Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estimates

Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by stcredzero on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:26PM (#13710574)

It would cost something like $5 billion today and would take ~2,000 people ~5 years. Which is relatively speaking a lot less expensive. Put another way, Bill G could build ~17 of them in his lifetime and not be broke.

Awesome! What's at one time only the province of the greatest empire on the planet could become just one of many of a billionaire's projects. Let's scale this out from the present day with something of seemingly unattainable current value: How about The United States of America? Maybe several decades hence, a billionaire will have made himself the equivalent? Colonization of Mars, anyone?

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by __jal on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:20PM (#13710831)

There's a certain (supposed) billionaire who wants a big wall. Not quite as inspiring to me personally, but, well, tastes vary, I guess.

Also, he's planning to spend your money on it, not his.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by dingo_bat on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:49PM (#13711233)

Mexico's money, to be accurate.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by Retric on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:52PM (#13711246)

I always took that as coded language for 'I don't actually want a wall' I just want to talk about it.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by mabbo on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:55AM (#13713463)

Putting taxes/tariffs on goods that Americans buy coming from Mexico is not Mexico paying for anything.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by dingo_bat on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:47PM (#13720778)

I think it is.

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