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		HelloMcFly on Feb 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It Doesn’t Musk is a business man and is concerned about marketing as much as anyone else. Here are his comments aimed toward the Volt: "Yet the state of the electric car is dismal, the victim of hyped expectations, technological flops, high costs and a hostile political climate.” Not exactly and objective view, or totally fair.

enraged_camel on Feb 15, 2013 [–]

Uh, that was said by Broder in one of his previous articles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/sunday-review/the-electric...

HelloMcFly on Feb 15, 2013 | [–]

You're right. I was equating that quote and the calling-the-Volt-a-"lawnmower" quote (http://articles.businessinsider.com/2009-05-11/green_sheet/2...) together. I was reading about them yesterday. My mistake.

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