Daniel told me about this car the other day, and then I remembered that Tony had told me about the company a while ago but I forgot to look it up so, I finally looked it up and it blew my mind.It seems like, and I could be wrong, this is the first fully electric car that caters to the average person. It even looks normal, something that has been difficult for electric car makers. You will have to go to the site to get all the details but, here are a few, 45 minutes to charge this car up to 80% , and a 300 mile range on a full charge. Seats 5 adults and 2 kids in the smaller back seats, or a bike or some other big stuff that you wouldn't expect to fit. They claim the cost to charge it about 4 dollars, so the savings on gas would be intense. I think this car is a great step in the right direction and if Daniel and I can scrape the 50 grand that it cost together in the next two years (they will actually start selling them in 2011) then we are so buying one. This could be a very significant step to a seriously less gas dependent society. So check it out...
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php
Yeah so I went to the unveiling of this car at the National Building Museum here in DC the other day, and this thing is absolutely as cool as we think it is. It is the smoothest ride you have ever seen, and it is silent as a ghost. Except for ghosts that scream which are just scary. Not only that, but it looks really cool, and the engine is actually under the seat so there is trunk space in the front AND back. So yeah dude, our life purpose for the next two years should be to somehow get 50k
ReplyDeleteman I hate those screaming ghosts... (shudder)...but the silent ones...ohh yeeah... freaking stealth mode. I was giddy just reading about this car...
ReplyDeleteThat is seriously amazing.
ReplyDeleteMy only complaint, and this is just from looking at it... The windows are HIGH on this one. Not on drugs (per se), but the window starts at the shoulder. I hate those cars that you feel like (well, Let's face it. I feel like...) you're peering over a ledge spying outside.
I haven't perfected driving through ESP just yet.
haha, I know what you mean, but I think its a sacrifice you have to make if you want everyone who sees you drive by to know that your a BAD A. And lets face it, I want that.
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