Unlikely; HD already burned itself with italian bikes. Bought MV Augusta in 2008 for $109 millions, sold for one dollar two years later to the same seller.

Can you imagine the out cry if another automaker did this but since it’s Tesla people will defend Musk and his business practices. Can’t wait to see him negotiate with the Unions.

I had the Titanium model a year ago when my car was in the body shop, other than the somewhat laggy transmission (Ford has never really impressed me in this area), the car was great! So much better than American sedans of the past, and this is coming from a BMW/Porsche enthusiast.

My mother grew up in an Eastern Bloc country, and every time I find a ZiL, ZiM, etc for sale, I send her the ad and threaten to buy it. This usually prompts pretty good stories.

That report is so bunk. If I, as en engineer, submitted that crap to my bosses as justification for a new project, they’d laugh at me and probably show me the door.

Firstly, there are the numerous assumptions made, which go unaddressed. Secondly, there are the figures, which seem to be pulled from nowhere, and lean…

I’m almost positive had well OVER 100 years of legitimate development on solar and wind power.

Payoff period for the energy input to produce batteries is well within the lifespan of a BEV, for what it’s worth: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles…

.....strangely enough, I agree. Pure electric is not the answer, batteries aren’t good enough, and probably never will be.

I cannot agree with this more. Electrification is NOT the answer. Electromotive MIGHT be viable, but pure electrification is not. The energy expended in building the batteries alone sacrifice any benefit the offer later, not to mention the need to still generate electricity in some way.

We need to be focusing on…

Traditional batteries aren’t the future either, or anything requiring a hard connection to a grid for multiple hours a day.

No sorry the problem is not power storage but power output first of all.

His overall point being that electric cars aren’t pulling a sustainable profit. All the electric cars you’ve mentioned are loss leaders with heavy subsidies. All the manufacturers are developing electric cars because it’s the most cost effective way to improve their figures. If they happen to sell well, that’s just…

Seriously? Jalopnik staff doesn’t have acccess to Car Magazine?

Electric vehicles are not the future, electricity is still not coming from clean sources and if you are familiar with European cities, where people park on the street and have no access to a garage or private driveway, you’d understand that “plugging your vehicle” is still a handicap. I know there are folks here that…

Thanks. I’ll continue at Road&Track with Travis.

I was very sad to see that you were fired. You’re an excellent auto writer. Best of luck to you.

Nope, we just didn’t want to cancel already set trips only because Gawker fired me on a five minute notice.

I don’t think you understand how the hype train works.

It’s almost like basic marketing to stretch out information over multiple media cycles. Woah.

elon, could a grille be on the docket to? I mean just give it the corporate nose from the S and X PLEASE. It’d look so much better than the rough draft it is right now.