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More like: TOO MUCH TORQUE actually, that fact is gonna cost them 10-30 million more, because they are developing their Third transmission i think.
it has so much torque it destroys the transmission.
$100k is about £50k... and at that price, it'd be a steal.
While I love my Bentley, it has ludicrously high running costs, and this thing looks even faster :-)
Oh, and by the way, for $3, which is about £1.50, I'd be able to buy less than 1.5 litres of fuel - not much more than 1/4 of a gallon, on which my very fuel efficient (diesel) car would manage far less than the 20 miles your car is giving you!
Me? I ride an SUV - wife, kids... you know the drill, don't you Robert? :-) and it beats the load capacity of that Tesla anytime of the year :-) Try buying a 80" HDTV and load it inside that puny little car :-)
Have you seen that bumper sticker that goes "You're looking at my other car" :-)
It involves electric cars which will be manufactured by Renault/Nissan. The difference with these cars is that you can swap out the battery.
So, when your battery starts to run down, you go to a battery swap station (all gas stations in Israel will become battery swap stations), and swap for a fully charged battery. No downtime waiting for your battery to charge.
This model is fully transportable to other countries. Check out the video explanation at http://www.tomrafteryit.net/shai-agassis-better...
That sounds like an amazingly clever plan.
I suspect that, for obvious dependancy-concern reasons, Israel will lead the way on this one, kind of like they did for cryptography in the 70s onwards :-)
Just hoping that no-one patents any aspect of the swappable batteries - if ever there was a call for a truly OPEN standard, this would be it!
Mark
How was the dinner with Elon Musk? I am sure that both you and I can learn a ton from him.
I am trying to start a blog called: "Learn From a High School Student" and plan to write about the experiences and lessons that I learn from the influential people I speak to. Any cool lessons you learned from Elon?
Thanks!
I am trying to start my blog called: "Learn From A High School Student" and plan to write about my experiences and lessons that I have leaned from the influential people I speak to.
Do you have any lessons you would like to share with us from Elon?
Now THIS is interesting nesw!
That's not a deal.
Even with $5/g gasoline and free recharge, the Saturn is cheaper for the first 200k miles.
Ya know, since it's got so much torque it should come with a trailer hitch. The ads can show it towing a giant airstream trailer. Or maybe they could sell a plastic chevy-suburban shell that you can bolt to the top when you want to haul guests.
;-D
Huh? He can't be talking about top-speed, as the F1 already goes over 200mph, and I just can't envision a car as lightweight as a Tesla being able to stay on the ground at 250mph without some serious help from Ferrari or Bugatti. Is he talking about quarter mile speed? (I can see it out-accelerating an F1 off the line but how far could it hold off a v12 supercar?)
Hahahahaa, funny
"Since you’re not allowed to drive more than 75 MPH in the United States anyway the top end speed is totally useless”"
Errrr..right!!!! Because we all know that those that buy McClarens, Vettes, Bugattis, Porches, Ferraris only want to go 75 MPH.
"the Tesla outperforms that car between 30 and 70 MPH”"
Define "outperforms". How is the 70-0 braking? What's the cornering performance? torque?
Eberhard gone, with layoffs, firings, investors kicking out the other founders, missed production schedules, expenses seriously out of control, government ratholed money, misleading claims, no Big 3 backing, going for the trendy market, courting bloggers and techies...
Sounds like a start-up about to go supernova. DeLorean Part 2 de jour.
That said I cant think of anyone who wouldn't want one. People might question its overall ability but nuff said, I like it I really like it, would it ever make it to Irish shores?
Public Beta's hahaha. It's doomed because people who don't know cars, are the hypemasters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqtJpfZElQ&...
Anyways, the reason the torque is phenomenal is because it's an electric motor. The physics of it are just completely different. You get the maximum torque when you turn it on from a standing start, compared to an internal combustion engine, which doesn't work at all unless it's in motion.
Anyways, from what I've read it's not a stock Lotus, there have been a lot of changes to it. The lack of an internal combustion engine and fuel tank, and the addition of the electric motor and battery instead have forced some rethinks in the design as well as a few other modifications.
Skoda makes great stuff. I love watching their rally cars. But, we all know nothing touches the Ford Cosworth in the rally...
You can only take the cult of personality thing so far. I find it annoying that you show off fancy gadgets (and now cars) that I can't afford. If people are affording you the privilege to buy said fancy gadgets - use them for something meaningful, not just galvanting off in a new car to enlarge the size of Calcanis' piece.
nice photos -- but guess what, nobody cares.
Great to finally meet you, sorry we didn't get a chance to see the ride as well! Keep rocky well feed, for such a big guy, what a picky eater. :D
Take care,
Sean
Mechanical Engineering is hard. Transmissions are particularly hard. The M1 Abrams tank used to destroy its transmissions. It's powered by a gas turbine derived from a helicopter engine. It too is very different from a piston engine.
Anyone who is overly jealous of other really needs to get a life. The information provided here by Robert is just reporting the facts and circumstances.
That's the problem and the reason so many people are in debt. Be happy with what you have. It's nice to dream and want cool gadgets, but the wise man always realizes that wanting is the better part of having.
Maturity dictates when reading posts about cars most people will never drive let alone see. It's a car for pete's sake -- it gets you from point A to point B. No more no less. So many people think a mere car or gadget is somehow going to improve their lot in life. No chance. People are nothing but the sum of their experiences. Be happy with your lot in life or strive to change it realistically.
Be happy that Scoble reports on things you might not get a chance to see. While you may never drive a Tesla, the overarching theme here is that this kind of development will, in the long run, trickle down to everyday cars that you will be able to afford and drive.
When it over laps with technology for me even better. I cant stand people ho take pop shots because something is out of their reach.
I've met Jason (in London once) nice guy, never met Scoble but if I did I'd be tempted to put my hand on his ass, as thats probably the closest I'll probably ever get to the inside of the Tesla Roadster :)
Too funny! Life is meant to be enjoyed while you can.
http://www.ac-schnitzer.de/en/bmw-cars/pop-ups/...
electricity. By my calculations, he's claiming that it's worth the extra $30,000 for the first battery pack and $6,000 per year in battery costs
so that you don't have to buy 500 gallons of gas. And people wonder why the younger generation can't compete. With anyone. Anywhere. No wonder
the Chinese (and everyonme else) is cleaning our clocks. This yokel obviously is not even remotely up to speed on electric propulsion. He's time warped into the the 1980's when idiot GM CEO Roger Smith and the California CARB board decided that they could build a practical electric car.
They were only missing one thing - the first thing they should have considered before trying to build anEV - a battery. It's the battery, stupid!
Now this yoyo , who has been conned into thinking the Tesla roadster
is actually a viable alternative to a ga powered car because it goes swishy quick, doesn't even know that it contains thousands of flashlight batteries that are 1st generation, small cell examples of batteries that NONE, repeat NONE, of the other dozen (professional) automakers would ever consider using for their new electrics. And only those automakers without the engineering capabilities are building oxymoronic battery-only vehicles,
like the Tesla, which make no economic sense and have virtually no advantage over a 40 mile range plug-in hybrid in terms of either emisions reductions or gasoline avoidance. Plug-in hybrids are the only intelligent electric propulsion technology around right now. And the Fisker Karma, out next year, looks twice as good as the Tesla, is quite fast, costs $20K less, carries twice as many passengers and their luggage, travels 50 miles on battery power and another 500 on liquid fuel, and has a battery pack that will last indefinitely. Anyone buying a Tesla needs to have their head examined. This yokel never heard of the Fisker. Or of third generation lithium ion batteries that it contains. Tesla claimed they were going to build a practical plug-in hybrid a year ago, but obviously soon realized that they simply didn't have the abilities.