Is Elon Musk trying to commit ‘suicide by SEC’ by taunting the agency?

Post by appsonify » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 7:27 PM UTC

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You mean those small Japanese Kei cars? They are really cute.

No no, subcompacts are bigger than that. An electric car made to comply with kei car regulations is the Mitshubishi I-miev / Citroen C-Zero, which is 3.50m long and less than 1.50m wide. This compromises the whole car. Having driven it, it doesn't really feel good. The Zoe is 4m long and about 1.70m wide. That's the same dimensions as the rest of the cars in its segment. This "Ford Fiesta" size is great for European…

Post by lisper » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:58 AM UTC

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Let me rephrase that. The Bolt has the specs to be what the Model 3 promised to be but isn't: a practical all-electric car with reasonable range at a <$40k MSRP.

And there it is:. The $35k model 3: https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now

Post by solarkraft » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 6:43 PM UTC

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- Internet banking (has wasn't the only one, but successful in it [he participated in what is now called PayPal]) - Commercial space launches (admittedly there's competition, but with different goals/ none have come this far) with LANDING ROCKETS - Consumer electric vehicles (How would you disagree with this? There was nothing serious before Tesla. ) He hasn't invented much technology. But often enough he saw that we…

> How would you disagree with this? There was nothing serious before Tesla. I would disagree with this by saying he wasn't with Tesla at the start. He saw the potential of the industry early - but he didn't start it.