Tesla to New York Times: You're lying, dammit! And I can prove it!!

[Dann Woolf]

All of you who say bad things about Tesla are idiots. All of you.

Are you referring to the inventor or the company?

Because Nikola Tesla was cool as fuck. If I ever get a time machine I'm definitely going to go hang out with him.

 

[Engert]

Are you referring to the inventor or the company?

Because Nikola Tesla was cool as fuck. If I ever get a time machine I'm definitely going to go hang out with him.

Both.

You damn right he was cool as fuck.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Are you referring to the inventor or the company?

Because Nikola Tesla was cool as fuck. If I ever get a time machine I'm definitely going to go hang out with him.

you better take some precautions than he is a vampire afterall

 

[Engert]

you better take some precautions than he is a vampire afterall

Stop it !

 

[IBNobody]

Both.

You damn right he was cool as fuck.

Tesla was an eccentric kook. Edison was better.

 

[porkiewpyne]

Guess this is why we shouldn't Broder with his articles anymore :\

 

[dickfour]

If it's true that big oil shuts down every new power source then what the hell is going on with all the billions of tax dollars being pumped into dead end, expensive, inefficient so called alternative energy? On EV's the Tessla is an expensive tax subsidised car for people with a lot of money who already have five SUVs. EVs will never make it in the market. How many volts have been sold? How many electric cars have burnt down houses? I want something that works not a sports card that I can't drive over 55mph on a cold day

 

[Gahars]

Penny-Arcade uncovered some new details on Broder's trip:

 

[dickfour]

Insults don't change the fact that a expensive tax subsidized EV sports car will break down and have to be towed if you don't drive it perfectly at best and will leave you stranded no matter what at worst. Yeah people are going to pay six figures for that. If this were any other car it would be a sucky car for that based on that performance. If an EV breaks down then you blame the driver?
The funniest thing here is greens are defending a car that most likely they'll never be able to afford.

 

[Engert]

Tesla was an eccentric kook. Edison was better.

Oh no you just didn't go there.
Edison was a corporate asshole motherfucker who knew how to bribe the White House even then.
Tesla wanted free energy for everybody. And he was far from eccentric. Unlike Edison who was fed with a silver spoon, Tesla worked in construction on minimum wage while being a genius.

Take that.

 

[spinal_cord]

If people are worried about the environment that much it is easy enough to convert most older cars to run off Hydrogen or use Bio-Diesel anyway.
I much rather put my money into that than a company, on top of the fact you can learn a thing or two from the effort put forth.

Seriously? Electric cars cost almost nothing to run compared to regular cars. It shouldn't really be an environmental question, but a cost effective question.

Actually it's been happening for about a hundred years. It was just the deal in the States (among others IIRC) that oil is just easier to make a huge profit. Basically the oil industry pumped the senate with funds to make it more profitable to develop oil based transports. If we'd have kept developing EVs from the start of the 20th century, we'd have quite efficient engines and combustion would at tops be powering the generator for creating the electricity for the engine compared to the combustion engines used for creating the movement.

We DO have efficient electric engines. An electric motor is usually around 80% - 90% efficient, compared to internal combustion engine efficiency of around 20%, I'd say efficiency is, and never was, the issue. What they need is better quality batteries. We are currently at the stage where a fully electric car is a very viable option for the vast majority of drivers.

 

[IBNobody]

Oh no you just didn't go there.
Edison was a corporate asshole motherfucker who knew how to bribe the White House even then.
Tesla wanted free energy for everybody. And he was far from eccentric. Unlike Edison who was fed with a silver spoon, Tesla worked in construction on minimum wage while being a genius.

Take that.

Edison wasn't fed with a silver spoon. He had to work hard to earn his keep, starting at an early age. It just so happens that he had a gift for business. That business conflicted with Tesla, and he proceeded to bury him.

Tesla = Crazy Scientist
Edison = Business-Minded Engineer

 

[Engert]

I challenge you to a duel.
Tesla's name shall not be taken in vain.

Give me your Age of Legends code so I can splat you in battle.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Stop it !

but it's true

 

[Engert]

but it's true

I also challange you into a battle.

 

[Dann Woolf]

you better take some precautions than he is a vampire afterall

I doubt it, vampires are sex incarnate and Tesla was as asexual as they come. He only had one love, and her name was Science.

Tesla was an eccentric kook. Edison was better.

All the best minds have a few screws loose. You think Tesla could have come up with half the crazy shit he invented if he was sane?

Anyone who thinks Edison was better should have the stupid zapped out of them. Using alternating current.

 

[Bladexdsl]

He only had one love, and her name was Science.

.

no it was Helen Magnus

 

[wolffangalchemist]

Seriously? Electric cars cost almost nothing to run compared to regular cars. It shouldn't really be an environmental question, but a cost effective question.

if it is about being cost effective to use with that phrase with Tesla as an example is a bit laughable.
http://www.teslamotors.com/financing
The cheapest Tesla electric car is $59,900 monthly pricing with financing is $682 a Month over 72 Months this is of course with a 15,000 Down Payment and "if" you get financed.
Cost of a new 2013 Ford Fusion is around MSRP$22,495 nearly a 3rd of the cheapest Tesla cars price, not to mention if you go for a good used car it will out last both the Fusion and possible the tesla cars battery life span also with the option of the use of Bio-Diesel on a lot of vehicles it's still cheaper.
Things like battery up keep also need to be taken into account, after warranty especially the daunting task of maybe attempting to replace yourself the individual Lithium-ion 18650 cells that may have went bad in a gargantuan car battery which will probably still cost you a pretty penny to do even still ultimately being cheaper than buying a new one from tesla.
Especially with current electric car prices of Tesla branded electric cars, using Bio-Diesel or Converting older cars to run from Hydrogen would be cheaper and more over in the long run cost effective at the very least till electric vehicles come down in price to be comparable with gas driven ones, otherwise it isn't cost effective enough for the common man to afford over a gas guzzler and is also only a status symbol for people to wave around and act as if they actually accomplished something with the paper money the American government doesn't even print out its self.
Now don't get me wrong if electric cars where truly cost effective at the moment i would agree with you whole heartedly, being both cost effective and energy efficient are some goals i have set for me self.
Personally I feel the company called Tesla does a grave injustice to a great man who had an electric car back when he him self was alive.

 

[FAST6191]

Clearly the future of transportation lies in something viable like fuel cells. We'll all look back at solar panels, wind mills, and electric cars years from now and say that was a big mistake and misallocation of resources

yeah and what happens when all the fuel runs out huh? the wells are all drying up

For the record fuel cell =/= fossil fuel powered device. Now they have certainly been fuel for fuel cells made from fossil fuels in the same way plastics are often still made from oil but that is a different discussion and not really that relevant.

Also fuel cells tend to kick out electricity as their primary energy output so you are still making an electric car.

Or did I miss a joke?

 

[dickfour]

For the record fuel cell =/= fossil fuel powered device. Now they have certainly been fuel for fuel cells made from fossil fuels in the same way plastics are often still made from oil but that is a different discussion and not really that relevant.

Also fuel cells tend to kick out electricity as their primary energy output so you are still making an electric car.

Or did I miss a joke?

Yeah a fuel cell uses electricity but you don't need 2000 pounds of batteries to make it go