Get Owned By An Electric Car!

[666DAN]

Not bad for the price!

http://www.teslamotors.com/

[Munna1]

Saw that the other day impressive id say we will start to see more and more of these types of cars if governments allow it.

[someonestolecc]

f**k yeah performance electric cars.. that looks fantastic. I want one!

The only thing is I would like one with gears - just for the nostalgia value

edit: just noticed the front wheels are 5.5" with 175s and rear is 7.5" with 225.. Weirded out

[ctjet]

1c per mile?!

but does it sound tough....

[342Four]

its that cool that looky what i did below

new funky sig

[Jimbo2000]

100G

i'd get one

[mad082]

i wouldn't buy 1 untill they have a longer battery life. 400kms isn't that good. for me that wouldn't get me to brisbane and back. so if i had to go to a meeting in brissy for work, i would have to park it at a friends place to charge it while i went to the meeting so it had enough charge to get me home. petrol will always win in that sense since it takes a few mins to get another 500-800kms out of the car.

[Jimbo2000]

true

but its not really a freeway cruiser is it?

[Beer Baron]

i must say i like it a lot.

[mad082]

but most pure electic cars that have any sort of performance only get about 400km from a charge. the porche one is the same.

[markimak]

hehe faster than a GTR

[ebola]

second rate.

last month an electric car was slashdotted that had real potential.

its premise - leverage laptop batteries for "free" R&D. was pretty good.

except for the fact that it seems not a month goes by and there is another battery recall...

[n15m0]

i can imagine all the battery recalls due to memory effect...

Customers coming back complaining their car only last 2 hrs!!!

[wilch]

I saw a car like this being tested on fifth gear. Acceleration looked impressive, as it should seeing as it's peak torque is at 0rpm!

Crazy stuff.

[VB-]

I saw a car like this being tested on fifth gear. Acceleration looked impressive, as it should seeing as it's peak torque is at 0rpm!

Crazy stuff.

yeah i remember that too, Tiff test drove it in europe somewhere i think... he also said it was around $300,000, dunno what curencie that was ethier. it does look very nice and i would be very interested in one if i could afford one... or fit in one (only assuming i cant at this point)

[thorpe84]

looks like a smart roadster X lotus elise.....not bad