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User @ Apr 15th 2008 12:44PM
I'm going to attack this from a business perspective. (Not from an car maniac perspective.) So those of you who don't like business and those of you who are primarily consumers/brand loyalists shouldn't read... You won't like what you'll hear.
Us economists out there see Tesla as the "new hope" for an American car company. The opposite brand loyalty surrounding GM and Ford is astonishing. Tesla is a fresh start. From an economics point of view, I am hoping that Tesla will expand, employ Americans, and inflate our GDP.
Tesla's business model is exemplary. They are starting with the Roadster and moving their way "down." Many economists see GM and Ford as jokes... They're never thinking toward the future. And us conservative economists see them as deterrents to our economy. (Our government bailing them out is absurd. They have to learn how to make and market products people will buy instead of complaining and looking to the government for help.)
Tesla is an American dream company in the automobile industry. It's strange how so many people are almost wishing that they'll fail in the hopes that GM's products will prevail. The odds are against those people's hopes. GM didn't turn their business model around in the late 60's for the 70's, they didn't change it around in the late 70's for the 80's, and not in the late 80's for the 90's. Now GM is trying hard to make people think that they're prepared for the future but have yet to show that they are authentically ready for the very long-run. Seriously, what makes you think that this struggling company will magically turn themselves around in the EV generation of vehicles?