now he is about 3 months behind on production numbers for the 3 although the serial numbers are starting to climb quicker in the last week so he may be getting thru the production bottle necks. I am with the crowd that doesn't expect to see 20,000 per month till end first quarter 2018.

We are a probably a couple years away from putting in a model 3 but really, even if we put in an order now we wouldn't get it for a couple years. Those are nice problems to have for a car company.

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Preston Tucker was quite the showman but with Musk only time will tell ...

http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/tesla-model-3-delays-are-costing-company-8000-minute-report-says

No ofense but
Comparing Tucker to Musk is kinda idiotic,,

How was Tucker cars diferent,better then other cars of that time?
It wasnt..

Tesla on the other hand beats every ice car in reliability,low cost of operation and cleanliness..

Tesla does make profit no matter what the naysayers claim,,Tesla just reinvests expands and builds more Gigafactories and superchargers icluding world wide..
I woudlnt be surprised if someday Tesla became the worlds bigest ev builder..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla-semi-companies-confirm-electric-truck-orders/

Idiotic?....Really??....So you say it was not a better car for the times?? (LOL!)

Check out the history:

http://tuckerclub.org

From all latest reports I’ve bothered to read, Musk is going GigaBroke faster than a fully charged Model 3....For EV fans, no worries, there will always be manufacturers for EV’s...

3 tons

free radical wrote:

3 tons wrote:
Preston Tucker was quite the showman but with Musk only time will tell ...

http://autoweek.com/article/green-cars/tesla-model-3-delays-are-costing-company-8000-minute-report-says

No ofense but
Comparing Tucker to Musk is kinda idiotic,,

How was Tucker cars diferent,better then other cars of that time?
It wasnt..

Tesla on the other hand beats every ice car in reliability,low cost of operation and cleanliness..

Tesla does make profit no matter what the naysayers claim,,Tesla just reinvests expands and builds more Gigafactories and superchargers icluding world wide..
I woudlnt be surprised if someday Tesla became the worlds bigest ev builder..

https://electrek.co/2017/11/22/tesla-semi-companies-confirm-electric-truck-orders/

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Perhaps he was referring to the promises Tucker made.