Tesla Motors -- Will it take over the world?

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<p>If you live in California, Chicago, New York City or Miami you are very lucky. Sometime in the fall of 2007 you will be able to obtain a roadster styled by Lotus that can accelerate faster than a Porsche 911, reach speeds of 135 mph, travel 250 miles on a charge with fuel costs of about 1 cent per mile. How? Tesla Motors’ electric car. I am hoping it is only a matter of time before an all-electric vehicle beats all of today’s vehicles.</p>

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<p>I am lusting after the Teslas and can’t wait for them to be a smashing success!</p>

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<p>Electric cars are, in my opinion, extremely cool. Quiet, smooth, nonpolluting. And the performance, in terms of acceleration and top speed, can be impressive. But there’s always going to be a range issue, since batteries can only take you so far and take longer to recharge than a gas tank takes to refill. While most travel fits within normal electric car range parameters, a lot of people are loking for a car that they can drive to Chicago in, if they want to. That pretty much limits electrics to second cars, or people who are willing to rent a car for long trips. (Not that that’s necessarily a small sector of society, just that attitudes will have to be adjusted for electrics to take over a large part of the car market.)</p>

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<p>One thing I learned this summer while riding in a semi-electric Toyota with a friend who owns one, they don’t have all the parts to break down…belts, etc. It was interesting to watch on the front dash computer screen how breaking charged the battery and how the system interacted.</p>

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<p>While I think the original Mister Tesla never received the recognition–and the money–he deserved, I’d rather have the BMW7-Hydrogen car. Until hydrogen stations become ubiquitous, you can burn good old gasoline and support Venezuela’s Chavez. </p>

<p>Sounds like THE perfect car for the Bay Area.</p>

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<p>Seeing as how hydrogen stations aren’t ubiquitous, and electical outlets are, this might be the time to remember the saying “Perfect is the enemy of good.” Battery powered electric cars are, with their limitations, functional right now. The “hydrogen highway” may never exist.</p>

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<p>I wish they would add Dallas.</p>