2010 Tesla Roadster Sport 0-60 in 3.7 seconds

[FUNNYCOWY]

I WANT IT!!! I'll never need to worry about the battery dying on me cause obviously I'll never drive 200+ miles in a single day, and I'll just always leaved it plugged in when it's in the garage.

Damn it'd be a fun car to have.

[trbossdoggy]

fake

[Bigbreak2]

I bet it's still got a super charger though a... aaagggghhhhhhhhh hahaha

See what I did there, it's charged electrically but petrol engines also have superchar.... why aren't you listening?

[StopDomesticAbuse1]

love the review very thorough btw how much is the standard and sport cars actually cost

[LoveWalker88209]

does not look like a comfortable ride.. yours knees are awfully high there.

[brian9827]

@LoveWalker88209 he is six feet high.

[LoveWalker88209]

@brian9827 even more reason so not get one. my husband is 6 5.

[brian9827]

@LoveWalker88209 how about yourself? now he cant comfortably drive it, so it is your car

[LoveWalker88209]

@brian9827 Oh I would fit in it. I'm only 5 4. I wouldn't mind getting one. but wouldn't seem kinda mean to get a car my husband can't fit in?

[TVlandFill]

WOW!!!!!!!!! A glove box in a car. Shocking!!!!

[Sinnerxxs4385]

@ChicagoNeilcon ... If you've been to L.A there's really not that much smog until downtown and still it's 20,000 feet above... Orange County doesn't have it at all because they can afford to think about things dealing with nature and stopping whatever which is where I live.. We also have toll roads

[Sinnerxxs4385]

Love this car..

[BILLKAULITZGIRL4EVER]

you can charge your can while i gas up in 2min and on the way i go..and you can spend 5 thousand dollars in battery replacement while i usd that money to style my car..

[tsport100]

@BILLKAULITZGIRL4EVER You'll be spending the $5k a year on FUEL!

[NarishmaJr]

@tsport100 And who will pay the electric bills?

[tsport100]

@NarishmaJr It costs only $0.01 per mile to run an EV.

[haydogs2]

@NarishmaJr Thats easy a solar panel

[NarishmaJr]

@haydogs2 And solar panels are free right?

[y2kalonn]

@BILLKAULITZGIRL4EVER id rather spend 5k on battery's then 10k for engine rebuild. Have fun paying for your routine engine oil, oil filter, air filters, belts, spark plugs, fuel filters, coolant, transmission fluid and filters, hoses cats, mufflers and GAS

[brian9827]

@BILLKAULITZGIRL4EVER batteries in an EV have warranties, like the leaf has an 8 year, 100,000 mile warranty. ur car prob. doesn't.. u have to change oil, air filters, spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, etc. an ev has to replace only tires. u spend $4 a gallon on gas, about 7.5 cents a gallon for 30 mpg, while an ev is about 2 or 4 cents. evs get a tax break, ur gas car doesnt. i think any one with a brain can realize that an ev will cost less than a gas car

[klopatnik]

I can't wait 6 hour for charging the fucking bettery.This tesla car is opel speedster with fucking battery.DEAD CAR.

[tsport100]

@klopatnik Most cars are parked over 90% of the time... it should be no big deal to have it plugged in while parked, that way every time you get into the car... it's FULL!

[bobyy1983]

@tsport100 the windshield wipers controls are the SAME like in the OPEL's

[vigorousAtheist]

@klopatnik

You idiot, there's a charging station that charges in 3 hours.

[krisraps]

They Should Make These Cars All Green....

[SagaraSouske]

It'll be nice if parking lots offer a park and charge terminal for fully electric cars.

[Metalhead15712]

I test drove one today at Lawson State (wher eI go to colledge for my Mechanics dgree) its really not a bad car

[mryug123]

please shut up so i dont have to llisten to your annoying voice

[jimbolimbo369]

We need to produce electric cars so we have plenty of gas for classic cars

[axelbeyler]

i like the exhaust sound :)

[gadgetmanjay]

sweetness

[SmieshNorway]

you buy this car own it for 5 years and it breaks down, el cars are stupid xD

[seison5]

TESLA POWER!!! THUMBS UP FOR ELECTRIC CARS,,,finally!!!

[JohnCBriggs]

Thanks for the excellent and detailed review.



[averbakh01]

so im paying extra 19 grand for 0.2 seconds? rofl.

[fairastits]

the google billionaires own part of this company and thrive that car

[HFLanciaStratos]

At the moment, EVs are just far too impractical, but I think that fully electric vehicles could be used in public transport.

Just think how much quieter bus trips to work would be! And buses have plenty of room to store massive batteries, and being government funded, they can actually afford a swap and go system (switching out for another battery for an instant 'refuel').

Just an idea, but I don't see why it shouldn't work.

Hybrid trucks would be cool too.

[Tazmaniandevil906]

@HFLanciaStratos Well if more people would support them they will become more practical, Everyone said the ICE engine car was impractical too but hey look at where were at today!

[HFLanciaStratos]

@Tazmaniandevil906 While I think fully electric cars with the same practicality as the petrol ones we know and love are still in the future, we could easily utilize existing technology to make super efficient public transport systems and even cargo trucks could be hybrid powered (this could be implemented by some kind of government incentive, like say, reduced taxes on said company). Australia now has this carbon tax so I wonder where we'll go from here...

[Tazmaniandevil906]

@HFLanciaStratos Yeah I'm not a Environmentalist hippy or Hate ICE or anything but hell I just want a Alternate fuel (Real alternate) besides Internal Combustion. We've been driving ICE for going on now 110 Years and we need something new. I think Electric is where its at. Its efficient and with time the batteries will get ALOT better and make it more practical for travelling. I love my V8 truck and beefed up Racing mower and Beetle (was passed down to me) but I'm also not scared of the future

[funforalgernon]

I've been in it, and it is bucket-list material. Feels like the future. Simply amazing. It makes you work harder -- you wanna make more money so that you can have one of your own.

[jdawgy87]

Whether you ignorant rednecks like it or not does not matter. It's a nicer, more efficient car.

[nottinmatterz2day]

your passenger can turn off your traction control haha

[jewzinspace]

Did he put the soundtrack to the show J.A.G. in the CD player? (2:03) They are showing off suck an awesome car and that's the best music they could come up with?

[Achiox]

Haha, what happens when we run out of lithium? Burn old Macs and whatnot?

[tsport100]

@Achiox Lithium is a durable not a consumable and is 100% recyclable, unlike oil!

[Achiox]

@tsport100 Cool - but with all recycling, nothing ever goes through a 100% recovery, right?

[rock3tcat]

@Achiox

Sea water is full of lithium BIG BOI!!

[Membrane556]

@Achiox

Silver Zinc might be a fully recyclable option with even better energy density.

[FreeRiderDZ]

@Achiox how should we run out of lithium? do your computer use up the lithium in its battery mr. obvious?

[giovanni9107]

@Achiox

TROLL FAIL!

[g1981c]

only americans can build a $100G+ car with interior this cheap.

[waffelcone]

@g1981c ...only americans can build a high-performance electric vehicle???

[CarlosIsDown]

I want.

[lotsblocks]

ia tesla like a replacment from lotus

[crazyliam11]

jvc radio arent they as old as dust

[purtorican99]

But will it blend?

[ChicagoNeilcon]

Maybe they can bring the affordable models online just in time for Congress to pass the Cap & Trade legislation. That'll jack my current bill of $200/mo to $400! Then Uncle Sam & d'Etat can pass higher taxes on the electricity. Bet the city & county can get into some of that action, too. Whatever savings you think you'll realize buy not shelling money out to Exxon, will more than be offset by the Govt jacking up the tax, and charging fees for Solar Panels, and wind turbines! Just wait & see.

[VsIFresh]

This is my dream car, now I'm driving Toyota Camry V40 Hybrid, wanna full electric engine. How much Tesla costs????

[DJSFV12]

But if you want to drive this car, do you need a driving license for Automatic or Manual? (Let's say you're outside the US like me, where you have manual gearing).

[Snyder2484]

@DJSFV12

These cars are neither manual nor automatic. Its a motor. 1 gear.

[DJSFV12]

@Snyder2484 Okay, if I have enough money, I really want to buy this car.

[shananagans5]

I just don't think electric cars will be pratical on a large scale unless there is a major breakthrough in battery technology.

[goarmy979]

i drove one of these and a asshole wanted to race me at a red light with his mustang i fuckin smoked his mustang lol

[Cloudy2Clear]

As battery technology improves, fewer batteries will be required for the same performance. Thus eventually the price will become more affordable. 240+ miles range is acceptable for 90+% of drivers. We could actually stop blood for oil. Sigh. Stop dreaming. TPTB will never allow it.

[ronphlf]

This guy TALKS TOO FUCKING MUCH. Get to the friggin speed dude ! ! !

[ryancouture]

do these cars generate power internally as well?

i know it would still be a loss but it would make em go longer on one charge yes?

[tsport100]

@ryancouture Yes, it's called brake regeneration.

[njfife14]

@tsport100 It actually does not have break regeneration, when you let off the throttle it starts generating power and slows the car a lot. It takes getting used to but you can drive it with out really using the breaks, if you use the breaks you are wasting energy that could have gone back to the battery.

[falconxample]

@tsport100 sure, actually when you lift the accelerator it does regenerate the battery which slow down your car. The brakes are more likely here for "emergencies" ;-)

[njfife14]

@ryancouture How would it generate power? It pulls a little while it slows down, but there is no gas motor to provide electricity if that is what you were wondering

[r2dxhate]

why dont we put 3 tesla motors in a big rig and cover the trailer with solar panels? am i the only one grossed out when a big rig farts black smoke at an intersection? and maybe do the same thing to buses and trains and RV's. the sun is out for the busiest parts of the day, we should milk it.

[Greendude33]

Made in America Bitches!

[toyotaprius79]

@Greendude33 The car is exact to the Louts Elise which is made in the UK and bought by Tata which is Indian. But yes more than 1/2 of it is American.

[Greendude33]

@toyotaprius79 They just purchased rights to use a Lotus chassis, they needed a lightweight and proven chassis and it was just easier and cheaper to just buy a license than to make their own from scratch. The Tesla is more American than a Lotus is British with its Toyota engine and Malaysian ownership.

[crizzo450]

1.21 Jiggawatts!!!

[hms888]

You know what? Mobil, the oil company, has the most advanced battery technology which was purchased from a company of GMs.

[ckeith1987]

eco friendly? no new cars are eco friendly the most enviromentaly friendly cars are the ones which are already built.

[frackcha]

@ckeith1987 its not about being "eco friendly" petroleum oil is a finite resource.........

[ckeith1987]

@frackcha crude oil is finite resource petrol is mainly carbon and hydrogen 2 of the most abundant materials on earth its just cheaper at the minute to drill for crude oil. not to mention the hydrogen based fuels that are being developed in the uk which will work with exsisting engines.

[Quertasin]

Model S is my first choice. Cheap, clean, fast, and pretty damn sexy.

[danielalien]

Someone needs to teach this dude how to speak like a normal person.

[Qjemuse]

sick for an electric car. but interior is wayyy too tiny for me

[rock3tcat]

244 miles of range?

Sweet! Battery technology really does improve fast when there's a high demand for it. :D

[greyflcn]

@rock3tcat

Actually 244 mile range is older tech lithium batteries.

They aren't much more advance than long time conventional laptop batteries.

As for nanomaterial lithium batteries, now those are impressive.

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[Ted1712]

...Do not argue, no doubt about Tesla, it's the future.

[andrewm153351]

only 3 hours charging?!?!?!?!

WHAT THE FUCK

[zgc7009]

@zgc7009 and not saying that I don't hope that eventually this is the technology of the future, and it is making large strides... but until you can pull up to a station and have your car charged in 1-2 minutes people will always chose convenience. If we cared about the environment over convenience cars would have never been created in the first place.

[alfistii1]

batteries need recharging, that means burning COAL to produe the stuff at the

powerstation, more batterie cars more powerstations more coal burnt, not very

eco friendly is it?

Fiats multi air petrol units put out a very low co% count, that makes them greener

than battery cars, also can carry passengers, run the air con, run the wipers

when it rains and no worries about being stranded on the highway...

[tsport100]

@alfistii1 You are ignorant of the actual facts! 1) EVs use 1/10th the energy of an ICE car 2) Less than 50% of the US grid is coal powered, and reducing 3) ANY ICE car is only 15% energy efficient at the wheels.

[Sledge13graffiti]

@tsport100

Not forgetting the fact that by centralizing energy production, there would be a handful of pollution sources. No doubt with modern scrubbers and what not, power stations are quite clean. Regulations and regular inspections mean that they would be maintained according to the standards laid out for them. Compare that with countless pollution sources (i.e. ICE) of which many would fail an emissions test.

[HillsideFights]

@tsport100 thats true, but only 3.5% is considered "clean energy" even though nuclear is pretty much as close to clean as it gets!

[tsport100]

@HillsideFights Hydro supplies 9% in US (66% in Pacific Northwest), and Nuclear supplies 20% across US. Add 3.5% and rapidly growing for 'other' renewables.

[dsm363]

@alfistii1 You're a very intelligent person, I can tell. What does produe mean? Anyway, these cars drive fine in the rain and are still more 'green' than any gas car, regardless of power source.

[sirlonghair]

@alfistii1 windmills, dam's,solar

,geothermal,animal,human,ocean tides,fuel cell,river turbines the only problem for this car and Me is My land lord would have a fit about the 3 year lease AC and heat included O yes the air cars have a great future they can use the cold to run a compressor recompensing air into fuel but your air pump to refuel runs on what?

[KCfunny]

@alfistii1 what it its wind energy???

[KypHeM]

@alfistii1 Also power station will produce the electricity anyway even if its not going to charge your car in particular.

[mattdhurley]

@alfistii1 there are also many options to get all your electricity from 100% GREEN SOURCES. companies that get their power from wind, hydro, etc. It's possible, and as soon as I can I'll be making the switch.

[m4huntin]

I love alternative fuel vehicles. Stan Meyers had probably one of the best ideas no pollution and a relatively large fuel source. Electric cars don't thrill me because they are not ecofriendly. The amount of fossil fuels used to produce the electricity used in the vehicle, and not to mention the amount of chemicals used and damage to the environment to strip mine and extract the lithium for these huge batteries. Great Idea still not environmentally friendly sorry all.

[100009696]

@tsport100 Correct. @ChicagoNeilcon check your facts bud.

[jdm27ef]

Dont want to drive that when EMP hits lol

[Zantetskuen]

@jdm27ef EMP would take out the computer of any modern gas car on the road today. You would be just as motionless as the EV.

[Zantetskuen]

An EMP would take out any modern gas car just as easy as an EV.

[foxmongrel]

Im a car newb but did tesla cars already come out? How come at 0:42 he said an information display used to be tucked somewhere which would mean a car already came out?

[jedinightwing]

@foxmongrel The Roadster is out. It first came out in 2008, and with an upgrade not too long ago. The Model S is slated to ship in 2012.

[SimulacronX]

I want to hear the noises, the SOUND dammit, no video with original Tesla Roadster sounds??

[Hummers222]

nice car. at least their next model will cost 50,000

[yumyumluckycharms]

Nice color with the black carbon touches :D

[ChicagoNeilcon]

All the greenies are creamin' in their jeans about a fast electric car. Well, you better start writing your Congressmen to relax the regulations, because we'll have to bring about 300 Nuclear Power Plants on-line 'Pronto' or we won't be able to charge up the bastards overnight!

[tsport100]

@ChicagoNeilcon DoE study says the grid has enough spare capacity to charge 85 Million EVs over-night right now!

It would seem OBVIOUS that most load is turned off over-night! So that means plenty of spare capacity. Try thinking for more than a nanosecond before you form a negative opinion.

[RedJoker]

@ChicagoNeilcon

Anyways, sun power is the only future.

btw: electric engines fuck combustion engines in every way.

[dadoody]

@ChicagoNeilcon - Agreed. Even over night charging alone, if only 20% of California pop changed over to electric cars, our grid could not sustain it.

[MAGUMNURSIS]

@ChicagoNeilcon

You sir are stupid...

[sabbie7]

@ChicagoNeilcon come on now. as time goes on, most people will have small solar charging units at their house where they can recharge after coming home. Won't be much different from charing your cell phone.

[rock3tcat]

@ChicagoNeilcon

xD

[gibb1991]

@ChicagoNeilcon Throw some solar panels or one of those mini wind towers on top of your garage, send the energy to a outside battery, and transfer the power overnight. Problem solved.

[ChicagoNeilcon]

@gibb1991 You're joking, right? #1) Chicago is overcast >50% of the days, as are a majority of the large metro areas: NYC, London, SF, Moscow, Beijing. Mexico City & L.A. are smoged in until the common man can shell out $100K to buy one of these puppies. #2) Most of the cars in a large city are NOT in garages, but at curbside. I'm all for alternate sources of energy, but why buy OIL from people who hate America? Saudi's state religion ia Wahabbism. For the time being Drill here, Drill NOW,

[melovetorun]

@gibb1991 I was thinking the same thing. Use solar and wind green power to power Electric Cars instead of coal plants.

[freeenergy4everyone]

Ever heard of a carcinogenic?? It causes Cancer!! Thats what All Fossil fuel burning machines produce....wake up we are killing all life on this planet from using fuels produced from oil!!

[wilhelm1974]

nice but not practical for the average family...the average person cant afford a 100,000 car...we can only dream...haha

[RedJoker]

@wilhelm1974

Wait 10 years and you can buy an electric car. It's just the beginning and all technologies get cheaper after some time.

[wilhelm1974]

@RedJoker true...itl be just like the blu ray players lol.

[xex2kok]

The main problem I see with this car is taking it on long trips. I know its not really made as a touring car but lets say somebody wanted to take it on a trip it would be a bitch to get charged. You would have to find a plug somewhere and hope it was a 240v so you would only have to sit and wait 3 hours rather than 6 or 7.

[MadHatterTruth]

fastest car in the world

[RTate780]

what happens when it rains on your electric car and its missing a top.....?

[ibpointless2]

How about a average day car that goes 200 miles on a charge and is under 20K? oh yea and it must hold my full load of groceries.

[recoilcm23]

@ibpointless2 Tesla model S is the answer to your question.

[Moraltomten]

288hp, -244 miles before recharge, which only takes ~3hours?!

Wow. That's just unbelievable!

[xex2kok]

@Moraltomten

Around 3 hours on a 240v plug. If you have one of those in your garage your set, if not with 115v you would probably be looking at 6 to 7 hour charges. Of course if you can afford this car then you can afford to have a 240v plug added inside your garage.

[athlonz2007]

this is the most awesome car ever been made.

[jsonvillain]

its basically powered like an rc car

[cabo02]

I'd be worried about hitting the reverse button while driving unless there is some kind of protection for it.

[stipendiofacile]

@cabo02 duh, it probably wont even engage if the car is moving...

[TBman256]

4:13 u r doin it wrong

[boogiebuddy01]

tesla needs some design help

steve jobs and elon musk should colab

[Psilocybian]

Great video, best review I've seen yet. I can't wait to get mine this coming summer!!

[PeakOilGarage]

I am driving a Tesla Roadster Sport every single day. It is the most amazing car I have ever had in my life. I will never again purchase a gasoline vehicle.

I am waiting on my Tesla Model S next.

This could have been General Motors if they had just kept improving the EV1 instead of crushing them all.

[sabbie7]

@PeakOilGarage um, that and if the oil companies didn't have our governement in their back pocket!

[paker51]

What? High Tech push button shifter?? I had the same thing in my 1962 Dodge Polara.

[paulb4uk]

Nice best electric car yet well since the ev1 at least .

[cyborgtroy]

Single-speed?

The original was supposed to have 2, but didn't, are they just going to go with 1 from now on?

[EJ20Legacy]

All production Roadsters have had a single speed. Only a couple early engineering prototypes had a 2-speed. It was extremely complicated, and the only real benefit was a top speed higher than 125mph. It's awesome to be in a single gear from 0 to 125 and, since the gearbox is so simple, it needs no maintenance besides a fluid change at 60,000 miles.

The video is wrong, btw. Roadster Sport is available now. It's Model S (sedan) coming out late 2011.

[tsport100]

There's nothing "extremely complicated" about a 2 speed gearbox and it wouldn't require any more maintenance than a single speed.

[chronopublish]

@tsport100

The reason why the 2-speed gearbox was problematic is because the RPM change was so dramatic. With a 14,000 RPM redline, shifting into 2nd gear was extremely hard on the transmission and it proved to be unreliable after just a few thousand miles. Tesla upgraded to a single-speed gearbox to fix the problem.

[tsport100]

@chronopublish You're referring to the excuse they make on their web site. All cars have drive train inertia!

The main problem was it doesn't have a clutch. Unless they used straight cut gears (VERY noisy) they had no chance of changing gears reliably without a clutch. They were just amateurs, that should've been all too obvious!

They were simply chasing a headline top speed number which they eventually achieved with a firmware upgrade that give the motor field weakening to increase rpm.

[SPYINC]

@tsport100

the complication is a result of the shifting torque its way to much for a lot of gear changes so after a few hundred miles of hard driving the trannies break for an electric motor most of them you will see are single gears unless the engines are small.

[tsport100]

@SPYINC Why don't you quote some FACTS... the Tesla Sport motor has 400Nm. My road car has 475Nm yet has a multi-speed gearbox!

The Tesla doesn't have a clutch.... they would've have had to add one to add a multi-speed gearbox, simple as that!

[dhouha122]

@tsport100 Your 475Nm of torque are delivered at a specific RPM (usually high if it is a gasoline car) and for very short periods of time. An electric motor delivers constantly a high torque (from 0 rpm) which would wear a transmission out in no time.

Try it your self, keep driving your car at 6000 rpm all the time for a week, and we'll split to cost of you new transmission :p

[tsport100]

@dhouha122 You've OBVIOUSLY never driven an 5.7 Lt LS1 Chev V8.

It has a very flat torque curve with close to 90% of max torque from as low as 1500 rpm. Closest thing you can get to an EV with a petrol motor, that's why I bought it!

[freeenergy4everyone]

@dhouha122 its not got a gearbox so hows it supposed to wear one out?? Plus it weighs next to nothing!

[idontcare80]

@dhouha122 There is no transmission to wear out, no syncros, no clutch, no clutch bands, there's just a reduction gear. Also the only time the electric motor will be delivering maximum torque is when the throttle is floored, most people don't floor their cars all the time, everywhere they go. Also, diesel-electric locomotives don't seem to have any problems with short gear life, they go millions of miles without any significant wear.

[trevorlsciact]

yes, since they managed the targeted performance by adjusting the drivetrain slightly without the two gears. with the torque an electric motor provides, even two gears are unnecessary.