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Related: About this forumSarah Palin calls Tesla a "loser"; Elon Musk tweets "Am deeply wounded."
"Wasn't it the 2012 presidential race that featured Republican candidates disparaging electric vehicle companies? Well, yes, but that doesn't mean the 2008 vice presidential candidate (and Ex-Alaska governor) Sarah Palin can't do the same. In a Facebook post that bashed subsidies for advanced-powertrain vehicles like the Fisker Karma and Chevrolet Volt, Palin referred to California-based electric-car maker Tesla Motors as a "loser."
Palin, in a Facebook post presumably written while she enjoyed her home's view of Russia, took note of the recent Fisker layoffs and grouped it with what she called "past losers like the Obama-subsidized Volt that gets 40 miles per battery charge, or like the Obama-subsidized Tesla that turns into a 'brick' when the battery completely discharges and then costs $40,000 to repair." Naturally, Tesla chief Elon Musk turned to Twitter for his response, noting on Monday that Tesla's Model S warranty does indeed cover "bricking." "Sarah Palin calls Tesla a loser," Musk Tweeted. "Am deeply wounded."
http://green.autoblog.com/2013/04/09/sarah-palin-tesla-loser-wounds-elon-musk/
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)rocktivity
(44,555 posts)rocktivity
AndyA
(16,993 posts)She looks in the mirror every day.
She married one.
Her daughter got impregnated out of wedlock to one.
She was on that side in the 2008 elections.
Faux News figured it out and cancelled her contract.
She wasn't smart enough to govern Alaska, so she resigned mid-term (only a loser would do that).
Yeah, Sarah Palin definitely knows what a loser is. She defines it and lives it every day.
Archaic
(273 posts)What a waste of a car, who only goes 40 miles?
Me.
I commute 15 miles a day, and haven't put gas in my Volt since January 24th, 1500 miles ago or something. I forget.
Not the car for everybody, but man if a Volt works for you, what an amazing piece of technology.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)gtar100
(4,192 posts)Typical of republicans, it's easier to criticize and destroy than it is to help make improvements. Any issues with electric vehicles we have now should be treated as the obstacles to making it right that we need to overcome. Much to the chagrin of Palin and those like her, the engineers are not sitting on their hands.