Battery Powered, Ferrari Fast: Tesla Motors

The Tesla Roadster accelerates from 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds. It's fast, it's sexy, and it's electric. We spoke with Jon Taylor, Regional Sales Manager for Tesla Motors in Seattle, WA. Jon is, not suprisingly, passionate about the brand -- and he states quite eloquently why Tesla is a car of the future -- one that just happens to be available today.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Peckhammer
• Tesla
• Electric
• Automobile
• Car
• Roadster
• Model S
• EV
• Jon Taylor

[nuen8]

75% recycable?? what about the 25%?

[peckhammer]

@nuen8 I guess you have to compare those numbers to other current automobiles. Is it more, or less recyclable.

[Axelroxmysox18]

that's my dad! Good job guys...

[f00kumofo123]

Great presentation.

[KetK3T]

@alfistii1 So how did the petrol get to petrol station? I would like some people to explain that from, how and where they pumped the petrol and delivered to petrol station. (how many things are involved?)

I don't think you can only get eletric by burning coal? so what are those wind turbine for?

[alfistii1]

Electricity comes form burning COAL at the powerstations, more electric cars, more

Coal burnt, how is burning fossil fuel any greener than burning petrol fossil fuel.?

[evildaveprime]

Outstanding!

[DammitDrag]

THIS America THIS.

[f00kumofo123]

The only other things that need taken care of are electronics and appliances - heater / air conditioner and audio.

[f00kumofo123]

@TheBishopSSR besides EESTOR there are nanotube capacitors being developed to put into production.

Also electronically controlled discharge and smart voltage regulation will certainly improve driving distance.

[f00kumofo123]

Currently available MAXWELL capacitors provide up to 3 KiloFarads and future development can significantly improve on that. Say 100 KiloFarads / kilogram of capacitor volume translates to 100 kilograms of capacitance.

1 hour of drive is just for hard acceleration, which is a fraction of driving time, where there is also coasting, braking or sitting at traffic light.

Didn't mean such long post.

[f00kumofo123]

@ekuwa69, discharge time depends on load, which translates to electric resistance. There is a formula that ties together the capacity, initial voltage, resistance and a time it takes to discharge to a lower voltage. With smart computer-controlled regulation, the engine can be made to run in a wide range of voltages.

My personal estimates for a discharge time of one hour from 5 to 2 volts for a 50-100 HP engine at approximately 10 MF - that's 10 Mega Farads.