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Originally Posted by fitfan
so yeah i re-read that proven not proven comment - i "read" into it a bit as "not yet proven (like) evo/bb. i guess it could be taken a few way - i will admitto have taken it that way 
anyways - i believe tesla's hangups are the reality of going from prototype to production - its a million little gremlins, or as enzo famously said "any one can build a show car" |
agreed.. the article says it all.. eberhard wanted to build an electric elise; a car that would have saved them millions and sold cars. and thats exactly what they should have done: started with an elise that is basically electric outfittedand then move to something more like the current tesla design in increments. All the while they would have been selling cars. The case is easily proven by looking at the way people like us have bought our cars form lotus. We all know that every year lotus is going to make the car better, add more features, etc. Yet that didnt stop me from getting my elise back in 05 and it didnt stop most of us.
Thats the beauty of exotic cars, there are always buyers... but you actually have to build them to sell them.