Anyone who says "there's no stopping it" or "there's no going back" hasn't been paying attention to politics and business. :-(
Of course Tesla makes good cars; they got to start with a blank slate, not a century of hidebound tradition. Is there any other production EV that's 100% new? Maybe I've missed one, but AFAIK every other production EV uses at least some bits of previous ICEVs. Most are really just EPTO (Electric PowerTrain Option) ICEVs -- that is, factory conversions. The Nissan Leaf is mostly a Versa; its cousin the Renault Zoe is mostly a Clio. It also didn't hurt that Tesla had a billionaire EV enthusiast behind them. Of course the oil and auto companies don't want Tesla to succeed. Of course they're going to do everything legal, and some things that aren't, to destroy Tesla. (See Tucker for another example of their efforts.) That's not a conspiracy, it's just business as usual. It's what they do. A few comments about the production. Has nobody ever told these guys about B-roll? The constant jump cuts are really annoying and distracting. That's hack work. Authenticity does not require incompetence, and incompetence does not imply authenticity. If they'd work from a script or at least notes, instead of winging it, they might not need so many of those shoddy edits. Better yet, they should just WRITE something and post it. This video clip has no reason to exist. It's a waste of bandwidth. It doesn't present anything visually that really helps get their message across. I could have gotten the same information in 1/3 the time by reading a blog post instead of sitting through their unprepared, unrehearsed prattle. At least they don't ramble as badly as Rickard does. He's completely unwatchable. OK, I'll yield the soapbox to someone else now. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
