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2007 Tesla Roadster EV Production Model
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How long does it take to recharge a 100% electric? 250 miles would be nice for day to day usage, but would render the car useless on trips over about 3 hours if it took a while to charge.
I would imagine most wouldnt be buying the car for long trips though.
I would imagine most wouldnt be buying the car for long trips though.
GuitarDaddy
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Sounds way too good to be true! But if it is true it will completely change transportation as we know it. An electric car with a 250mi range that can go over 130mph and do 0-60 in 4's :roll: sign me up
"designed by lotus."
It gets ym seal of approval
if it was decently affordable, it would be a nice daily driver/weekend car though I'd still have to keep my SC300 for road trips.
:Q nevermind then. 40k i'd go for it, maybe 45-50k but 80k is wayout of ym price range.
It gets ym seal of approval
if it was decently affordable, it would be a nice daily driver/weekend car though I'd still have to keep my SC300 for road trips.
:Q nevermind then. 40k i'd go for it, maybe 45-50k but 80k is wayout of ym price range.
its awesome to see this car out, i have a friend who was working on this project. hopefully this technology will catch on.
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Yep. Hopefully they have some regenerative braking system like other electric/hybrids. It should increase the city range some.
Hey, 1000lbs of lithium ion cells isn't cheap.
Demon-Xanth
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How often do you have to replace a laptop battery?
...well, that's how often you're going to have to replace the $50,000 or so of batteries in this car.
...well, that's how often you're going to have to replace the $50,000 or so of batteries in this car.
That's when you have to spend another $10K for the "Mr Fusion" upgrade!! :laugh:
While a car like this will likely only ever be driven by the trendy elite few with the bucks to spare, I can see where it could also inspire companies to come out with a more "economic" (less powerful) version, that would do 0-60 in 7 to 9 seconds, and get maybe 400 miles highway on a charge, by using a smaller (more economical) motor, or keep the range the same, and go with a smaller number of high-priced batteries, that could bring the out the door price of one down to the $40K level that more people could afford.
Give them enough time to start really mass-producing models like I've described, and the price will only continue to go down (at least, until the UAW moves in on it! :roll: ).
For those of you that truly would like to see this country move towards more all-electric modes of individual transportation, start bugging your political representatives to push for two things that will make it happen faster and easier. One, better batteries than we currently have available (think twice the capacity at half the weight of current batteries, or better). If you can drop the weight of an electric car by using lighter batteries, that also have longer range (due to higher capacity), you extend your range dramatically. Two, we have to start building more nuke power plants. Not the old style "build whatever you want" that were put up in the 60's and 70's, but the newer plans that the DOE (dept of energy) has pre-approved for use. They have done this to help streamline the process of building new power plants, but the tree huggers still make it almost impossible to do so. While we have to be environmentally concious, we also have to stop allowing 2% of the population dictate how the other 98% will live. While I would love to see a viable alternative to fission nuke power plants, there simply isn't anything available with today's technology. And if you're wanting electric cars, and a break from supporting the middle east/OPEC, you're going to have to come up with some method for making all that electricity, right?
funboy6942
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Yeah only our electric bill will be sky high instead of the gas and hello it takes some sort of oil product or byproduct to produce the electricity at alot of electrical plants we be using so
Maybe where you live elecricity is free and this is a good thing but your getting rid of one evil for another one and not really saving anything at all and in alot of places the electrical plants are already maxed out so what do you think is going to happen when everyone plugs thier cas in
Kinda hard to charge your car during a black out isnt it and then go to work on dead batteries.
Originally posted by: funboy42
Yeah only our electric bill will be sky high instead of the gas and hello it takes some sort of oil product or byproduct to produce the electricity at alot of electrical plants we be using so
Maybe where you live elecricity is free and this is a good thing but your getting rid of one evil for another one and not really saving anything at all and in alot of places the electrical plants are already maxed out so what do you think is going to happen when everyone plugs thier cas in
Kinda hard to charge your car during a black out isnt it and then go to work on dead batteries.
oh please. with the money our taxes have spent on military expenditures in the mid east, we could buy our own personal power plants.
AMCRambler
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Wow! Nice car! About time somebody built a sporty electric car. These wussified hybrids we've got now are lame. Now if they can only keep the price reasonable and sales of these things will take off. Looking at it though, something tells me this is designed to compete with the high end BMW and Mercedes roadsters.
This looks fantastic.
There is no shortage of people who can afford to buy $100k exotic cars. (here in South Florida I must pass a dozen a day on the way to work)
If they pull it off for production, this will be every bit as fast and get you twice the attention that a Porsche does. I can't wait to see them hit the streets.
0-60 in 4 seconds is FAST.
250 miles on a charge is PLENTY for an around-the-town vehicle.
100+ mpg? That is irony in motion.
I imagine they won't even come close to being able to keep up with demand. If I were in the market for a $60-$80k car, I would buy one of these.
There is no shortage of people who can afford to buy $100k exotic cars. (here in South Florida I must pass a dozen a day on the way to work)
If they pull it off for production, this will be every bit as fast and get you twice the attention that a Porsche does. I can't wait to see them hit the streets.
0-60 in 4 seconds is FAST.
250 miles on a charge is PLENTY for an around-the-town vehicle.
100+ mpg? That is irony in motion.
I imagine they won't even come close to being able to keep up with demand. If I were in the market for a $60-$80k car, I would buy one of these.
I'd seriously consider buying one of these in a year or two if the batteries did not have to be replaced or, they are cheap to replace. For now I'll beat my car into the ground.
That car looks real nice, so it prob won't be affordable.
Now if they just made a cheapo version of it (same drivetrain, safety, and quality of core components)... then it would be something to catch the eye of ALOT of ATOT.
That and every new driver, college kid, hippy would at least consider it.
Now if they just made a cheapo version of it (same drivetrain, safety, and quality of core components)... then it would be something to catch the eye of ALOT of ATOT.
That and every new driver, college kid, hippy would at least consider it.
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How is that even possible?
You basically said, if they would make a "cheapo version of it... without actually changing anything".This concept would be uninspiring in a consumer car. I'm sure it has an extremely lightweight construction and would be crushed flat in an accident with a bicycle.
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