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    Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships

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    Image of brc is never late, because of his v8 brc is never late, because of his v8
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    What is with the Tesla hate around here? Is it just because they are electric, or is it something deeper? They may have done some off things and got involved in some lawsuits, but are absolute amateurs in lying, stealing, backstabbing and deceiving compared to any established car company like GM or Ford.

    Here is an American car company which is growing, expanding and hiring and yet peolpe want it dead and buried? They are building cars that customers clearly want, not malaise worthy crapheaps.

    The dealerships are a wise move. You can't sell product without having somewhere for people to buy from. It's not about just purchasing, you need servicing, backup and someone who speaks your language. Only the die hards are going to fly to another country, purchase a car which may not be legal on their roads, go through the hassles of shipping and registration. Putting a dealership in Monaco is a masterstroke, if you ask me. In a town where the parking structures have special low-angle exits for supercars, they could easily move hundreds of cars a year.
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    Leeeeena a Jalopchick promoted this comment brc is never late, because of his v8 was starred brc is never late, because of his v8 was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/16/09

    @brc is never late, because of his v8: ***What is with the Tesla hate around here? Is it just because they are electric, or is it something deeper? ***

    Neither - it's simply due to the fact that most everyone here appreciates the irony of them feeling the need to build more dealerships in order to sell even MORE cars that they'll never actually make.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/17/09

    @HoonThatFerrari:
    How many times does do you have to be told this for it to sink in? How many bloody verbs do you need?

    Tesla has sold, retailed, taken orders for, made, manufactured, produced, manufactured, delivered, shipped, put in customers' hands, handed over the keys to ...
    700 cars.

    If you are referring to the Model S that Tesla themselves say is 2 years away: they have a working prototype that reporters briefly drove in April and they have approval for $465 million in interest-bearing loans from DoE to make it (as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program passed by Congress). Making a new car model is incredibly hard, but they've done it once and that model is now profitable. So why specifically do you believe that Tesla will never make the Model S? It seems a lot more real than say the Fisker Karma.
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    skierpage was starred skierpage was unstarred
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    The petrol fumes sure blind the haters around here. The USA is way out front with a $109,000 all-electric all-carbon fiber sports car. It's faster and has a bigger range than the Audi étron fantasy and the other all-electric concepts at Frankfurt but it's available and selling in decent numbers.

    Tesla doesn't have "dealerships", they own their sales and service facilities, so they have to open more to sell more. Model S development is a separate issue.

    @Elhigh, Morgan produced 640 cars in 2007.
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    I guess Musk really was pining for the Fjords.
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    Bret promoted this comment Captain Liverspots was starred Captain Liverspots was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    So, Fjord has a better idea? Or maybe not.

    Why does Tesla smell like the dotcom meltdown of the new century? I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. The first one fell on an accelerator and it looked like a helluva ride...when does the other one hit the brakes? I'm sure there's going to be squealing tires and battery fires.

    I can't fault Tesla's vision. Get the rich early adopters in and deliver as you can. How long before those fickle trust fund babies rescind their deposits and look elsewhere? Not long, I imagine. Wealthy people can afford the occasional substantial penalty for early withdrawal.

    700 cars doesn't suck. But it won't raise many industry eyebrows, not even at a little builder like Subaru, or even Morgan. 700 is nothing, a footnote.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 09/16/09 3:28 PM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/16/09

    @Elhigh: Kwality is job 1
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/16/09

    @Elhigh: 700 $100K cars is $70 million. Not much, compared to their capital requirements. But it's most definitely something I wouldn't count on Tesla going away anytime soon, even if gas stays super-cheap as it is now.

    Will the S suck? Maybe. But unless the double-dip recession hits next year, they will make some.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    The pictured showroom is very stylish. Are those vapor lights?
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    As much as no one cares about the MTV Awards.

    Kayne West thinks Fisker should have gotten those dealerships.
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    Edited by lilwillie at 09/16/09 3:07 PM lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    09/16/09

    @lilwillie hides autos in the attic:

    All we need is Elon to go on Leno's new show and start crying.
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    Alfisted promoted this comment aSoundofSleep-less nights was starred aSoundofSleep-less nights was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/16/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Your comments are full of unequaled wisdom: Does Elon like fish sticks?
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/16/09

    @Alfisted: Ha, I love fish sticks....wait, damn it!

    Glad you liked the pictures.
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    Edited by lilwillie at 09/16/09 3:19 PM lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    09/16/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Your comments are full of unequaled wisdom: We should get him an interview with Jezebel. You wanna take point?
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    Brimful of Ash on the 78 was starred Brimful of Ash on the 78 was unstarred
    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    09/16/09

    @Ash78:
    SHHH!!
    We don't speak of them anymore .....
    On an aside, yes, yes I will.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    We're missing the point here. They have sold 700 cars, not 7,000 or 70,000. What are the chances the the profit from 700 would even be able to build one dealership?
    What we have here is some one having a sick dream, and forcing us all to live in it because some other sick douches, have for some ungodly reason, bought in. Why in the hell is Daimler funding Tesla? What in the name of "totally not even related to each other" are they doing that for?
    I can't take much more of this. Tesla makes me want to chew on freshly ground glass and shit out novelty stained glass windows. How's that for efficiency ?
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    TimTim promoted this comment Edited by aSoundofSleep-less nights at 09/16/09 2:58 PM aSoundofSleep-less nights was starred aSoundofSleep-less nights was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/16/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Your comments are full of unequaled wisdom:

    Who needs to be profitable when people keep giving you millions of dollars?
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    09/16/09

    @TimTim: That's what I don't get. And that's precisely why I'm doing something about it. By creating a company totally with the power of my ass I am creating something so absurd that it wouldn't make sense not to buy in!

    @Jo Schmo: I've heard you can get a better view from right behind. Plus, if you're in, you'll be crapping kaleidescopes too!
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    Edited by aSoundofSleep-less nights at 09/16/09 3:21 PM aSoundofSleep-less nights was starred aSoundofSleep-less nights was unstarred
    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Toronto gets a dealership, which means that the center of the universe just got their first Tesla dealer.

    I sit here across the country meaning that I'll never see one in the near future cause it can't even make it out of Ontario on a charge much less to a place where they can plug it in. It's both a good and bad thing.
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    Number_Six promoted this comment Edited by PowerTryp, Starless wonder. at 09/16/09 2:49 PM PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was starred PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was unstarred
    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/16/09

    @PowerTryp forever Minardi: Given how many Lotus Elises there are in Calgary, without any kind of dealer network, I am sure the resourceful oil-rich will find a way. I can't wait to witness the irony of oil money whirring around in electric cars.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Headline makes it sound like they had a bake sale or car wash or can drive... At least they aren't begging for federal money.

    Oh, that's right, they've already been to that well. [jalopnik.com]
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Yes, this is clearly an impulse purchase that will benefit from more physical locations. Clealy the lack of casual consumer awarness was a hindrance to their selling any more cars. This is a genius move!
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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    09/16/09

    @Ash78: Musk publicly announced that he intends on generating the necessary revenue to support the dealerships not by selling cars, but rather Apple products.
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    skitter promoted this comment MadcowsDiseased was starred MadcowsDiseased was unstarred
    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Can anyone predict what the EV equivalent of a fart can will be? So far it's been Elon Musk speaking, but I digress...
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    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    09/16/09

    @Number_Six: It's literally an external speaker with a number of different engine sounds that will vary with your speed.
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    Number_Six promoted this comment BigHarv was starred BigHarv was unstarred
    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/16/09

    @BigHarv: Ah yes, we discussed this here about eighteen months ago. Mine will be a Stuka divebomber siren.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    09/16/09

    @Number_Six: A giant cylindrical capacitor hanging off the back for turbo boost?

    And the ricers making fake ones out of trash cans.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/16/09

    @Ash78: Or strands of copper wire hanging off, like curb feelers from way back?
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Enjoy your success while it lasts Tesla, Daimler will stab you in the back soner then you think.
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    Mad_Science promoted this comment Motor_Yakuza was starred Motor_Yakuza was unstarred
    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    Monaco? Toronto? How about focusing on building cars? If some Monocan really wants a Tesla, I'm sure they can afford to ship it there.
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    Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was starred Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was unstarred
    Image of gabeedwards01 gabeedwards01
    09/16/09

    @Schm wishes he could bring back the funny. .: I think that Monaco is the kind of place where someone would buy a Tesla on a whim... to drive around for the month. Toronto is filled with intelligent people who have a hunger for the Tesla.
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    brandegee promoted this comment gabeedwards01 was starred gabeedwards01 was unstarred
    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/16/09

    @gabeedwards01: Exactly. This is very smart. Even smarter: new dealership in Shenzhen, China.
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    Image of Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder
    09/16/09

    In reply to Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
    ...so did they start trafficking cocaine?
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    Andy Wallwhore- will part out promoted this comment Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder was starred Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder was unstarred
    Image of Frisco Fairlane500 Frisco Fairlane500
    09/16/09

    @Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder: It's pretty tough to smuggle cocaine in a car that you have to plug in every 60 miles.
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    Andy Wallwhore- will part out promoted this comment Frisco Fairlane500 was starred Frisco Fairlane500 was unstarred
    Image of clank-o-tron clank-o-tron
    09/16/09

    @Frisco Fairlane500: On the contrary, it's great if you enjoy frequent cocaine breaks.
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    Andy Wallwhore- will part out promoted this comment clank-o-tron was starred clank-o-tron was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/11/09

    In reply to Tesla Tea Party: Cups Hold Up Heaping Helping Of Tesla
    Looks like a lawsuit about to happen to me.
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    Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/11/09

    Does anyone know what kind of tires those are? Picture number five shows a tire that has very few, but deep grooves
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    Image of dbriones dbriones
    09/12/09

    @Flathead Smith: They look an awful lot like the Yoko Advan A048s on my Elise.
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment dbriones was starred dbriones was unstarred
    Image of Christopher Chapdelaine Christopher Chapdelaine
    09/12/09

    @Flathead Smith:
    those are yokohama AD048's they come on all the track pack elise's and exiges from the factory.
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    Christopher Chapdelaine was starred Christopher Chapdelaine was unstarred
    Image of Christopher Chapdelaine Christopher Chapdelaine
    09/12/09

    @Christopher Chapdelaine: edit: sorry, advan A048

    link:[www.tirerack.com]
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment Christopher Chapdelaine was starred Christopher Chapdelaine was unstarred
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