f*** you detroit!

^ Ahhhnold at once rightly smack talks Detroit, advocates alternative energy sources, environmental respect, U.S. job security, and sex appeal!

There was a discussion about the Tesla all electric sportscar in a recent NPR news story about the possible government bailout of Detroit automakers. One listener suggested that the U.S. government (i.e. we taxpayers) dump GM Motors as we know it, allow Tesla Motors to take over the factory in Detroit, and re-tool it to produce Tesla electric powered cars, thereby killing the many old birds with one stone.

^ The Tesla all electric powered sportscar: from zero to sixty in 3.9 seconds, no carbon emissions, no greenhouse gases, absolutely no loud engine noise, 100 miles per electric charge, and....made in the U.S.A.! How sexy is that?

With Tesla Motors keeping production domestic, a segment of the U.S. auto industry would be spared and re-birthed, jobs would be saved, and the environment would be respected. It would also force other automakers like Ford and Chrysler to ramp up their R & D on developing fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles, as well as spur foreign competitors like Nissan and Honda to further innovate.

^ While still being a 'proper sportscar', the Tesla is also the shape - and substance - of things to come, of the future of motoring. Wait, what am I saying? The future is actually here, now! Poor Detroit is probably seething at Tesla Motors right now.

As a footnote, California won the contract to host Tesla Motors' first production plant.