Jason Calacanis Fisks NY Times’ Stross Over Tesla Editorial
December 1, 2008 by admin · 2 Comments
Randall Stross wrote an article in the New York Times that rips into Tesla as “not much more than a functioning concept car” and suggests it would be foolish of the government to grant it a loan under a 2007 Federal loan program designed specifically to encourage development of vehicles that conserve fuel. Jason Calacanis writes an excellent rebuttal on his blog.
The main argument Stross uses is that Tesla only makes cars for the rich (their first model is $109,000), and the technology is unproven. However as most readers of this site know Tesla has announced two new vehicles, both at much lower prices (and one targeted at $30,000). Stross’ facts are wrong, and his opinions are misguided. If Tesla succeeds, it will be because it was able to sell cars to the mass market. Read more
