Bob Rice would have coined a new word for Tesla, such as MESSLA or a rearrangement of the letters to form the words "LAST-E" or E-STAL. Bob was a visionary and a 100% EV enthusiast. I think he would have been delighted.
> > > On 10/16/2018 04:48 PM, robert winfield via EV wrote: >> On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 5:04:39 PM EDT, EVDL Administrator via >> EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you know what you are talking about, then tell me, how many years >> has Tesla been selling vehicles. 10 years? 7 years? 5 years?If you >> look at the game plan, it's to sell, not low end vehicles, llike the >> CitiCars of old by Bob Beaumont, not the ElCars, 36v lead sledsIt was >> to start > > I HONOR Bob Beaumont! And Bob Rice. And so many others that have done > their bit to promote EVs. Though I knew neither Bob, I firmly believe > both would be thrilled at Tesla accomplishments if they were here to > see. I doubt they would nitpick minor schedule delays. The prior > accomplishments seem minor and meager compared to the great Tesla leap > forward, but they set the stage and whetted appetites for today's > mainstream EVs. > > Due almost exclusively to Tesla, EVs have "made it". There is almost no > possibility of EVs sinking back into oblivion as has happened more than > once in the past. Abandon your grousing and CELEBRATE! Already, used > Tesla Ss have dropped in value from $80k-$120k to ~$30k. In a few > years, you will be able to buy used Model 3s for $10k. Or less. Large > numbers of salvage Tesla batteries will be available at very low prices > to experimenters. And, they will be FAR better than today's Leaf > salvage batteries. > > Not addressed to you, Robert. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
