Goodwood FOS 2007: Tesla Electric Car

The Tesla electric car heads for the hill at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed. It was so quiet that the driver actually had to say "excuse me" to the people in the way!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Goodwood
• FOS
• Festival
• of
• Speed
• 2007
• Tesla
• Electric

[993hello]

what car is this?

[andylaurence]

The clue is in the title; it's a Tesla Roadster.

[alexlex85]

man was it raining outside????.... dats wat i call stupidness

[andylaurence]

I don't get it. What's stupid about rain?

[DrBongWater]

Wow an electric car with gas engine sound effects and a fake exhaust pipe.

[andylaurence]

Did you post this comment on the wrong video?

[DanFrederiksen]

I would agree with that. but they are still ignorant. if they weren't they would have had the roadster on long ago. it's their profession, they _really_ should know by now yet they are totally ignorant

[bobdablob]

to be honest, i'm not sure why everyone thinks TopGear would rip the roadster... if a car is well made, drives well, and looks good, i'm not sure clarkson & co will really care where the power comes from. Yes, they abhor the G-Wiz, but that's just because it's crap. TG has no beef with good cars.

[kgbmz]

he's like... OH MY GOD! RAIN AND ELECTRICITY, electricity in a box though, no problem :)

[DanFrederiksen]

yeah but top gear is a quite backward show. only a few days ago they said fuel cells are much better than batteries which is very wrong

[DanFrederiksen]

I think the engine sound is from another car. not sure what the red thing is where the exhaust would have been. and it doesn't have the tesla logo on its back either. maybe an early prototype. it is definitely a tesla though

[troelsdc]

You got that right !