Washington Post on Tesla & Tata

[malcolm]

washingtonpost.com

Largely sceptical on Tesla's prospects. Which these days is an easy position to take with any auto company.

 

[graham]

Which these days is an easy position to take with any auto company.

These days?

 

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GM's Chevy Volt, which isn't actually a pure electric vehicle, won't arrive until 2010 and may be priced above the far more seductive Model S.

Surprising that an experienced auto writer could even comment on something as volatile as year-away price.

 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/business/global/28reva.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

In many ways, Reva is the opposite of Tesla, a Silicon Valley company that has grabbed the limelight with its high-performance electric sports cars. Whereas Tesla’s cars are fast and expensive — in the case of the Tesla Roadster, $101,500 — Reva’s vehicles are small, slow and, by electric car standards, cheap.

This was a surprise.

...I have been doing this for 15 years
...
If all goes according to plan — a big if — Reva, which is named after Mr. Maini’s mother, should turn a profit sometime next year, he said...
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His well-to-do business family supported him then and continues to finance him today.