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- FTWmovin2canada, on 06/12/2009, -0/+17$49,900
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php - aps234, on 06/12/2009, -0/+16This video is part 3 of a 3 part series. For those of you who want to see parts 1 and 2 (which have a lot more information about the car) here are the respective links....
Part 1
http://www.oncars.com/video/494/2011-Tesla-Model-S ...
Part 2
http://www.oncars.com/video/496/2011-Tesla-Model-S ... - sinator, on 06/12/2009, -3/+18This video didn't really present any useful information about the car. Seemed to be more like one long commercial...
- jaxter2010, on 06/17/2009, -0/+13I believe the purpose of the Tesla is bust the stereotype that electric cars can only be low-performance, low quality point-a-to-point-b vehicles for tree-hugging wieners. The tesla shows that electric cars can be just as powerful and stylish as a gas car.
- BoneStamp, on 06/12/2009, -5/+15There is no doubt, this is a gorgeous car. But, this is not my ideal green car. I don't need a power trunk lid (as seen in the video). I don't need it to look as sexy as a BMW. But, if it was $25k and looked like a respectable economy car then I'd put at least one in my garage. Also, like one guy said in the video... I'm concerned about how long it will continue to hold its charge to get the advertised runtime, kinda like my laptop battery.
- iamacyborg, on 06/13/2009, -0/+7Remind me again why the government is confiscating billions of dollars of our money to prop up a failed company so hopefully they might eventually produce a functional electric vehicle (probably at a loss, subsidized further by the government), when there's a private company already producing them?
- kfcurley, on 06/12/2009, -2/+9So how much does it cost???
- Stumpie2012, on 06/13/2009, -1/+7This is the Car company that the US government should be giving our money to, not GM and Chrysler. Lets get some REAL change going!!!
- jasdf, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6The more I see of this car, the more I wish I had a $100,000+ job.
- tgc1, on 06/13/2009, -0/+6The battery technology could have been improved 10 fold if it weren't for the oil companies buying up all the innovative battery companies and shelving their projects / patent portfolios.
- yocouchdigga, on 06/12/2009, -1/+6That car is ***** sexy.
- Bungiechord, on 06/12/2009, -1/+5That thing is really sleek. I'll take it in black...
- BluesFan, on 06/12/2009, -1/+5These cars aren't coming out until late 2011 hopefully they can improve battery performance even more and faster recharge times.
Awesome looking car though, I really like 17 inch touch screen. - greevar, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3They can charge on off peak hours as well. How many people use most of their electric devices at night?
- tgc1, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Turn the Tires and Light the Fires. WE'VE GOT A WINNER!
- 4321234, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Just imagine an awesome car driving around, and hot women eyeballing it when it's parked. It was kinda like that.
- BluesFan, on 06/12/2009, -0/+345 minutes isn't that bad, especially when you can plug it into your house while you eat and sleep.
I suppose it would be for long trips though. - DarkProd, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3***** my car... GIVE ME THAT ***** CAR! >:O
- iamacyborg, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3I just don't think they're going to draw that much power. They said a roadster costs about $4 to fill up, so @ 0.376 per kilowatt hour, that comes to about 100 KWH for 300 miles of driving (according to Tesla). Say it's 200 miles to be conservative...
The average commute is about 16 miles each day or 32 miles round trip, plus miscellaneous, we'll say 40 miles per day. So, 100 KWH per 5 days, or about 600 KWH per month, 7200 per year, per car.
The average American household uses 10656 KWH per year, so the average household using a Tesla would increase their electricity usage by 67%.
Lets say Obama gets his goal (not that he's the one driving any real innovation here) of 1 million plug in cars on the road by 2015. Given a projected 115 million US households in the US by 2010, this would give a .58% increase in electricity usage. I'm guessing this isn't going to cause any brownouts, but I guess that depends on how clustered the adoptions are, the rate of adoption... which is contingent on how fast Tesla can bring down their prices, etc.
If the adoption rate was 20%, as you mentioned, than this would increase national electricity usage by 13%, which is pretty significant. I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon, though. Hopefully infrastructure will keep pace. - charlie55, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3first car onstage with letterman? what about the volt? check the related stories below.
- Ymeg, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3"this tool provides extra protection to your Firefox.
It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your "trust boundaries" against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology."
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722 - BoneStamp, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Ya, and like about half the sites out there with video players... the lousy flash developer doesn't use the debug version of the flash player so everyone else who does run it, gets annoying pop ups for all the errors they haven't debugged.
- tgc1, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3I'm not talking about NiMH or Lithium Ion. There have been several dozen breakthrough batteries since 1900, which have promised at times order of magnitude increases in performance and stability -- all have been purchased directly or indirectly by oil companies who have at some point held majority share. At some point the directors are then prohibited from advertising further about the technology or publishing documents and making claims of performance etc... At some point that leads to a muzzle effect which then derails the project entirely (how can you sell something nobody knows about?). The oil company then buys remaining shares and shelves the ideas permanently.
This has been repeated several hundred times over now. - greevar, on 06/13/2009, -1/+4Because all of the senators and reps get free luxury vehicles for doing it?
/s - BoneStamp, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2unless it has dynamic LED backlighting
- BluesFan, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2$49,900
http://www.teslamotors.com/buy/buyshowroom.php - scotttech1, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2ok it's actually 0:17
- rheaume, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2Same here
- greevar, on 06/13/2009, -1/+3That's is a statement of pure ignorance. The Tesla S has an effective maximum range of 300 miles on one charge. If you can plug it in every night, you'll never be "stranded".
- SchmittTheDude, on 06/12/2009, -2/+4Awesome car..
How much does one of these cost? - BoneStamp, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2Ya, isn't that what this submission is about? Maybe you didn't click on the link?
- greevar, on 06/13/2009, -1/+3The Tesla S has a 300 mile range and a 45 minute charge time. I'll be waiting for you at the finish.
- IntruderII, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1This is why god invented planes.
- 4321234, on 06/13/2009, -1/+2Lets go on a road trip. You drive your Volt, I'll drive my Tesla and we'll see who gets laid first.
- greevar, on 06/13/2009, -1/+2Get out of my dreams and into my car.
- Rodik, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Electric cars will actually cost less than gas cars because the governments will have a negative tax on electric cars. so the government will actually pay you to get an electric car (i know mine is planning to)
also i would recommend checking into BetterPlace.
http://www.betterplace.com/
i truely think they will do it better and faster. the infrastructure for BetterPlace's cars is being build as we speak in Israel, and soon will go into Denmark, Hawaii, Australia, Canada, North California, Japan, and other island like countries. - BoneStamp, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1The volt can be refueled in a few minutes. That 45 minute charge time on the Tesla is going to set you back, and that'll only get you an 80% charge assuming you can actually find a 750V quick charge station (they don't exist yet).
- jasdf, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Mind you, that is for the 160 mile version.
- damang111, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1The problem with all electric cars (not hybrids) is our power grid cannot handle them.
Imagine even 20% of all car owners plugging in their electric cars onto the grid while our current electricity usage is maxing out.
In some cities they're encouraging power savings during the summertime to prevent brownouts.
Please tell me how I'm wrong.
. - jasdf, on 06/13/2009, -2/+3I agree, Hydrogen is by far the most promising technology. The great thing about a pure electric car like the Tesla is that they can easily modify it to run on hydrogen by removing the battery and replacing it with a fuel cell.
- StBucky, on 06/21/2009, -0/+1Pics or it didn't happen.
Or some kind of proof, other than just appealing to peoples paranoia. - hansondr, on 06/14/2009, -0/+1Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzpFqEYrGII&fmt ...
- inactive, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1yeah the vid kinda sucked.
- Chewie67, on 06/14/2009, -0/+1The "average" American probably drives more than 300 miles in a day 2 days a year.
- BoneStamp, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1The most expensive part is the battery, and this battery technology has been around longer than plasma TVs.
- StBucky, on 06/21/2009, -0/+1I buried *you* to be an *****.
- iamacyborg, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1It's a new technology. Remember when plasma TVs used to cost upwards of $10,000? Now they're, what, $500?
- StBucky, on 06/21/2009, -0/+1Most people would charge them at night, when the power's cheaper, and more plentiful.
- diggydougie, on 06/14/2009, -0/+1Ymeg covered most of it. It is surprising how much of the web is perfectly fine while blocked. when I go to a new site the screen is mostly blank if they heavily use java. So I just click "allow" for the main site and all the bells and whistles work. It's interesting how many sites have links with the letters ad in them that I don't allow. Very quickly all the sites that I normally frequent are allowed and not a problem. I suppose that some sites won't go the the next step (play the movie) until a successful connection to their advertisers is made. I suppose this practice is fair (it's their site after all) but I don't have to like it.
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