I'd say Tesla will probably cut production for a few months then bring it back in some limited fashion. But I can see them going under the minute any of the big luxury companies choose to make a good all electric car, someone like Mercedes, BMW, VW or Audi would totally dominate in terms of build quality, supply and experience in design. However that probably won't happen anytime soon because anyone with the money like that would just buy a regular car.
They owned a Japanese car before that one and they don't have jumpleads I'm pretty sure they don't Or a used Chevy Volt/Toyota Prius Also why is the Toyota Mirai cost about $57,500 that's more than the Mecedes-Benz B-Class
Tesla is going to take a very big hit once congress kills the electric car incentive. They've already had a net loss of nearly $620 million that they posted last quarter, if they don't figure out a way to fix their problems, they're not going to be around much longer, especially now that GM is finally getting the Bolt into showrooms and the other manufacturers are starting to get more serious about EVs.
Auto. Letting it charge up via a jumpstart (hold 2000revs) didn't make it go. But holding 1500revs and cranking at the same time started it. So I assume the battery is at fault
Tesla currently looks to be doing fine. They own their own production, they have more demand than they can forfill and they have a decent brand image. Tesla cars are somewhat competitive for what they offer price included even when compared to other brands. Since no one else has a fast charging infrastructure like they do (however there are decent alternatives in some countries), plus they have their supply chain figured out unlike companies like VW who have so far failed in their endeavours. Equally Tesla owns its own self driving systems too. To be clear, I don't think they are going to end up being the next GM, but they look to be doing fairly ok for themselves. As for finances, their CEO is one of the co-creators of PayPal, so money is probably not too big of a deal. Where things maybe look more interesting is the future of Taxi's. Since Uber and Waymo(Google) are both competing in that market too, however Tesla does have the advantage of owning production of their own cars unlike both of the other companies. Which will likely play to Tesla's advantage. Since the cost of the car is less of an issue with Taxi services people may end up happy to be paying slightly extra to ride in a Tesla vs riding in some other brand. However this does require that Tesla make the fit and finish of their cars a bit nicer. As for whatever the US does, it will likely make a difference, but there is an entire world outside of the US. With customers globally. Tesla is currently building factories in China in order to better supply different world regions. So they have the ability to pivot production and investment away from the US if required, but they have already made significant US investments, I doubt they are looking to trash that. Even so, they are probably in for the long run, so whatever the current US political/economical zeitgeist is today, it will likely change in the future, regardless of who is at the helm.
My reaction: "Okay, what's so strange about this miniv---" *sees 1363 PS in the text for the "lower-powered" engine* "Wha...what?! 1363 PS from a diesel minivan?!" Seriously, though....a minivan with 1,363 PS would be a monster of a sleeper, and the ultimate vomit comet, as well. Just imagining the G-forces the children in the third row would experience with all-wheel-drive, 2,000 pound-feet of low-down turbodiesel torque, and sloshy suspension is highly unsettling, to say the least.
Oh....but that's not to say that there won't be someone out there who will be crazy-enough to all-wheel-drive swap that van.
That brings me to one of my dream sleeper cars a fiat multipla with a 9.0l supercharged chevy drag engine and all wheel drive.
Damn, that sucks. @Potato I haven't spoken to you for a while, what are you driving now? Still the white CVPI?
I'd say at least 50 before braking. He had a good second or two to brake before they hit. Actually wasn't his fault. Driver coming the other way just came across the line. I'm driving a white cvpi, but not the while cvpi. Over the summer I sold the one that I was driving earlier this year and last year. About a month ago I bought another one and I'm driving that now. My third. I dunno if I've posted anything about it. It's sweet.
