The Tesla Roadster’s "fuel tank" weighs in at about 1,000 pounds and delivers four to five times the energy-density stores of other batteries. Safe, light, durable, and recyclable, it represents the biggest innovation in the Tesla Roadster and is one of the largest and most advanced lithium-ion battery packs in the world... recharge time is impressively quick, enabled by an onboard, high-power charging system... Our motor can operate continuously around 120°C, thanks to the array of air-cooling fins on our aluminum housing... The Tesla Roadster has only two forward gears and either one will work for most of your driving.Basically, it's a larger version of a cellphone battery, which means it charges up fast. Naturally, people using the car in California will just expect their employer to provide an electrical outlet so that the car can be charged on the company nickel, during peak load time for the power grid. Then complain that the price of electricity is too high and brownouts are too often. More airhead ideas courtesy the mentality of the entertainment industry, which expects the working people to be the patrons and pay all the bills.
Yep, yep. What I was pushing with this post, though, is the idea that they are going down the wrong road. If they go hybrid, using a hydro (or anything) powered DC generator, you'd never have to plug it in at all.