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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[In the long run I doubt that Tesla will be a player. Tesla will either be bought-out, fade into oblivion, or simply be beat by the larger players. They currently have no means of producing an affordable vehicle for the mass market.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[F451]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 1:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[Producing mass market cars is not a prerequisite for success in the car business.  Do Ferrari, Porsche, or Pagani produce affordable vehicles for the mass market?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 1:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does Tesla have any legacy as the automobiles you mentioned? No. Does Tesla make an automobile has the prestige of the automobiles you mentioned? No. Where do get a Tesla serviced? Although the exotics have limited service centers, they still have service centers. Which would you rather be seen in, a Tesla or a Pagani Zonda?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[F451]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[No company starts with legacy or prestige.  A few years back Pagani just came out of nowhere with the Zonda.  Thanks to its high performance and exclusivity, prestige followed naturally.<br><br>And nobody starts with service centers either.  Tesla hasn't delivered cars yet, so why would they have service centers?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 4:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[Every company starts from scratch--Subaru, Toyota, Maserati...  Where would you get a pre-356 Porsche coupe serviced in 1950?  Tesla will provide a support network, just as McLaren does for the 100 F1 owners around the globe.<br><br>How many Pagani service centers are there in America?<br><br>And, yes, I'd rather be seen in the Tesla since the Zonda looks like a bizarre insectoid freak machine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SoCal Cuda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 6:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is not going to happen folks, unless one of the larger manufacturer's buys them out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[F451]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard steps down, but not out]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/13/tesla-founder-and-ceo-martin-eberhard-steps-down-but-not-out/</guid><description><![CDATA[The Tesla looks interesting, but I can't see it making much of an impact on the market. <br><br>I also wonder about the choice of Lithium Ion batteries. Li-ions have a number of drawbacks; they lose capacity just due to age-they also wear due to charge/discharge cycles like any other rechargeable battery, but aging does it to them too. Lithium Ion batteries also have a propensity for bursting into flame if they're punctured, overheated or otherwise traumatized-say, in oh... a car accident?<br><br>Yeah. So I'm not sure about that part. And while I appreciate the fact that electric motors produce lots of torque, I'm not sure that I, for one, will ever be able to reconcile a sports car that doesn't sound like one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2007 2:37PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>