Posted on 07/28/2006 2:48:17 PM PDT by kronos77
The Tesla Roadster goes from zero to 60 in four noiseless seconds, has a top speed of 135 mph and can roam for more than 200 miles before needing a recharge.
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Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors Inc. raised $60 million in financing from San Francisco Bay area tech giants to get this car on the road. Those famous Toyota Prius owners Larry Page and Sergey Brin -- yes, the Google guys -- have invested, as have executives from eBay Inc. and PayPal.
The company is headed by entrepreneur Martin Eberhard, the man once behind a gadget called the RocketeBook. That product, sort of an iPod for books, didn't catch on, but Eberhard sold the company in 2000 to the media company Gemstar for $187 million. ....
The Tesla Roadster was unveiled this week in Santa Monica. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a surprise appearance and was taken on a test spin -- it was unclear yesterday if Schwarzenegger showed up to the event in one of the gas-guzzling Hummers he has sometimes favored.
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Nikola Tesla, greatest Serb that ever lived! And did some science too... :)
First, Rinold has to put a stop to rolling blackouts before we can even dream of electric cars.
http://www.teslamotors.com
Very nice...
Oooooooooooooooooo...pretty
How long does it take to recharge one of these puppies? If it's more than 15 minutes, then you're effectively limiting yourself from driving no more than 100 miles from home. The joys of owning a roadster are to go on road trips... unless they can extend the mileage you get on one charge, or find a quick way to recharge, this will be a bust.
This is great news, since we have such an abundance of generating capacity and electricity is so cheap in CA.
this puupie costs 60.000 to 150.000$ so you aint ganna take one of those to work. They are lessure cars... for rich.
Sweet ride. Once that sticker price comes down, I'm in.
Does it come with an extension cord and how long is it?
I believe it was around 3.5 hours to fully recharge, and can be accomplished on household current. It's range is actually closer to 250 than 200 mile per charge.
While this isn't convenient for a long trip, it does provide around a weeks travel around town before having to recharge. That's going to please most people.
Personally, I like something a little more substantial than a sports car for a long trip anyway.
Now, now. Don't go confusing us with facts.
Ever since I built my first "Tesla Coil" for a science fair project in 1959, I was hooked and have been studying everthing I can find about his work ever since.
Now, with the internet, it's easy and is an excellent pursuit for whenever there is spare time.
Back in his day, Edison was still into DC for electric distribution...it sucked as you may imagine. He had the media )press back then) on his side do the spin always magnifies his work.
About that same time, Tesla demonstrated that he could light a whole building with no wires.
This is great news, since we have such an abundance of generating capacity and electricity is so cheap in CA.
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This is the part that the eco-nuts forget, ain't it?? And of course, like the rape of the oil companies, just wait until people have to pull in somewhere for a recharge...can you imagine the shaft job they will get??
Great inventor, but equally horrible businessman with no social skills.
It's being hawked at between $85 and $120 thousand for the first 100 cars. They're going to be a premium issue. Outside that number it's supposed to drop in price. How much, I'm not sure.
That premium issue may actually happen after production models are already being released.
I've seen some reports that production may start around the end of this year with premium cares coming out next spring.
A good portion of those 100 cars have already been spoken for.
I see nothing in that article that indicates any relationship between Tesla Motors and the legendary Nikola Tesla, no mention of any of Nikola's technology being present, etc. Is this simply a ripoff of the name?
Can't please Freepers can you?
Someone mentions alternative energy anything and you hear complaints about how it should be market driven and not paid for or mandated by the government, which I agree with.
Now it looks like some people put some cash in on a company that has come up with something that has the potential to do some good in making us less dependent on Oil and the ME for their Oil and the damn car can't drive over 200 miles before it needs a recharge.
Eff It! Yeah they should just quit trying! I mean if you live 20 miles away from work you would have to charge your car up on a effing FRIDAY NIGHT after drivning to and from work 5 days straight.
Sorry. I am just saying. This appears to be progress and some Freepers will tear it to shreads.
Who says all the cars have to be sold in CA? and so what if it is a roadster that only goes 200 miles before a charge.
JEEZ!
And that's where he failed. He was right about AC, but wrong about the method of distribution.
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