In the workshop of the car company of the future (Tesla Motors)

Tesla proved electrics could be sexy and fast with the release of the Roadster in March of 2008. Praised by the likes of Matt Damon, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman, it's gotten a lot of buzz and for good reason.

It accelerates from zero to 60mph in 3.7 seconds, nearly as fast as a top-line Ferrari. Electric motors are built to go fast: unlike internal combustion engines they have full torque, or pulling-power, from zero revs.

Besides being fast, the Roaster is also America and Europe's first highway legal all electric vehicle and the first EV with a range of over 200 miles. The range is about 300 miles per charge. While the Roadster has at a very niche price of $109,000, the Tesla Model X- due out in 2011- will be more moderately priced at $50,000. It will also be more spacious than it's 2-seater predecessor, with room for 7.

In this video, we take a tour of Tesla's flagship retail store in Menlo Park, California where O'Connell talks about the future of Tesla and communications director Rachel Konrad explains how with Tesla's onboard charger owners can plug in anywhere.

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[EcoDimension]

its been two year since this vid was posted. c'mon. i still dont see enough of these arnd.

[roykaz]

GO TESLA! The US and the rest of the world needs you. URGENT!!!