For Car Guys. 0 to 60 in 1.9 seconds. Quarter mile in 8.9 seconds. New Tesla Roadster is Incredible.

That's the car that will be in the remake of Back to the Future, if there ever is one.

I thought my Corvette was fast! This is ludicrous speed!

 

They've definitely gone 'plaid' with that thing!

Many questions about electric vehicles remain in my mind - such as when you have to replace the batteries, or if they'll start slowing it down as it ages (ahem, Apple, ahem). And since I won't ever own a new car anyway, these factors are important in the used market.

Raz

 

I'd like to know how much range you really get when it's -20F or colder, pushing snow and ice, heater running full blast. Maybe not so much on this car, but on one with some ground clearance. Otherwise electric cars will be forever limited to pleasantly warm climates or part-year use.

They are working their way up into this area with charging stations. Saw one in Cadillac last year. Now it appears there's one in Traverse City and Gaylord either in progress or complete.

 

Even Jeremy Clarkson is coming around to Tesla (albeit with an army of lawyers in tow)!

 

Electric cars, for me, are just glorified golf carts. Sure, very, VERY sporty golf carts sometimes, but they miss some really basic elements, not the least of which is that I need a continuous range of more than 200 miles on a freezing day and have to worry about using up my battery just to stay warm.

But If I lived on Mercer Island or Bellevue, WA and needed a daily driver to get to my office in downtown Seattle every day, it would be a fun ride. I'd still need a "real" car for my trips to eastern Washington, Canada and the peninsula.

 

There are lots of youtube videos about the pitfalls of owning a Tesla. I've watched a few. One great one is a Canadian family using one for a trip in winter and they are all in their nice warm coats in the car.

Teslas are cool, but owning a Tesla is a bit like owning a motorcycle. It's for fun, not for normal transportation, with rare exception.

 

Maybe one day he'll be able to pull it off without losing billions of dollars per year. I can't remember how many millions per car he is losing. If I find it I'll link it. I wanna say it was WSJ but I'm not positive.

Still, the car is impressive.

 

Tesla model X beat an Audi A8 in a drag race the other night on The Grand Tour. Instant torque gave it a big lead at the start

Invest in Lithium

 

My take as well. I'd sure like to know where he got the money to pay for all those rockets.

 

I mean, where did HE get the money to pay for it? What is his source of income?

 

Paypal. That explains it. Thanks!

 

I commute on a motorcycle. The van gets used on weekends. Both are tools. Use the tool for what it's good for. A Tesla seems to be reasonably practical enough around here that I see them fairly regularly. Not like a Prius, but often enough that nobody looks twice when one rolls silently by.

Charging on a long trip is the big issue. I have a friend who has a Ford plug-in car, and he will occasionally forget to charge it at home and need to pug it in to a 110 outlet somewhere. That will charge it up, but it takes a long time. If Tesla builds an electric that can go 600 miles on a charge at freeway speeds and then recharge on a standard 100 outlet overnight, it won't be for everyone, but it will work for the majority of people who can afford one.