It's the inside that counts - A Tesla vs Goliath story
Isn't it beautiful? Intuitively you would say it's a gasoline burning, 0-100 km/h in 5 seconds CO2-monster. Others, who know it already, may have recognised that this is the electric car from Tesla Motors.
The great thing about it is, that you don't need to pay off in performance what you make up in environmental costs. It drives 0-100 km/h in about 4 seconds, charges in several hours, no emissions, which means no emissions tests, really quiet and nice to look at. Oh wait, there's the maintenance thing that might put you off buying it: You have to check the brakes and tires within the first 150,000 kms (<- sarcasm). One of the facts about this car that especially pleases me is that it's not built by a big car manufacturer. Not for the reason that "car companies are bad" (I personally like Toyota a lot), but if you've seen the movie "Who killed the electric car?" you'll see that big car companies actually had a head start and for some reason - killed off the project. Many companies had an EV (electric vehicle) version of their cars - they were up and running, people loved them. Until collectively they just faded away, the companies took the cars back. Money was rather spent on research of the still very inefficient and expensive fuel cells. We don't expect a mass production of these cars any time soon. Now with Tesla Motors bringing out this electric car, it might have a chance again. The gouvernator of California already has one, so do many more celebrities. Since this is Tesla Motors' only product, it's a relief to know that they won't kill the project for reasons only Scully and Mulder can think of. News clip on Tesla Motors Car
"Who killed the electric car?" trailer
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