Tesla CEO: Gas should be $10/gallon, Toyota Prius isn’t a true hybrid

Posted: Jun 15, 2009
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Speaking at Wired Business Conference, Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk said that he is “anti-tax” but “pro-carbon tax.” Gasoline “should probably be $10″ per gallon Musk said.

“I’m not paying for the true cost of gasoline at the pump…since nobody’s explicitly paying for the CO2 capacity of the oceans and atmospheres, it’s getting consumed. We will pay for it down the road, but we are sort of ignoring it for now.”

Taking a shot at the Toyota Prius, Musk said: ”A Prius is not a true hybrid, really,” he said. “The current Prius is like, 2 percent electric. It’s a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.”

Tesla recently delivered the 500th Tesla Roadster to an entrepreneur in New Jersey. The company is now working on getting its Tesla Model S sedan on the road by mid-2011.

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- By: Mo Eladawy

Source: CNET Green Tech


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  • zermatt

    If there was ever a “make me rich through taxation” this is it.

    I think that we should tax electricity at the same levels as gasoline as most electricity is manufactured by coal burning plants.

    Maybe the government should just drive us around or maybe Elon can just shut the fuck up.

  • GMfan87

    Thank God we have Elon to save us from our self destructive C02 producing automobiles…..

  • Bobmarley

    ya, I think Musk's opinion is a little biased on this subject…fag!

  • Pat

    wow take it easy guys….he's done much better than GM and Chrysler did for electric-cars

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