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  • MasterSbilt_Racer
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 14303

    #46
    Originally posted by mcarter815 View Post
    Tesla doesn't need to turn an immediate profit. Just look at Amazon for an example of a company that never focused on profits and that hasn't slowed them down. Tesla is playing the long game. Electric car sales in 2017 were up 25% from 2016 in the U.S. They still have a long way to go to make a real dent in the market share, but I think it's reasonable to think that in 10 to 15 years electric cars are going to be common. Once fast charging is figured out, they are a no-brainer for the average consumer because they require less maintenance with the fewer fluids and moving parts compared to an internal combustion engine. Also, gas prices are going back up with the rising cost of crude. They were artificially low in the last year when the Saudis were pumping up the supply. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/01...les-in-the-us/
    You run out of bond buyers eventually, if no path to profits is in sight.
    Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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    • Krooser
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2012
      • 3117

      #47
      Originally posted by mcarter815 View Post
      I don't think it's anymore dangerous than breaking a carb off, rolling upside down and leaking fuel onto the headers, or knocking the fuel pump off the engine in a crash. They have already tested electric midget race cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho4xdJvmrnA
      Those are now called "Little People" race cars...
      Member of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame
      Class of 2019

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      • fastford
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2008
        • 4059

        #48
        Originally posted by old17ford View Post
        Fastford do you build any NLMS engines ?
        i did some work for a guy down your way , i think he lived over by tifton , several years ago when NLMS was just starting , but i have not looked at the rules lately...

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