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| The Tesla Model S is here | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 26 2009, 08:06 PM (232 Views) | |
| Red Rice | Mar 26 2009, 08:06 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/tesla-model-s-electric-sedan-breaks-cover/?hp I think this is the first all-electric sedan. The specs look impressive, and it's a thing of beauty. Price is a bit high, but it's tempting. I hope it does well... the American auto industry could use this kind of innovative product. ![]() |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| George K | Mar 27 2009, 02:40 AM Post #2 |
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Finally
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Looks Porsche-ish, at least from the side, no? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 27 2009, 03:04 AM Post #3 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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It does like a little Porsche-ish. It's beautiful. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Frank_W | Mar 27 2009, 04:17 AM Post #4 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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That really IS gorgeous... Does it come in black?
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 27 2009, 06:41 AM Post #5 |
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Gorgeous. |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 28 2009, 01:47 PM Post #6 |
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MAMIL
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Apparently it has some connection to the Lotus Elise. The British programme Top Gear did a comparison between it and the gas-powered version, and it absolutely slaughtered it in a drag race - it did 0-60 in less than 4 seconds. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| jon-nyc | Mar 28 2009, 01:54 PM Post #7 |
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Cheers
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Plus think how sweet it must be to accelerate that quickly with almost no engine noise. |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 28 2009, 01:58 PM Post #8 |
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MAMIL
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Here we go: Top Gear Review (Top Gear is one of the best programmes on TV, incidentally, in my colonising opinion) |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| jon-nyc | Mar 28 2009, 02:09 PM Post #9 |
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Cheers
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Awesome. 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. |
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| Frank_W | Mar 28 2009, 02:32 PM Post #10 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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NICE!! I used to drive past the Lotus dealership in Tokyo, all the time. Gawwwwd... *drool* Beautiful, beautiful cars, and yeah... I can see the lines of the Tesla favoring the Lotus a little.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Red Rice | Mar 28 2009, 05:18 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Different Tesla: the review is for the Tesla Roadster, the two-seater coupe which was indeed based on the Lotus Elise chassis. The Tesla Model S won't have the same kind of performance, being a larger sedan, but will be less expensive and more practical. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| George K | Mar 28 2009, 05:23 PM Post #12 |
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Finally
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Pardon my ignorance, this is a "plug-in" electric, right? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Red Rice | Mar 28 2009, 05:27 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Correct. Teslas are all-electric. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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