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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by jacoblyles on Friday August 07, 2009 @10:51PM (#748901)
Still, I can't get over the nagging doubt that the all-electric vehicle could be more of an idealistic attempt to appeal to popular biases rather than a sober decision based on product and market research.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by pmorici on Saturday August 08, 2009 @07:03AM (#749175)
A co-worker of mine did rough calculations on the cost of charging an electric car vs. buying gas and they concluded gas would have to be $8 per gallon before electric was cheaper than gas purely on fuel cost.
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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by natemartin on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @05:31PM (#756478)
Really? I'm surprised at that. Did they take into consideration the lower price of electricity at off-peak times?
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