The article almost makes it sound like getting any color other than black will cost an extra $8000. The cost to get other colors is $1000.

When I hear about sudden acceleration that happens exactly when a car should brake, I think that the driver hit the wrong pedal.

Wait and see whether another driver mistakenly mashed the accelerator instead of the brake pedal. When I hear of “sudden acceleration” in a Tesla, this is usually the cause. Because the acceleration is so instantaneous, it is very easy for this to happen.

Tesla gets less subsidies than their competitors in the electric car area: GM gets twice the ZEV subsidy for than Bolt than Tesla. It is about $14000 for the Bolt and only $7000 for the Tesla. Also during the 2008 crash, GM nearly went bankrupt and borrowed billions from the government as a bailout. Tesla borrowed…