Tesla asks for $660 million, and announces they have sold their 100th car

Anyone see anything wrong with the above two statements being together?

1) Tesla has asked for $660 Million. Or roughly 10% of what GM would get.

2) Tesla announced they sold their 100th car, which means, in the last year, they have sold 100 cars. Or 0.00001% as many as GM sold in the same period.

I think they should get the money, dont you?

Telsa was "a new kind of car company" which builds only electric cars. They are a Silicon Valley startup, have enjoyed amazing publicity, but they will, and deserve to, die.

Basically all they did was figure out how to use laptop batteries to power a Lotus Elise. Admirable, but not groundbreaking. The car has decent range, and speed, and all the rest of it, but it cost $108,000 for what is a short-ranged electric track toy that would be beaten around the track by a Mazda Miata. Ok, maybe not the Miata, but a Sky Redline, shure.

Elon Musk (the guy who started Paypal) is now trying to get a friend to talk to Oprah, so that Oprah will talk to Obama, so that Obama will give them the money. Lets hope that convoluted connection falls apart, because all Tesla deserves is a footnote in automotive history.

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