11-30-2013, 10:13 PM
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Tesla to race in NASCAR Sprint Cup series
Awesome! Instead of a pit crew worker diving over the wall with a gas can it will be two guys running to slam a fresh battery into place.
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Tesla To Race in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | Edmunds.com
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11-30-2013, 10:30 PM
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Well I do like it, but... why the hell is the government sponsoring NASCAR!?!?!?
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11-30-2013, 10:49 PM
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The Government would be sponsoring TESLA. Call it another green initiative.
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11-30-2013, 10:55 PM
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Either way, still a spectacular waste of tax money.
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Crap! It was an April Fools joke last year.
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11-30-2013, 11:00 PM
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But just to give some perspective of the prospectus of electric racing, an electric motorcycle one the open two wheel class at Pike's Peak this year.
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11-30-2013, 11:07 PM
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Either way, still a spectacular waste of tax money.
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Oh. You would rather give money to Fiskar and Solyndra etal. Oh. We did. |
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11-30-2013, 11:27 PM
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Oh. You would rather give money to Fiskar and Solyndra etal. Oh. We did.
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I would not advise government subsidies of any kind, the free market will set the best price. Competition ensures that.
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12-01-2013, 12:09 PM
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Not gonna happen in NASCAR anytime soon. The stock cars are very heavy and that is not good for electric racing. However, e-motorcycles are very competitive in some racing series (like the Pike's Peak climb).
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12-01-2013, 05:14 PM
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Quote:
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Oh. You would rather give money to Fiskar and Solyndra etal. Oh. We did.
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"Two wrongs don't make a right." Applies here.
As much as I believe in Tesla as a company (and as an idea, triple digit share holder speaking) I still think they shouldn't be receiving subsidiaries.
Kind of sad this is an April fools joke. Audi won with a diesel at Le Mans a few years back, would love to see an electric car go head to head with a gas one. (Or even diesel for that matter  )
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