Tesla Motors unveils world’s sexiest electric car

[Anonymous]

Has the Jetsons-evoking Zooop electric car got you fired up for an elecric vehicle, just not one so dorky? 21st Century automaker Tesla Motors is way ahead of you, working tirelessly on its Roadster: a sports car that can go from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds — and is 100% electric. You have to plug it in for a recharge every 250 miles or so, but it’s a small sacrifice for something that gets an equivalent of 135 miles per gallon. Retail models won’t be out until 2007, but some A-list Californians — including one Governator of note — got a chance to test drive a Tesla Roadster recently, and the event was covered by those wild car fanatics over at Jalopnik, who describe the torque as “unbelievable” (italics all theirs). I think they’re impressed. Like the Zooop, the Tesla electric car uses an drive train from AC Propulsion, which charges up fully in 3½ hours from a garage charger, but can also get power from a regular ol’ wall outlet — albeit at a much slower rate. And the powertrain… ah, who cares? Just look at how hot this car looks, man! Eco-friendly speed freaks with about $100k to burn will be able to get theirs starting next summer.

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[Garibaldi]

Thanks for posting this, you beat me to it!

What a great stride forward in alternative fuel! Now there is a car that has the performance expected for the average gas guzzler nowadays but is 100% electric!!!

[Anonymous]

Now if they only make it solar powered…

[Garibaldi]

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Now if they only make it solar powered…

I was just watching a “Cars 2006” show on HGTV and Honda has a powerstation for your garage that takes natural gas, extracts hydrogen from it and processes it for your car, and then also creates heat and light for your home. Pretty cool stuff! icon_punk.gif

[Anonymous]

That’s definately a step in the right direction.

[Garibaldi]

Definitely! I was looking around Telsa’s site and damn, that’s a beautiful car! Especially being electric and especially being made nowadays! Nice! icon_headbang.gif

[Anonymous]

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takes natural gas, extracts hydrogen from it and processes it for your car

That makes as much sense as wiping before you poop!
But that’s the way They want us to think. They wanted to
do the same thing with oil, if I remember correctly. Remove
hydrogen from the oil to run a fuel cell?

Run the car on oil, don’t use additional resources to remove
hydrogen!!!!!

The same for natural gas. Run the engine on natural gas. Don’t
bother with the extra step involved to extract hydrogen.

But how about this idea….. Use gasoline, natural gas, kerosene etc
to boil water and use the power of steam to do the work? An external
combustion engine instead of internal. It’s been around for a long time.
It reminds me of shado57’s idea of running a diesel engine on water,
but that would involve some complications.

[Garibaldi]

I believe the natural gas is intended to power the house, the hydrogen created is just kind of like a bonus which conveniently you can use in your car

[Anonymous]

In my area the gas company vehicles run on natural gas.

The mass transit buses also, I think.

[GTO Man]

Great looking car. At least they have some creativity.

[Garibaldi]

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Great looking car. At least they have some creativity.

Creativity and unique design – something out of the ordinary, and they deserve credit for that! icon_punk.gif

[Garibaldi]

On a related note, what do you think of the new Chevy Volt? Do you think GM will keep their promise on developing it? How long do you think it will be before this car hits the market, if ever?

[Garibaldi]

I see that Tesla is going to build 5 shops around the country soon

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