A Roadster That Gets 135MPG!
April 25th, 2008
Mean and Green
Tesla Motors of San Carlos California has pioneered a 100% electrical roadster that reaches 60 mph in under 4 seconds. Faster then a Ferrari this electric machine gets the equivalent of 135 mpg traveling up to 220 miles on a single charge. The battery fully charges in 3.5 hours which
Tesla boosts is faster then your cell phone battery charge time. Best of all you only need a standard power outlet to charge the battery.
Regenerative what?
Utilizing what Tesla refers to as regenerative braking the battery actually stores the energy usually lost when you slow down, allowing you get more miles out of your battery. So whenever you slow down you send a charge back to the battery, kind of like an added bonus for enduring traffic jams or driving out to that 7 million dollar tree house.
Pure Muscle Baby
In case you didn’t know electric engines are torque monsters. They deliver 100% of the torque 100% of the time unlike their combustible counterparts which have power curves. The straight shot power curve is complemented by the vehicles 13,500 rpm red line. With steady power output the talent needed to fully realize the power potential of a combustible engine is no longer needed. Simply stomp on the pedal and away you go.
Where Can I Get One?
Hollywood celebs quickly claimed the 100 production models that started to roll off the manufactures New Mexico plant in early March. Buyers include Tom Selleck, and Jay Leno. Personally if I could afford the $100k price tag I would definitely scoop one up, in the mean time I’ll be following these money saving tips. But unfortunately I can’t, so until then drooling over the photos will have to do.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Electric cars have been touted as helping the environment for far to long. When you take into consideration the coal or oil burned at the power plant that is producing the electricity you charge an electric car with, as well as the line loss, they may save the end user some gas money, but as far as pollution goes, they are just putting it in someone elses back yard. If you can ensure that all the electricity used to power the car were from a cleaner greener plant, only then could you legitimately tout them as green vehicles.