CA built Tesla Model S is 2nd best selling luxury car in the nation.

[Docfeelgood]

anyone play company of heroes 2 yet?
i am tempted to preorder to get into the beta
but it looks very similar to the first one
if so, i might as well go hire your mom to blow me and stick with the first + Blitzkrieg mod

Blitzkrieg

[Felch]

I think I'll wait for a Steam sale on this one.

With all the DLC they're bound to crap out, this is really the best option. By Christmas they'll probably being selling CoH 2 with fifty bucks worth of DLC for 29.99 or so.

[Sava]

With all the DLC they're bound to crap out, this is really the best option. By Christmas they'll probably being selling CoH 2 with fifty bucks worth of DLC for 29.99 or so.

Yup. It's gotten to the point where impatient gamers end up subsidizing those of us who wait for such sales.

Subsidies

[OneFootInTheGrave]

What if Tesla cars were on Steam? I would buy them in two years during Christmas sale at 75% off.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

So, Texas, Florida, and Illinois, numbers 2, 4, and 5 (soon to be 2, 3, and 5) most populous states, aren't big markets? The South is the most heavily populated region of the US, too.

South s a viable market. Midwest not so much given the poor battery performance in cold weather climates.

[Sava]

What if Tesla cars were on Steam? I would buy them in two years during Christmas sale at 75% off.

I wouldn't pay more than $1.98 for a Tesla car.

[Dinner]

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/23/tesla-stock-reaches-record-high-brushes-53/

Tesla Motors shares hit a record high Tuesday morning, reaching almost $53 a share in NASDAQ trading before leveling off slightly to about $51 as of late this afternoon Eastern time. Tesla touched $52.92 shortly after the markets opened on Tuesday. Shares for the company, which went public at $17 a share in June 2010, have jumped more than 50 percent during the past year.

The California-based maker of the all-electric Model S said earlier this month that Q1 was its first ever quarter in the black, noting that it beat sales targets. That news followed up Tesla chief Elon Musk's proclamation that it would pay back its US Department Energy loan in roughly half of the ten-year timeframe previously set. Musk has been vocal and optimistic about his company's future, which lead to an excited Tweet about an upcoming announcement, a Tweet that might get him in trouble with the SEC.

Musk isn't the only one who sees good things in Tesla's future. Last week, Time Magazine named Musk one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On Monday, Seeking Alpha went as far as to say Tesla shares could hit $144 in the "near mid term," especially as short sellers who expected the stock to fall are forced to cover their losses. Motley Fool took a more measured approach, saying that factors such as Tesla's cash position, its ability to sell cars to those other than early adopters and the prospect of increased EV competition from larger automakers will determine whether the stock surge is justified.

[Dinner]

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/26/tesla-model-s-service-warranty/

This is an interesting development. Tesla has improved its warranty to include "unconditional coverage" of batteries even in the event of user error. So if 5 years from now the car needs a new battery then not only will Tesla give you a free reconditioned battery but they'll also give you a free top of the line Tesla as a loaner car while the work is being done. Even if you only bought the base model.

[Dinner]

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2013/07/tesla-model-s-review/index.htm

Consumer Reports gives the Tesla Model S a 99 out of 100 which is the highest score they've ever given any car.

[Dinner]

Tesla repaid government loans a decade early.

The taxpayer no longer has to worry about Tesla Motors.

Tesla, the electric carmaker, on Wednesday paid off a $465 million loan that the Energy Department made in 2010. The repayment is a lift to the Obama administration, whose clean-energy loan programs faced criticism after the collapse of Solyndra, the solar panel maker. The company, using money it raised last week in the markets, is repaying the government nine years before its loan was due.

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“Today’s repayment is the latest indication that the Energy Department’s portfolio of more than 30 loans is delivering big results for the American economy while costing far less than anticipated,” Ernest Moniz, the energy secretary, said in a statement.

Tesla’s payment will be the latest source of excitement to its supporters. But whether Tesla remains a good advertisement for government aid partly depends on how the company now performs. Should Tesla falter badly, it will only highlight the risks of lending to experimental companies.

Electric car enthusiasts have rushed to buy its main product, the Model S, a high-priced luxury sedan. Tesla also has plenty of fans in the markets, where investors who have piled into the company’s shares, in the belief that Tesla will find plenty of buyers for its cars.

Elon Musk, who co-founded and leads Tesla, issued a statement thanking the Energy Department, Congress and taxpayers for the loan. “I hope we did you proud,” he said.

After the demise of Solyndra in 2011, government efforts to subsidize clean-energy companies came in for special scrutiny. Mitt Romney included Tesla in a batch of companies he called “losers” during last year’s presidential contest.

Tesla’s exit from the government loan may now refresh the debate over how much support to give young, clean-energy firms.

“Tesla is repaying early and it’s a great vindication,” said Greg Kats, president of Capital-E, a firm that invests in clean-energy companies. “Tesla has really helped push the Big Three automakers down the energy efficiency track.”

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/tesla-repays-465-million-government-loan-early/

What do the haters say now?

[DinoDoc]

What do the haters say now?

No that they don't owe the taxpayer money, I no longer care about them or the fate of their company. I still don't think we should have given them money to begin with though.

[Dinner]

Loans to encourage new businesses make sense to me.

[DinoDoc]

Loans to encourage new businesses make sense to me.

“The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.” - Obama

[Wezil]

Loans to encourage new businesses make sense to me.

Then let a bank lend them the money.

[regexcellent]

The government is not likely to give loans to businesses that will probably succeed; in fact, it is most inclined to do the opposite.