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He STOLE the idea from Israel, who has been working on swapping battery packs for YEARS now and has a test fleet of vehicles and some stations.
Bravo for Tesla. I'm not a Tesla fan and don't think in the long term they'll survive, they seem to be like me an my school work.
After pulling a "C" average all semester, I manage to pull a "B - B+" out of my butt and surprise everyone!
Now that Tesla is public, I should skim over their annual report. It seems they make more money (occasionally) selling their tech or teaming up with another company.
My gut tells me that he'll eventually sell out (before it goes chapter 11) to a larger auto maker.
I could be wrong, but I just don't see Tesla making it.
I saw one the other day, the tow-bed driver said it ran out of "juice". I think I saw 1 on the road, which is more than I can say about the Volt!
And I live in an area where people can afford them and there are dealers.
Everyone is still buying Range/Land Rovers. Although I do see plenty of "Bluetech" Merc SUVs and plenty of Jetta TDi "sportwagons"
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