# Tesla launches electric car production

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**Created:** [March 17, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-launches-electric-car-production/45174 "2008-03-17T17:54:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-launches-electric-car-production/45174/3 "2008-03-17T18:41:13Z")

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Seems like an awful business plan to start out with a $98,000, low volume, impractical roadster.

When the company goes belly up I’m sure the hippies with create some conspiracy theory blaming the oil companies though.

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