Tesla Roadster

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+8 1. lockandload commented 14 years ago

nice and economic vehicle, shame its a 2 seater..but $110,000? makes you think are the people selling these cars for profit or do they really want to look after the environment :S
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+22 2. Malinar commented 14 years ago

$110,000 it's to much.
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+32 3. CrackrJak commented 14 years ago

In 3-5 years the batteries will be dead, There is no decent recycling plan for them and new batteries are tens of thousands of dollars.

It's simply not worth the costs.
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+9 4. c2quad commented 14 years ago

in other words its useless :| :D
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-3 5. Tutterz commented 14 years ago

top speed of 125 mph? it may be quick to 60 but most other sports cars (even hot hatches) could catch it up and fuck it off
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+6 6. itsSimple7 commented 14 years ago

Public fill stations for something that recharges in HOURS? I mean, thats a cool car and all, but couldn't they have battery swap stations or something that is as fast as gas?
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+4 7. Baboon commented 14 years ago

I salute the effort ... but These vehicules are not as protecting nature as they pretend, the huge lithium battery manifacturing makes a lots of polution, no wonder about when the battery is broken and needs to be replaced, it goes directly to the non biodegradable waste piles.

we need a safer energy source.
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+5 8. americanu33 commented 14 years ago

I wonder how long the battery lasts. Next thing you know you're stuck in the middle of nowhere.
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+1 9. gendarme commented 14 years ago

The huge price of any new product pays for its mass production at much lower prices afterwards.
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0 10. kekke2000 commented 14 years ago

It takes about 2 minutes to fill a car with gas. If I'm on a road trip and my batteries needs charging I dont want to wait a few hours...
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+4 11. Thanny commented 14 years ago

#10 Refueling time is definitely an issue to be concerned with, which is why I generally favor doing something like using methanol to power conventional engines, with the methanol produced in a carbon-neutral fashion (such as running a fuel cell backwards with hydrogen and electricity provided by clean generation).

However, work is being done on battery charging speed. At least one researcher I've heard about has materials which allow charging fully in seconds. A full electric car battery might take a couple minutes.

But the fact is that a commuter could easily benefit from an electric car with this range, as the car won't need to be charged quickly, or even away from home. Granted, a Tesla Roadster is for a wealthy commuter. The company made a deliberate choice to start with a sports car, probably to attack the idea that an electric car has to be a tiny powerless roller skate. I think it does that rather effectively.
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+1 12. ashole commented 14 years ago

ya it went well on top gear (uk) not and as we know jezzer does not mince his words,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DfHyGD7_pM
i think it may need a bit more work still to get from a rich boys (i do my bit for the eco system) toy.
what about the eco impact of making it, far higher than a normal car to be made and run for its life time. 4/10 must try harder, but a good test bed, dont use good for the eco system line. heading the right way may be?
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+2 13. Highmeadow commented 14 years ago

Electric cars that rely on batteries will never be useful except as a limited commuter unless they come up with a way to charge quickly.
Battery swapping is not an option for several reasons...
1. all manufacturers would have to accept a standard battery pack, limiting design flexibility.
2. batteries are extremely heavy and dangerous to handle.
3. you may get someone else's piece of shit battery that they didn't take care of and holds very little charge.

You just have to work in a warehouse that uses electric forktrucks to see this.
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-1 14. max2000 commented 14 years ago

220Volt charger - the U.S. Energy Department is really looking forward to some economic and efficient solutions for porting the 220Volt onto American soil: vehicles such as Tesla are just part of the vector, all until 2040! max
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0 15. badboy007 commented 14 years ago

so what if the battery runs out in the middle of the road?
Is there a in car charger?
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0 16. eNdEmiOn06463 commented 14 years ago

Ridiculous we already have the hydrogen cell technology, no need to put batteries in a car as pwr source. And if you really want something in the middle first use methanol powered hydrogen cells first.
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0 17. Nuntchakou commented 14 years ago

Pfffffffff !! Li-ion will be dead when EEstor delivers the goods :D
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0 18. Taineract commented 14 years ago

Very cool car technology, but the future of cars?
Not until battery tech dramatically improves.
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0 19. Nifen commented 14 years ago

um electric cars were out years ago! with eletric car stations! and then General Motors took them all back and crushed the butters. There is only 1 left! and its in a museum

I haven't read the whole artical as I'm working on a Priority one right now but i think this is the same car.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/06/smithsonian_kills.php
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0 20. rascha commented 14 years ago

NIKOLA TESLA, great men and great scientist :D