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Tesla's European lessons {Autoblog Green}
May 7th 2008 6:41PM PS: Ok, 33k, that's still 27% more.
Tesla's European lessons {Autoblog Green}
May 7th 2008 6:38PM That still does not explain 45k. That's over 45 more.
Shipping the car costs an extra 500, crash and emission (lol) tests don't need to be done extra. All that needs to be changed nowadays is the speedometer and some lightbulbs, not even the brake or headlights.
Since the car is so unique and produced in such small numbers, the usual market driven excuses don't apply,contrary to, say, a Porsche Turbo.
We're dealing with a new company here that should build trust, not rip-off.
Wouldn't you feel stupid buying this in Europe?
Come again, 2 and 3?
Tesla's European lessons {Autoblog Green}
May 7th 2008 12:33PM Why does the car cost USD 45'000 more in Europe?
Ferrari going to Olympics with Italian team {Autoblog}
Feb 27th 2008 6:14PM Ferrari is trying to learn about other sports so in order to improve both, user experience, and performance of their future cars.
Bob Lutz puts GM's "record loss" in perspective {Autoblog}
Feb 13th 2008 5:29AM yeah, I like that. so that would make us "interwebberers" or something.
Bob Lutz puts GM's "record loss" in perspective {Autoblog}
Feb 12th 2008 2:36PM i like "interweb," good one!
Ford already thinking about more aerodynamic F-150 {Autoblog}
Jan 22nd 2008 4:39PM Leaving the truckbed door open at an angle of about 15 degrees would probably already make the helluva difference.
Sorry CARB: EPA says states can't regulate their own emissions {Autoblog}
Dec 20th 2007 10:11AM Whatever doesn't kill you makes you tougher.
Environmental standards are becoming tougher all over the world.
If the American car industry uses protectionism again, they will make sure that the standards they are building their cars to will be lower than those of their foreign competitors. This will weaken the American auto industry, it has been doing so since the 70s.
FIA spins its wheels with even more F1 regulations {Autoblog}
Dec 19th 2007 5:47PM I agree in theory with the spending cap: This would encourage the engineers to be even more clever as to how they spend their money in order to develop the car best. But how would it be implemented?
I think one of the worst things that have been happening is that new regulations have generated new investments in order to circumvent these regulations. It would be better to regulate what is already there than to pressure F1 teams to make new investments.
Renault found guilty of F1 espionage, no penalty imposed {Autoblog}
Dec 9th 2007 8:19AM Funny, but wrong comparison. Unless you are a worker at Fort Knox and your job is to "produce" gold, and you have some left inside your body from that activity and then eave Fort Knox.
Remember that McLaren didn't get punished in the first step of the investigation, where their violations were similar to those of Renault.
