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Tesla electric sports car ready to hum onto highways
Associated Press ^ | 5-2-08 | JOHN ROGERS

Posted on 05/02/2008 8:58:21 PM PDT by kingattax

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nice lookin ride
1 posted on 05/02/2008 8:58:22 PM PDT by kingattax
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I want one!!
Smoke just about any car at a red light and never have to go to a gas station.


2 posted on 05/02/2008 9:03:46 PM PDT by mowowie
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3 posted on 05/02/2008 9:05:54 PM PDT by Bobalu (What do I know, I'm a Typical White Guy)
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To: kingattax

Yankee Ingenuity.


4 posted on 05/02/2008 9:06:05 PM PDT by Spruce
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I drove one of these in PGR4. :)


5 posted on 05/02/2008 9:06:13 PM PDT by Doohickey (I'd rather be free than have the government keep me "safe".)
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To: kingattax

You know...the blind are allready having problems with silent cars...there will be blood before they have to put artificial noise in these cars...


6 posted on 05/02/2008 9:08:15 PM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: kingattax

100,000 miles is not very long, although I suppose in the ten years it will take you to hit that it wont take thirty thousand dollars to replace the battery packs.

It is also interesting to not that a few years ago they were being sold for 92,000 on preorders.


7 posted on 05/02/2008 9:10:25 PM PDT by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: kingattax

Like a typical journalist, the reporter neglects my first question: How many kilowatt-hours does it suck up in those 3.5 hours?


8 posted on 05/02/2008 9:10:39 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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I’m not exactly sure how it works but don’t we need fuel for electricity? This is great if we can be more energy dependent but I was just wondering if we will still need foreign oil.


9 posted on 05/02/2008 9:13:18 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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I’m not exactly sure how it works but don’t we need fuel for electricity? This is great if we can be more energy dependent but I was just wondering if we will still need foreign oil.


10 posted on 05/02/2008 9:13:18 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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The price will go way down. Not to be negative.. but how much will it cost to charge?


11 posted on 05/02/2008 9:15:08 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: kingattax
I prefer this color red!


12 posted on 05/02/2008 9:18:26 PM PDT by MadelineZapeezda ( MUST SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkgHkxIfgBc)
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To: Spruce
do people realize where electricity comes from?....nuclear power, gas or coal fired plants... sometimes wind power and sometimes water power....but it has to be produced...it has to come from something ..

electric cars are no panacea.

13 posted on 05/02/2008 9:18:42 PM PDT by cherry
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To: kingattax
The company, formed in 2003, is named for inventor Nikola Tesla, an early pioneer in the field of electricity.

Tesla was a lot more than a simple inventor/pioneer.

14 posted on 05/02/2008 9:19:03 PM PDT by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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You can say that again!


15 posted on 05/02/2008 9:22:58 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Spruce
Yankee Ingenuity.

On a British chassis. It's based on the ultra-light Lotus Elise aluminum chassis. Keep the weight down, your batteries last a lot longer.

16 posted on 05/02/2008 9:24:17 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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Ah...I though so. Well if they could add some hidden wind blades...we could recharge on the highways.


17 posted on 05/02/2008 9:25:38 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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Will battery acid spill on me if I crash and end up upside down?


18 posted on 05/02/2008 9:26:58 PM PDT by umgud
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To: mowowie

For me, design is everything. Usually they design these things and make the look like a Prius.


19 posted on 05/02/2008 9:29:19 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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You have battery acid in your car already. I think that would be the least of your worries.


20 posted on 05/02/2008 9:29:59 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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