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Tesla Roadster Sport unveiled

tryme submitted on 1/11/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:07:31 PM

10 user comments | Category: New Cars | Source: | SOURCE: www.4wheelsnews.com

The Roadster Sport is ready to go on streets as Tesla Motors gave green light for orders for the high-performance sports car.

The completely electric sports car, based on the world’s leading all-electric vehicle. The Roadster Sport can reach 96 km/h (60 mph) in 3.7 sec and it features a hand-wound stator and increased winding density for lower resistance and higher peak torque. The new vehicle is fitted with Yokohama’s Ultra High Performance tires and, in addition, it received reworked suspension with adjustable dampers and anti-roll bars.

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Tesla Roadster Sport unveiled

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TurboSpyder

Most people in Belgium speak Dutch. :)

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Posted on 1/12/2009 11:18:06 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

holmstar

Did you really just work "I've been practicing karate" into a post? sigh. *shakes head*

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Posted on 1/13/2009 12:26:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

njshift

That and they are incredibly expensive. I wouldn't want to replace a battery of that size out or warranty. Ouch!

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Posted on 1/13/2009 3:05:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

DaHarder

It's a nice step forward in showing the viability of electric vehicles in newer segments, but...

I certainly won't be trading away my Exige for one anytime soon.

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Posted on 1/12/2009 12:55:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

dazotron

Range is too poor for it to be anything but a track day car. Problem is you will need a car with a normal internal combustion engine to trailer it to the track - defeats the purpose really!! Also, the power for your Tesla will probably come from a very polluting coal fired power station if you live in the Uk like me!!

However - it is pioneering and the technology will get better over time (just look at other technology sectors like MP3 for example) but I would leave it to the early adopters for now (i.e. fools with more money than sense).

And for the record - many people in Belgium speak French instead of Flemish Depends where you go. ;-)

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Posted on 1/12/2009 1:38:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

holmstar

oh give me a break. It has more than enough daily driving range for 90% of people who own a car. What it isn't suitable for is road trips or people with *very* long commutes.

Also, though I'm no proponent of coal, a coal plant pollutes significantly less per unit of energy produced than does a gasoline engine. It's also much easier to add pollution control equipment to one large energy plant than millions of gasoline engines.

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Posted on 1/13/2009 12:33:00 PM | | Votes: 1   

Type707

I've seen the price tag on this one....not worth it (based on the design)

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Posted on 1/13/2009 1:24:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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