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document.write("<h5>Dependent on oil price</h5>");
document.write("It's true that the success of electric cars depends to a large extent on the oil price which has been very low recently. However, it has been slowly and irrevocably creeping up again as the Arabs cut production - first to the upper $50's, then $60's and now over the $70 mark. The trend-line is clearly there.. doug");
document.write("<h5>Tesla themselves are the problem</h5>");
document.write("It all sounded fantastic about 6 years ago when Tesla said their electric car would travel 400+km on a charge, accelerate from 0-100 in under 4 seconds and sell for ONLY $100 000. WHHAAAATTTTTTT??????????? 100 000 FREAKING DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />This company has in 6 years sold virtually no cars, because the prices are too high. Who the hell is going to pay between 500 000 and 1.2 million Rand for a little electric car huh????? Come on, think about it seriously. IT'S TOO BLOODY EXPENSIVE!!!!! Only the stinking rich can afford it, which means the main purpose of this car (saving the planet) falls flat like an old battery. <br /><br />The world has been going on about this electric car revolution for 3 decades, and still there are NO electric cars on the road. Nothing, nada, zip! 99,999999999% of the world still drive fossil fuel cars, and I predict it will still be the same for another 3 decades, if not more.<br /><br />. stef");
document.write("<h5>small beginnings</h5>");
document.write("Don't despise small beginnings.<br />What was the price of the first commercial jetliner seat?. wh");
document.write("<h5>....or the first PCs</h5>");
document.write(". DDC");
document.write("<h5>Proudly SA</h5>");
document.write("Do you know that the company's founder, Elon Musk, is a South African? . KC");
document.write("<h5>Everyone's missing the point here</h5>");
document.write("GM said \"We can't make a profitable electrical car\" Tesla proved them wrong. Any other questions?. freddie");
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