Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Three Words You May Not Know

1. Calacanis
2. Fisking
3. Tesla (Motors)

Jason Calacanis takes apart a column written by NYT's Randall Stross. In this column Randall initially reported that Tesla wanted part of the auto-maker bailout money. After this post by Calacanis the column was corrected to reflect the truth of the loan that Tesla is seeking. Either way, Calacanis' post does an excellent job of explaining why Tesla is on the right path to putting a whirring car in every garage.

http://calacanis.com/2008/12/01/on-bailouts-and-sports-car/


*I personally am interested/excited about Tesla Motors. Tesla is a California-based car company that makes all electric automobiles. Currently their only production model is a tire-burning 0-60mph in under 4 seconds $110K sports car. They aim for a $50K family-sedan next and a $30K midsize in the future. To me this is exactly where we should be looking and what we should be excited about while American is still involved in wars that are more than a little influenced by oil. Top Gear gave a less than stellar review of the car's practicality but an electric car that can compete with a Porsche 911 is pretty exciting to me. Here's what one of these cars can do.

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