The Tesla (part ii)

[kostea13]

TEALA RULES ! TESLA SEDAN with 300 miles range RULES ! ELECTRIC RULES !

[musicmaniac960]

i got a chance to sit in this at the dealership it was so cool

[andrewesquivel]

It may be partly from Lotus, but it will never be as sexy as a pure bred Lotus, if you know what im mean.

[DavidDayPraise]

panel gaps are hideous on this car

[22bryant]

this car is built in the san francisco bay area,in san carlos to be exact

the have built the most powerful batteries ion the world

toyota tried to do it

but they wont last long enough

america inented the gas car

the electric car is the future

no more gas cars

no more polution

no more blood for oil

[andylamb666]

This car is made in Hethel, Norfolk, England to be exact.

So, parts made in the far east, shipped to England, car assembled and shipped to USA. Sounds like a lot of pollution and oil needed to do all that.

[southyr6]

gotta start somewhere you idiot.

[andylamb666]

How about starting by making it in all in San Carlos then shitforbrains.

[southyr6]

how about who really gives a fuck where they get the parts from??? really, nobody cares. love the name emo kid.

[andylamb666]

Actually, you are right. Love you. Would you like a hot lunch?

[anupchowdary]

You are right, this Car is blended with the Technology of three continents...America(Engine and Circuits), Europe(Aerodynamic Design) and Asia(Japanese Powerful Lithium ion Batteries).

[belotinac]

do you guys know who was Nikola Tesla?

[frosd01]

Nikola Tesla was a fucking genius. Goodbye high oil prices

[makkertje]

Absolutely! Nikola Tesla should be revered more. Without him we would be in the dark! This man has changed the world!! Luv Tesla!!

[Episcleritis]

If you're going to steal a few design ideas, Lotus is a nice place from whom to steal them. Great car, Tesla, keep up the good work.

[southyr6]

it's not stealing when LOTUS actually built it for them.

[Phantopunk]

"it looks like a Lotus a little bit"! "Every panel is different"!! Yeah like the series 2 Elise has different panels from the S1!! It's a Lotus with an electric engine

[jule84001]

J'adore cette voiture, j'en veux une, elle est splendide, électrisant...

I love this car, I want one of them!!! it is splendid, charged with electricity...

[srb92]

So Tesla Roadster. Engine invented by Nikola Tesla who was a Serb. Which means that today's enviornment problems are sovled by a Serb! Sribija!

[10XBAD]

...and it comes with a built in vibrator for the chic's, Wow! Everybody will be happy!

:)

[Isaidshutup]

Is the transmission really a two speed manual? I thought electric cars don't have gears to shift.

[CarLover23]

I pre-ordered a tesla motor car. it was about $100k i got the launch edition one (whatever its called)

[mccarthy155]

you bought a car but you dont know what it is that you bought.. and it cost you 100k... crazy mother...

[phillerupper]

Yeah... I pre-ordered 4 of them. I spent 400 thousand dollars and I just so happened to forget the model of car I bought :^/

[carlover72]

Wow thanks for commenting on this when I posted it months ago. I had a deposit down on a Launch Edition model. I dropped my reservation and moved it over to the Fisker Karma. It's not as fast as the Tesla - but it's a sedan and that would be more practical for me. #946 on the Fisker Karma list.

[dolofonos]

Will you be driving them then or are you just scalping them?

[Thewoxter]

Too pricey - bring to price down, we'll buy it period. I want to convert my MK1 Golf to electric motor power!

[tobie5000]

We never see it in baby blue in the States. Suppose it's not sufficiently macho for the US...

[Nichen]

Once I become a millionaire...SIGN ME UP PLEASE

[ewigkase]

nice it has a small motor wow. I wounder how a control system works with an ac system anyone know about that?

for anoter video on tesla roadster

watch?v=mOwjXDmjjh0

p.s. does anyone have a $100,000 I could have?

[kingpoe1]

IT WILL NEVER GO MAINSTREAM

[gardlinesurveyor]

Yes it will. There's not a great deal of difference between a steam engine and an internal combustion engine. Just look at that motor, tiny, efficient, cheap, powerful and clean and just one moving part. Amazing. With respect, anyone who can't see that as the future must be blind.

[blastergti]

IT WILL go mainstream!!! and Gardline is absolutely right!

[gardlinesurveyor]

That's just what the steam engine enthusiasts said when the diesel came along! What the ship owners said when the first planes came along. It will inevitably go main stream because it is so pure of design. Why waste energy transfering reciprical motion into rotary motion when you don't have to!

[horsycos88]

I would rather pay 93.000 dollars for this tesla than pay a little more for a ferarri or any other expencive car.The tesla satisfies my needs:)

[BoruJudasDedrich]

Model Tesla Roadster

Engine Electric motor powered by lithium-ion battery

Power 248bhp @ 8000rpm

Torque 200 lb ft @ 0-6000rpm

Transmission Two-speed manual

CO2 n/a

Acceleration 0-60mph: 4sec

Top speed 130mph Price $98,000

[nexus2l]

for the last time you frickin brits! Its NOT made by Lotus!!!

all over uk news... "lotus builds tesla!"

[jasonguyperson]

tesla advocated AC, edison advocated DC. Aren't batteries DC?

[stopcrazypp]

But the motor is a 3-phase, 4-pole AC induction motor. So there you go.

[killabot2]

i hope that ferrari and lamborghini will start soon to produce electric cars

[Dilekz]

I like this color... more then red or black

[CossieKid]

Did i just hear that correctly? At 1:10 when the camera man states that it's not a very big motor for a car that'll do 145mph, does the sales rep correct him and say it does 245mph?! Surely not! hey, even if it does do 145mph, thats more than double the limit in the UK. I think I'm going to sell my CLK55 AMG and get one of these.

[starchaser28]

I think they said 245 horsepower, not miles perhour :).

[terrorist420x]

With that amount of power, and guessing its drag coefficient to be .32 and frontal area to be 19 feet square, and given 2600 lbs weight and 0.012 coefficient of rolling resistance for the sticky racing tires, assuming 10% driveline losses, this would be enough power to take it over 160 mph, if it had the gearing for it. Unfortunately, it's geared for 130 mph, limited by the max RPM of the 3-phase 4-pole asynchronous AC induction motor.

[terry1919]

she probably ment 245 km/hr = 152.2 MPH

[formula1fan07]

I want to fuck this car.

[terrorist420x]

Who wouldn't? She's the Babe Lincoln of cars dude! I want to hotbox the fuck out of one.

[Qslugs]

Why do I feel like Gollum fascinated by the ring when I see this car...

[LM22102]

I don't know but the feeling's mutual .. Oohh.. ahhh.. my pretty .. pretty car..

[RABIDJOCK]

I think really we are all missing the point here..What we have here is a really cool looking fast electic car with 200 mile range, not a hint of a milk float in sight..Now if charging can be reduced from 3.5 to say 1 hour at a solar station{A stop for lunch}what reason would there be not to want one?

[Dilekz]

These are normal lithium battery's, the one with nano tech can be charged within 10 minuts. IF you pump alot AMPS in it.

[SorenTimble]

one day, I WILL ON YOU!!!! DO YOU HEAR ME TESLA ROADSTER?? I'LL OWN YOU!!!

[TheRealAristocrates]

Tesla's next car will be cheaper and more practical. Lithium Ion batteries may currently be fairly expensive, but new technology and economy of scale will bring it down.

[TheRealAristocrates]

I find it a bit dissapointing that even the person who was telling him about it was getting her facts wrong. It's designed by Tesla Motors, using some of Lotus's technology, assembled at Lotus in Britain for an American only market (at the moment). It won't come out in Britain for a while yet, but when it does, rest assured that Lotus will still be building it.

[magnersnice]

its designed by lotus!, it does 130mph not 145mph, it doesnt use lotus technology, only the designe is lotus telsa did all the electrics, they are built in america not the uk, there going on sale in the uk in 2008... do your research you muppet

[TheRealAristocrates]

I worked for them. I know exactly what the policy was. It DOES use Lotus technology, the bodywork is designed by Lotus engineering but Tesla did design all the electronics. They are built in the UK (I was with the guys building them at the Hethel factory!) and they are not going on sale in the UK for at least a few years.

Where you got your information from, I have no idea, but I think mine is more reliable! I even drove it round the Lotus test track. Do not doubt my "research"!

[magnersnice]

anyone can bull shit on youtube, 'i worked for them' aye? well am the fuckin pope

[TheRealAristocrates]

Hahaha. I did work for them. And if you don't believe me then I actually don't give a shit. It just annoys me when people give totally WRONG information on something which they don't know anything about. And if you want proof that 3/6 of your facts were wrong, just go to the official website teslamotors dot com - it's all there!

[stopcrazypp]

Whether you work for them or not, but the facts you listed were correct, the company of this car is Tesla and they just had Lotus to build it for them. Its funny how its out for sale in the US first and not avaliable for UK yet when its built by the UK. Thanks for setting things straight, I hate people who post "facts" that are poorly researched.

[TheRealAristocrates]

I'm afraid it hasn't been designed for a British market and regulations, so there would have to be quite a few adaptions (not to mention the right hand drive thing) before it could possibly be released here. Pity.  Its such a lovely car.

[knome]

stopcrazypp: Actually, the car is not being built BY Lotus. Tesla is building it but they've subcontracted Lotus' plant for their line. Tesla is supplying the technology, Lotus is renting out their plant. Tesla is also building a plant in NM so that they can bring 100% of the production domestic, likely for their midsize and economy models only.. I don't know if they will shift the high end model there.

[sgduangmanee]

what's Tanya doing there, get back to the horse racing.

[DanFrederiksen]

dreadful color, very promising car. too expensive because of the overpriced lithium so it wont make a dent in the car market but the inspiration of it will.

the motor size alone is a white glove slap in the face of all that went before. I wrote JB Straubel about an electric prosche he once made and turns out he's CTO of Tesla. we talked back and forth but when I suggested they contact EEStor he never replied again....

[Zobeid]

I believe the color is what Tesla call "Glacier Blue". No, it wouldn't be my choice either, but I have heard from at least one person who likes it. I would go for the bright orange myself. As for EEStor, many are watching to see if they can pull a rabbit out of their hat. It's not proven yet.

[DanFrederiksen]

I talked to ZENN motors of canada which claim to have visited EEStor and have a deal in place with them. I quote 'they came back smiling from the visit'. could still die on us because the idiots are stupid enough to believe in secrecy but there are some good indications at least. And I take JBs clam performance to mean they are looking into it already.

[herbys68]

Uh? It smokes almost any european car other than the Veyron, it does so without consuming a drop of oil, it is silent and infinitely more reliable than any other European, American or Japanese car. And the styling is clearly european top notch designed by Lotus. What part does suck in your illustrated opinion?

[gucker07]

Why don't you even argue with that pathetic moron?

[hobit2006]

I think it's a great car, and can't wait to see it properly on sale in the UK. It would be nice to think Lotus might assemble the right hand drive models.