Romney Called Tesla a “Loser” In the 2012 Presidential Debates. About That…

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Six months after Mitt Romney called the Department of Energy’s loan to electric auto company Tesla Motor Co. a “loser,” Tesla has announced it will post its first ever profit in the Q1 2013 and expects to pay back its Department of Energy loan 5 years ahead of schedule, by the end of 2017. Meanwhile, Tesla’s Model S was unanimously voted Motor Trend’s Car of the Year in November 2012.

 

[marshalt]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

 

[phrodeau]

That's gotta sting.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

Which means nothing.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

The cheapest Tesla is 80K bux. Its a loser.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

The cheapest Tesla is 80K bux. Its a loser.

Idiots.


The cheapest Boeing jet is pretty expensive too.


Tesla isn't making cars for you two soccer moms.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The 1976 Car of the Year was a Plymouth Volare. I bought one, and it was a pile of junk and a constant repair problem. I wouldn't buy another Chrysler car after that experience, and still wont.

 

[marshalt]

Which means nothing.

It means quite a bit. It means that they are just the playthings for the rich.

 

[Sean Renaud]

It means quite a bit. It means that they are just the playthings for the rich.

So what?

 

[CHNOPS]

It means quite a bit. It means that they are just the playthings for the rich.

Not "just." His point was that if he could make electric cars sexy to the performance crowd, they would become sexy to the soccer mom crowd too.

I think they're great fucking cars, was bummed when they looked like they were tanking, and am happy they're making it, for the time being. As for the OP, who cares what Romney said during the campaign or even yesterday? Obama won, the election was months ago, Romney was never a viable candidate in the first place, and any residual schadenfreude is goofy.

 

[marshalt]

Idiots.


The cheapest Boeing jet is pretty expensive too.


Tesla isn't making cars for you two soccer moms.

Boeing doesn't design airplanes for personal use either.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Boeing doesn't design airplanes for personal use either.

Tesla outsold the Volt, which outsold the Leaf.

Are they expensive? Sure. If you can't afford one, why does that diminish the fact that they are turning a profit? Electric vehicles are the future, so you should be happy dem rich folk are paying for the proving grounds. Maybe Yugo will make a comeback for your demographic.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

Hardly, a Tesla model S can be had for 52K with the 40kWh battery pack.

 

[Sean]

By the standards of some of the replies in this thread, Ferrari, Porsche and Lambourghini are all losers too.

 

[Liar]

Isn't Tesla run and/or started by that space guy?

 

[koalabear]

America's most common job: Retail salesperson
4.3 million people don a big-box store vest -- and make the $25,000 that goes along with it, if they're lucky enough to land the gig.

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=57cd1fc8-2184-4018-807d-21aa30851e2b

 

[unregistered]

 

[koalabear]

284,000 college grads making minimum wage
While the number of degree holders working the lowest-paying jobs has fallen a bit since 2010, it's still up 70% in the past decade.


http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=60c2d77c-2d2b-4920-8156-4fb05e443d93

 

[1sickbastard]

Yet the cars they make are still well out of the reach of an average person.

The first cars that were made were luxury items for the wealthy, but then, mass manufacturing and economies of scale brought cars into the reach of damn near everyone.

Tesla cars are still being hand-built.

But back to the OP's point, Romney called that one wrong.

 

[CHNOPS]

Tesla outsold the Volt, which outsold the Leaf.

Are they expensive? Sure. If you can't afford one, why does that diminish the fact that they are turning a profit? Electric vehicles are the future, so you should be happy dem rich folk are paying for the proving grounds. Maybe Yugo will make a comeback for your demographic.

Is that true? The Leaf really needs an out-plan for trips of more than 40 miles. And a less faggy name. It's a nice little car.

Some day someone will figure out that batteries need to be swapped, not charged. We're still working on the gasoline model of "refilling" what has been depleted. Just make every tollbooth and gas station a battery exchange; drive in, they take the old one out, put a new one in, then THEY charge the old one for the next customer while you go on your way.

Another genius idea I just gave away for free.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Is that true? The Leaf really needs an out-plan for trips of more than 40 miles. And a less faggy name. It's a nice little car.

Some day someone will figure out that batteries need to be swapped, not charged. We're still working on the gasoline model of "refilling" what has been depleted. Just make every tollbooth and gas station a battery exchange; drive in, they take the old one out, put a new one in, then THEY charge the old one for the next customer while you go on your way.

Another genius idea I just gave away for free.

You will never get rich giving it away for free.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The first cars that were made were luxury items for the wealthy, but then, mass manufacturing and economies of scale brought cars into the reach of damn near everyone.

Tesla cars are still being hand-built.

But back to the OP's point, Romney called that one wrong.

I think they need a taxpayer bailout, like the Volt.

 

[CHNOPS]

You will never get rich giving it away for free.

Link?

 

[BoyNextDoor]

That's gotta sting.

Interesting map. I think it is strange that Romney didn't do better in Berkshire county (The western most county in Mass). I thought they were more "red state" out there.

 

[bronzeage]

The 1976 Car of the Year was a Plymouth Volare. I bought one, and it was a pile of junk and a constant repair problem. I wouldn't buy another Chrysler car after that experience, and still wont.

You bought a Volare?

Oh fuck, that's funny.