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      10-10-2012, 06:38 PM   #80
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At the end of the day the grid still gives you better emission/mile. More efficient conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy from burning of the coal to the car's drive-train putting down power. Just look at how much energy is wasted in the combustion engine, like 60% of fuel's energy is lost.

What's impressive is in few short years a company out of nowhere can produce a decent quality vehicle that can hang in a straight line with a M5. Does it beat m5 in every category, No. Does Tesla still have lots of head wind, Yes. Look at number of employees at Tesla, amount of resource it has and it can do this, impressive.

This is how disruptive innovation begins, not by beating product offering by industry giants at first shot but by first gaining a foothold. By the time industry giants notice disruptor's presence it's too late. Bet you BMW Execs don't even consider Tesla a threat
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