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Tesla Factory Racing To Retool For New Models
An anonymous reader notes this story about what Tesla will have to do in order to double production every year for the next several years as Elon Musk intends. "Having just reported a $107.6-million fourth-quarter loss that sent its stock tumbling, Tesla Motors Inc. intends to double vehicle production in the next year as it finally introduces its Model X sport utility vehicle — after about two years of delays. Meanwhile, Tesla is racing to finish the design of its Model 3, the "affordable" Tesla, expected to sell in the $30,000 range after government subsidies. Musk's company is chasing General Motors Co., which plans a 2017 release of its all-electric Bolt, with a similar price and 200-mile driving range between charges."
China gets 72% of its power from fossil fuels - electric cars like the tesla actually pollute more than regular economy cars. 420hp 4700lbs is niether 'green' nor 'efficient'. It will take many decades to wean ourselves off fossil fueled electricity - cars last a decade or less
tl:dr while teslas are a nice car, fully electric cars pollute more co2 per mile than electrics in the vast majority of electric power markets, which by they way, cost 2-3x as much before subsidy. You can get a better performing car for less than a tesla if you forgo electric. Given finite money and actually wanting to reduce co2 the factual answer is efficient fossil fuel cars. Lying to people and hiding the tailpipe fifty miles away under fifty feet of bs is part of the problem, not solution.