100% Electric C8?
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100% Electric C8?
Thought I'd stir the pot a bit. Given the concerns / discussions had regarding what the future regulatory environment will be like, could it be feasible to see an electric car as the next gen Corvette?
I can see it now....
News Flash! The year is 2019. GM to buy Tesla and produce the first ever electric Corvette!
I can see it now....
News Flash! The year is 2019. GM to buy Tesla and produce the first ever electric Corvette!
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From: Pittsgrove NJ
Thought I'd stir the pot a bit. Given the concerns / discussions had regarding what the future regulatory environment will be like, could it be feasible to see an electric car as the next gen Corvette?
I can see it now....
News Flash! The year is 2019. GM to buy Tesla and produce the first ever electric Corvette!
I can see it now....
News Flash! The year is 2019. GM to buy Tesla and produce the first ever electric Corvette!
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More likely a hybrid. Similar to what BMW is doing with the i8, but with more punch. That car apparantly gets something like 90 miles per gallon.
Pretty nice looking too.
http://www.thebounce.co.za/wp-conten...resdefault.jpg
Pretty nice looking too.
http://www.thebounce.co.za/wp-conten...resdefault.jpg
Last edited by CdnVetteOwner; Sep 25, 2014 at 04:44 PM.
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tesla price to book 57.4
gm price to book 1.31
it would be hard for a company like GM to absorb a company like tesla with price to book that high and a forward price to earnings of 236
the purchase would not be accreative for years
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I see lot of members from Canada and those of us in the north. Electric cars simply do not work in our winters.
We have a fleet of cars at work that may sit outside for 2 or 3 weeks in bitter weather and they start up!!!! That always amazes me!!! Try that with an electric. Plus electric prices are soaring and will continue to do so. Finally the gooberment will need to slap on a road tax on electrics at some point to make up for lost gas tax.
When these additional costs are factored in and when the gooberment stops the subsidies I;m thinking the fate of the electrics will be the same as it was 100 years ago.
Now hydrogen or natural gas.......... could be a game changer.
We have a fleet of cars at work that may sit outside for 2 or 3 weeks in bitter weather and they start up!!!! That always amazes me!!! Try that with an electric. Plus electric prices are soaring and will continue to do so. Finally the gooberment will need to slap on a road tax on electrics at some point to make up for lost gas tax.
When these additional costs are factored in and when the gooberment stops the subsidies I;m thinking the fate of the electrics will be the same as it was 100 years ago.
Now hydrogen or natural gas.......... could be a game changer.
