To: RetiredNow who wrote (8329 ) 5/19/2009 12:32:32 PM From: RetiredNow Respond to While I'm glad Tesla is finally partnering in a big way with an established tier-1 automotive company, I'm a little disappointed that the tier-1 US automakers are such failures that they could not have conceived of the idea of partnering with Tesla before a foreign company came in and picked up a stake. When will US companies get their heads out of their butts and decide to get serious about renewable energy and renewable energy products? Will they always be too late to the party like we've seen in the auto industry? I hope not. Our country's future prosperity depends on it.Daimler Takes 10% Stake in Tesla; Strategic Partnership to Collaborate on Future Models greencarcongress.com Tesla has demonstrated expertise with electric vehicles, but nowhere near the experience and capability of an organization like Daimler in terms of general automotive experience with safety, mass production, all those things. Tesla brings those new elements of electric powertrain, Daimler provides to Tesla the traditional elements which are extremely important if we are going to mass production.
