@BBhighway
I have not driven a Tesla - there currently in rare supply here in Austria.
Anyhow I drove a hybrid (full electric ready) Mercedes A1 an a Prius.
They are pretty advanced. If Schwarzenegger would not have knee-jerked to the US car industry in 2002 with his strict emission regulations (offer a 100% emission free car in you portfolio or seize sale in California) Mercedes A1 would run now in California - instead of being on display in our technical museum.
They where technical 100% ready then and they are now. Only the market is not ready.
Onehundered pieces of 100&% electric (Mercedes) "Smart" are running in Londons street todays - a solar connector was mounted offering free recharge opposite Buckingham Palace recently.
Only looking at the Tesla dashboard (in comparation to a Mercedes A1 - I own a A1 190) make seem the hat of Queen elisabeth comparable electrifying funky.
The Teslas interior is hardcore retro deep inside the style of the 50th. The interior air valves on the dashboard are a vivid reminder of the style & class of last USSR russian cars "Lada" & "Taiga".
The technical basis is, given todays technologic possibilities (on the market and driving around in Europe - like modern batteries everywhere, Super-capacitors in our Metros are standard, in wheel motor in heavyweight stapler everywhere) of Tesla is outdated at best.
Even a (former) Jugo like the Skoda is offering photoactive roofs for driving the aircondition while the car is parked in hot conditions today - as standard equipment of course.
photoactive roofs
While Tesla is unable even to buy a simple metallic transmission gear- not even from Magna who produce for BMW, Mercedes & Porsche in many months - and this is a company bringing us a cutting edge EV car?
Or import a chassis from England nobody can fix / mend in the US after a accident - and has therefore replaced (shipped from England) totally as colours may never match 100%?
Gimme a break.
I do not want to elaborate how far more advanced japanese / European industry in the field of solar energy & alternative mass as well as individual transport is.
And that is what truly bothers me - the USA was always a leader in technical innovation but lost recently its bite...
I have not driven a Tesla - there currently in rare supply here in Austria.
Anyhow I drove a hybrid (full electric ready) Mercedes A1 an a Prius.
They are pretty advanced. If Schwarzenegger would not have knee-jerked to the US car industry in 2002 with his strict emission regulations (offer a 100% emission free car in you portfolio or seize sale in California) Mercedes A1 would run now in California - instead of being on display in our technical museum.
They where technical 100% ready then and they are now. Only the market is not ready.
Onehundered pieces of 100&% electric (Mercedes) "Smart" are running in Londons street todays - a solar connector was mounted offering free recharge opposite Buckingham Palace recently.
Only looking at the Tesla dashboard (in comparation to a Mercedes A1 - I own a A1 190) make seem the hat of Queen elisabeth comparable electrifying funky.
The Teslas interior is hardcore retro deep inside the style of the 50th. The interior air valves on the dashboard are a vivid reminder of the style & class of last USSR russian cars "Lada" & "Taiga".
The technical basis is, given todays technologic possibilities (on the market and driving around in Europe - like modern batteries everywhere, Super-capacitors in our Metros are standard, in wheel motor in heavyweight stapler everywhere) of Tesla is outdated at best.
Even a (former) Jugo like the Skoda is offering photoactive roofs for driving the aircondition while the car is parked in hot conditions today - as standard equipment of course.
photoactive roofs
While Tesla is unable even to buy a simple metallic transmission gear- not even from Magna who produce for BMW, Mercedes & Porsche in many months - and this is a company bringing us a cutting edge EV car?
Or import a chassis from England nobody can fix / mend in the US after a accident - and has therefore replaced (shipped from England) totally as colours may never match 100%?
Gimme a break.
I do not want to elaborate how far more advanced japanese / European industry in the field of solar energy & alternative mass as well as individual transport is.
And that is what truly bothers me - the USA was always a leader in technical innovation but lost recently its bite...
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