Tesla Car: 0-100kph in 3 secs

[OTO]

An electric car that can hang with Ferrari? I'll believe it when I see it - and right now they are not saying much:

http://news.com.com/Electric+sports+...?tag=nefd.lede

http://www.teslamotors.com/

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/gadgets/

[mazdamazda]

People often oversee the Achille's Heel of electric cars: batteries.

[ghosthunter]

Isn't there another car based in Monaco which is pure electric and can out-perform a ferrari?

[squala]

GH, is that the T-Zero?

[jim]

250 miles in a single charge is good enough!

[ghosthunter]

GH, is that the T-Zero?

I think thats the one... it was featured on TV sometime back.

[niky]

The Monaco car was in EVO Philippines... actually, it was fully reviewed there before most other magazines even mentioned it. The Venturi Fetish, or something to that effect, I think. 0-60 times were sub 4 seconds, but the price was astronomical. This one might be cheaper, based, as it is, on an existing production car.

[DonCamote]

What car runs for 2cents per mile? 0-60mph in 4 seconds? Runs on equivalent to 135 miles/gallon? No pollution?

Not a hybrid, not a concept car, it's real! and it comes with a battery

Their first car is a Tesla Roadster (gorgeous ride) for the high end market but they say they are going to produce a mass market kind later on.

Imagine the possibilities...

http://www.teslamotors.com

[ghosthunter]

base price = US$98,000 (without any options yet)

[kinyo]

1.145 km/MJ ...

assuming for Philippines, energy cost is P10/kWh, and P42/li for gasoline ...

1.145 km/MJ is equivalent to 17.3 km/li

am i missing something here?

[wildthing]

maybe a good solar charger or biogas powered charger for the battery will make it worthy...

[ghosthunter]

1.145 km/MJ ...

assuming for Philippines, energy cost is P10/kWh, and P42/li for gasoline ...

1.145 km/MJ is equivalent to 17.3 km/li

am i missing something here?

if your computation is correct... You can get 17.3 km/L in a car that would rival a Porsche or Ferrari in looks and performance and still be environmentally friendly by having zero emissions (except for the tire smoke).

[drey]

I want one. :drool:

[rion]

yes, I think I saw this car in the last part of "Who killed the Electric Car" documentary.

[redorange]

if your computation is correct... You can get 17.3 km/L in a car that would rival a Porsche or Ferrari in looks and performance and still be environmentally friendly by having zero emissions (except for the tire smoke).

It's only zero emissions if the place you live in gets it's electricity from solar or windmill generated sources. Otherwise, if it's from fossil fuel like most of the power plants in the Philippines then you just moved the exhaust pipe from the car to the power plant.

[empy]

wow almost 6 figures USD for the Tesla Roadster

panu kung meron ka nyan tapos panay brownout/blackout naman sa region nyo? :hihihi:

also how much is electricity in the Philippines? how much cheaper is the cost of ownership vs. gas burners?

regardless it is a step in the right direction and to end world reliance on oil and OPEC....now if they could hurry up production of the Tesla coil (a la C&C) so i can put one in my front yard and zap passing bike riders :devil: