Our goal when we created Tesla a decade ago was the same as it is today: to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport by bringing compelling mass market electric cars to market as soon as possible.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/mission-tesla Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 2:51 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: Please point to even one sign that this the case. Among of investment? Number of models? Amount of marketing? - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Feb 12, 2022, at 12:30 PM, Willie McKemie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Tesla's goal is to hasten the adoption electric vehicles. The others goal > is to delay adoption. > >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 14:16 paul dove via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >> The other car companies got the same tax credits as Tesla and they built >> zero public chargers >> >> >> Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 10:15 AM, EV List Lackey via EV < >> ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >>> On 12 Feb 2022 at 13:37, paul dove via EV wrote: >>> >>> They should reimburse Tesla for their charging network if they're >>> gonna put chargers in for all the other companies >> >> I don't see why. Tesla chose to bundle the cost of their exclusive, >> private, proprietary charging into the $100k price of their early models. >> >> I don't think that they should have been allowed to build Tesla-only EV >> charging, any more than Ford and GM should have been allowed to build >> filling stations for their own cars over a century ago. Regardless, it >> was >> Musk's own free choice. >> >> Besides, I'd argue that Tesla's Superchargers WERE indirectly subsidized, >> through the EV purchase tax credits. >> >> That said, I think that governments SHOULD have directly subsidized >> Tesla's >> charging network, AND required that it be open to ALL EVs with no >> advantage >> or preference for Teslas. In fact I'd be fine with them doing that for >> future Tesla stations. >> >>> by the way I paid $200 a year tax on my electric vehicle in Alabama >> >> They're punishing you for doing social good. Typical tantrum for a >> regressive, anti-EV, anti-environment government. They should instead be >> giving you a $200 yearly EV tax *credit* as a reward. >> >> Optimum solution: move. That way Alabama won't get ANY of your taxes. >> >> David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey >> >> To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my >> offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt >> >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> "My country, right or wrong" is a thing that no patriot would >> think of saying except in a desperate case. It's like saying >> "My mother, drunk or sober." >> >> -- G K Chesterton >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220212/8588a3a2/attachment.html >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220212/ada90cb6/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220212/df9ebe3e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
