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Originally Posted by IamBatman
on your excel spreadsheet. I don't care how good your math is, your initial assumption is flawed. Are you comparing the development cost of a novel low volume powertrain (and 2 generations of transmissions) to a purchased mass market powertrain? seriously?
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yes.. thats the valid comparison.. you dont compare to a future high volume and low cost electric powertrain because it does not exist. Furthermore, tesla has not proven in the least that they have the ability, knowledge, capitol, personell, and tooling needed to build one and based on their track record so far (as noted they have failed to meet *any* of their stated goals) its not looking good.
Nobody is saying that in the future a mass produced electric car cant be viable and competitive with current tech/alternative fuels. What is being said is that the tesla roadster is *absolutely* not viable in its current form. Also that for any future tesla vehicle they have not shown that they can build a viable vehicle.
Perhaps you are missing the point: Most everyone here thinks the roadster is a cool car.. I certainly do. I think it looks good and offers up some performance characteristics that are desirable. But its too expensive for what it is and its reliability is questionable and most importantly when you work out the numbers it is not helping reduce pollution and it is not a less expensive vehicle to operate when you take into account the overall costs.