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Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey by jesusmichael on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @01:19PM (#7593023)
relatively low volumes? Nearly every machine in every factory in the world has an electric motor of some ilk.. Have you ever been in a factory?

The novice operator and put the machine itself in a situation in which it will not operate correctly, extreme cold, flood, etc. Steep grade + Lead Foot = burnt coil. While I do agree with you to some extent... there is some user input... but motors in Tesla... are still pretty complex..

Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey by ericd on Thursday April 17, 2014 @06:00AM (#7602762)
I meant that the individual models of industrial motors are made in low volumes relative to the motors in a mass manufactured product like the Model S, not that there weren't many electric motors in industry. There obviously are quite a lot of them involved in industry, but they come in many types, each of which has to pay back its own development budget.