Tesla Model S

lafors

That is one sweet looking 4 door car :eek::eek::eek:

http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/tesla-model-s-live-reveal/1455049/

Much nicer than their first car, the roadster.

Autoblog wrote:

Some other fast facts:

• The car fits seven people and their luggage: five adults and two children in rear-facing seats under the hatch inside, with luggage in the boot up front.
• If not people, it can fit a mountain bike with its wheels still on, a surfboard and a 50-inch television at the same time.
• The dashboard screens were installed to rid the interior of buttons. The 17-inch main display is fully 3G and Internet capable.
• The 300-mile range is possible (vs the Roadster's 244-mile range) because the S has 8,000 battery cells vs. 6,000 in the Roadster, the batteries have been improved in mass and volumetric performance, and there is more advanced cell chemistry in each cell, and the S has a cd of about .27 vs. the Roadster's drag coefficient of .35.
• On a 220V outlet, the car can be recharged in 4 hours.
• Option packages are being decided, with the only initial option being the battery pack. Customers will also be able to buy the 160-mile pack and rent the long range pack for a trip.
• They are finalizing the warranty, and expect it to be 3-4 years for the car and 7-10 years for the battery pack. They expect replacement battery packs to come in at "well under $5000" according to Elon.
• The quickness: the standard S will get to 60 in 5.5 to 6.0 seconds. A coming sport version will get to 60 in "well under five seconds," Musk says.
• The car will get a single-speed transmission.
• The body panels and chassis will be primarily aluminum, with a total weight of just over 4,000 pounds, about 1,200 pounds of that being battery mass.
• For infrastructure, Tesla is working with a government-affiliated partner to set up battery changing stations at various locations. They will be able to change the battery in 5-8 minutes, "quicker than filling up your car with gas."

Moses7

agree. I love it. Problem is that production will start end of 2011.

So it is years away before we can either see it or buy it.

woody33

And you have to drive with the windows down and shout "Vroom Vroom" at pedestrians so they know you're there.

Mr.David

woody33 wrote: »

And you have to drive with the windows down and shout "Vroom Vroom" at pedestrians so they know you're there.

Nah, they'll smell the tree-hugging environmentalist smugness miles away

Stevie Dakota

Why oh why can't they make a €30K car look like this?? :mad:

Zube

On a 220V outlet, the car can be recharged in 4 hours.

... if you happen to have an 80 Amp supply at your house.

Which you don't, since your entire house draws an absolute maximum of 60A. You'd need to have the ESB triple your domestic supply just to plug this yoke in.

Anan1

Zube wrote: »

... if you happen to have an 80 Amp supply at your house.

Which you don't, since your entire house draws an absolute maximum of 60A. You'd need to have the ESB triple your domestic supply just to plug this yoke in.

Just imagine though, no more petrol stations ever!

pburns

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Why oh why can't they make a €30K car look like this?? :mad:

'Cos the established manufacterers are staid, stuck in a run and obsessed with customer clinics and lowest-common-denominator safe-safe syling. A new company from a different area can start with a blank sheet. I agree it looks fantastic.

dhog4n

Does it remind anyone else of a Jag XF? (Maybe it's just me)