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Bob Lutz, car-guy-to-the-max, former VP of GM and Chrysler, with time at BMW before that, wrote this recent article --
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26859/bob-lutz-tesla/
The opening paragraph is gloomy:
Tesla's showing all the signs of a company in trouble: bleeding cash, securitized assets, and mounting inventory. It's the trifecta of doom for any automaker, and anyone paying attention probably saw this coming a mile away. Like most big puzzles, the company's woes don't have just one source.
and the prognosis goes downhill from there mentioning competition from Audi, the lack of enough dealers to attract more buyers and other problems.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @04:18PM
The have 'prefect" score on Consumer Reports: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/tesla-model-s-p85d.htm [consumerreports.org]
Actually, went over 100, to 103 so Consumer Reports had to change the scale.
"Would" you buy it again: 97% yes. Looks like it wioes the floor with all other brands BMW, Mercedes, GM... http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/tesla-model-s-p85d-owner-satisfaction.htm [consumerreports.org]
Maybe Bob Lutz is jealous, or they are trying to do with Telsa as car companies did with Tucker. Maybe it is just T at the start of name, oh wait Toyota!
PS: Telsa are built in the old GM plant in Fremont, CA. Then that plant was changed to New Motors when GM and Toyota where building the same car on the line for badging for each brand, The Toyota version sold more and at a higher price then the GM, even though they were incidental and rolled of the same line. Now, Toyota is one of suppliers to Telsa. Small world.
PS: last year: http://www.greenoptimistic.com/last-nail-tesla-toyota-partnership-20141031/ [greenoptimistic.com] Maybe Telsa news is a Hollow-weenie based April Fools joke?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @05:54PM
Why do you insist on spelling it "Telsa"? Tesla.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday October 30 2015, @06:39PM
Used to happen to me all the time back in High School playing C&C Red Alert: "Damn those Telsa Coils!"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @06:22PM
Not that I'm a big fan of Consumer Reports, but you missed their latest downgrade --
http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/tesla-reliability-doesnt-match-its-high-performance [consumerreports.org]
As part of our Annual Auto Reliability Survey, we received about 1,400 survey responses from Model S owners ...
The main problem areas involved the drivetrain, power equipment, charging equipment, giant iPad-like center console, and body and sunroof squeaks, rattles, and leaks.
Specific areas that scored worse on the 2015 model, compared with the 2014 model in last year’s survey, were the climate control, steering, and suspension systems. Complaints about the drive system have also increased as the cars have aged—specifically for the 2013 model, which was the car’s first full model year. (See more details on the Tesla Model S model page.)
But those problems mostly still fall under Tesla’s four-year/50,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty (and eight-year/unlimited mileage battery and drivetrain warranty), so they are generally being corrected at no cost to owners.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 30 2015, @07:22PM
You also missed a point. There are squeaks, hence noisy.. but one person I think hit it on the head...
The car is quiet, so all the normal squeaks are now heard that are in all cars.