Tesla Roadster

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John Reed, Elon Musk’s ground-breaking electric car. Financial Times, July 25, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e117987e-74eb-11de-9ed5-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
("If Tesla turns a profit in July, as he says it will, Musk will have accomplished something extraordinary in a business where the odds are stacked solidly in favour of incumbents")

Note:
(a) Elon Musk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
("went to graduate program in physics at Stanford, in which he stayed exactly two days before dropping out to start Zip2" and later PayPal)

Mr. Musk is a billionaire. Tesla was out of cash in 2004, needed more and more investments from Musk, who took over the car maker and ousted the founders.

(b) bon vivant (n) [French, literally, good liver; plural bons vivants or bon vivants]: "a person having cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes especially with respect to food and drink"
(c) spoken for

Check under "speak" (vi): "to make a request or claim —used with for —usually used in passive constructions"
(d) Lotus Elise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise
(e) interlocutor (n): "one who takes part in dialogue or conversation"
(f) "in administration": British to mean in bankruptcy administration
(g) marque (n) [French for "mark"]: brand
(h) annus horribilis (n) {new Latin]: "a disastrous or unfortunate year" (accent should be placed on "ri")
(i) pot-shotting
The verb is derived from the noun potshot: "a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner."
(j) The "sweat" in "His sweating of details" (vt): " to manipulate or produce by hard work or drudgery"
(k) For "swing for the fences," check
swing for the fence
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swing_for_the_fence


My comment: The $465m come from federal government's economic stimulus that costs more than $1 trillion. Without the $465m, Tesla can not afford to build facility to build (the new) sedans/model S. I have no complaint, however: Tesla makes motors in Taiwan for both roadster and sedan.

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