Comments on: Tesla sticker shock?

By: ivan

ivan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:45:50 +0000

What’s that about those not knowing history being doomed to repeat it?

I love how certain folks have labeled a 10% stake by Daimler being an indicator of success. Remember a few years ago when a certain “merger of equals” really turned out to be a “takeover” and eventually resulted in a big-o failure? Many are of the opinion that Daimler came in, picked up whatever technology was good for them and didn’t push for making technology roll the other way (Big deal, the 300C is underpinned by the then out-of-date Mercedes).

Can’t wait ’til Mr. Musk gets a lesson in true “global” business. Too bad it’ll be a small dent in his ego since he “went” to Stanford, “invented” internet commerce, electric vehicles, and space travel.

@ Nikkei: The Tesla is hot because it’s largely a less attractive modified Lotus Elise (now THAT’S hot)

By: JournalistAreTheProblem

JournalistAreTheProblem — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:33:34 +0000

With all the inconsistencies in this article it’s no wonder print journalism is bankrupt. The title is not even a good play on words. The rest of the article is misleading at best, creating open ended questions it fails to answer- Why is Tesla going to fail? I mean seriously, last I checked they haven’t even offered an IPO.

By: BY

BY — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:02:57 +0000

“That would make Tesla, which was founded nearly six years ago, about one-eighth the size of 100-year-old GM” – that’s pretty misleading. The reporter should look up the term “enterprise value”

By: Nikkei 225

Nikkei 225 — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:47:28 +0000

I’m really happy to see Tesla doing so well, its an example of what should become the new American economy, hightech, innovative green technologies. And you can’t ignore this car is looking absolutely hot!

By: ckm

ckm — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:11:55 +0000

Tesla will likely not survive. They need at least $800 million to build their new sedan and they are loosing money on every roadster. Daimler will probably buy them for their technology, which is not nearly as advanced as they make it out to be.

Oh, and I know Musk likes to imply he founded Tesla (e.g. “who _also_ founded PayPal”), but he did no such thing. It wasn’t even his idea.