Honestly this is worth $100,000

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Honestly this is worth $100,000

August 08, 2006, 10:48:21 PM

http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1
All I gotta say is Lotus helped this company out, and this will be one hell of a car! I want one.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #1 – August 08, 2006, 11:00:24 PM

Unlike EVs of the past, the Tesla Roadster has a built-in battery charging system that can basically plug into any outlet.

COOL!

This is why the 250-mile range of the Tesla Roadster revolutionizes EVs: you just don't need to think about charging up at Costco, Fry's, or at work.

VERY COOL!

Still, I wonder how much it would effect your electric bill?

Also, nothing will ever compare to the sound of a dual exhaust V8 no matter how fast it is.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #2 – August 08, 2006, 11:05:34 PM

It says, cost wise it is equivalent to driving a car that achieves 135 mpg or 1 cent per mile. The engine system this is based off of is from 1910. A local guy is trying to build a Tesla Turbine to power his house. There are plans for the turbine somewhere on the net, and he calibrated it to recharge the turbine system and power his house. This guy also cools his house with well water and a series of pipes under the floor. ALL ELECTRIC CAR. Thats crazy.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #3 – August 08, 2006, 11:05:42 PM

Quote from: Carl

Also, nothing will ever compare to the sound of a dual exhaust V8 no matter how fast it is.

I'm partial to a good inline 6, personally.. but that's just me.

I'd drive a car like that. Most of my trips are within 25 miles round trip. The car is way too expensive, though. But if it catches on, I'm sure costs will come down eventually.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #4 – August 08, 2006, 11:07:26 PM

Quote from: Carl

Also, nothing will ever compare to the sound of a dual exhaust V8 no matter how fast it is.

True, true. However when everyone else buys these, we will have cheaper gas prices for the oil companies to compete, and have lots of time to cruize!

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #5 – August 08, 2006, 11:14:23 PM

The only thing I can see that would keep this type of car from becoming mainstream is the simple fact that you have to wait a considerable amount of time to "fill up" at a station as opposed to what we are accustomed too. Or just plugging up at someone's house. :)

But it's still a cool car. :D

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #6 – August 08, 2006, 11:28:27 PM

3.5 hours is not the end of the world in all cases. It's something you could plan around. Assuming you could find a place to plug in, you could go see a movie or something like that and have 90 minutes' worth of charge waiting for you when it finished. Hanging out with friends? Plug in while you're at their house. Sure, there would be situations you couldn't take that car into that you could with a gas engine.. but if you planned ahead you could minimize that.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #7 – August 08, 2006, 11:30:35 PM

Quote from: Ether947

The only thing I can see that would keep this type of car from becoming mainstream is the simple fact that you have to wait a considerable amount of time to "fill up" at a station as opposed to what we are accustomed too. Or just plugging up at someone's house. :)

But it's still a cool car. :D

Im gonna quote what I read, and this is why I think they will catch on quickly. "these cars are like cell phones, you can plug them in, and leave them overnight and in the morning drive to work, depending on how much charge you have left will depend on how long it will need to charge" its something to that effect.

I think costs will come down, due to the fact that not everyone could afford it upon introduction. Once cost is affordable it will be a seller.

Now the highway system will install electrical outlets on the side of the road, and charge $20 to charge your car. HAHA

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #8 – August 08, 2006, 11:44:42 PM

Quote from: cougrrr302

Im gonna quote what I read, and this is why I think they will catch on quickly. "these cars are like cell phones, you can plug them in, and leave them overnight and in the morning drive to work, depending on how much charge you have left will depend on how long it will need to charge" its something to that effect.

I think costs will come down, due to the fact that not everyone could afford it upon introduction. Once cost is affordable it will be a seller.

Now the highway system will install electrical outlets on the side of the road, and charge $20 to charge your car. HAHA

Now people will have a reason to stop at rest stops besides using the shifty and sometimes downright dangerous restrooms.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #9 – August 09, 2006, 07:08:24 AM

why couldnt they put in some type of recharging system that keeps the battery charged while your driving? that would be an instant seller.... imagine going on a cross country trip and having to stop every 250 miles and wait for 3.5 hours to recharge yeah that would take forever to get to where your wanting to go

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #10 – August 09, 2006, 08:12:41 AM

Quote from: 88turbo

why couldnt they put in some type of recharging system that keeps the battery charged while your driving? that would be an instant seller.... imagine going on a cross country trip and having to stop every 250 miles and wait for 3.5 hours to recharge yeah that would take forever to get to where your wanting to go

I would think they could use the rotation of the other wheels to generate back some of the power in a backup cell. Or put some windmill like turbines in the grille?

Because, using batteries and trying to charge them at the same time is very dangerous and I am not sure if they could obtain results.

Unless they had the car drain power from a certain block of cells at a time, and charge another not being used. I would like to see this.

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Reply #11 – August 09, 2006, 10:45:07 AM

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Because, using batteries and trying to charge them at the same time is very dangerous...

Isn't that what hybrids do?

I agree with what was said in another thread about electric cars. What does it take to produce all the extra electricity people would be using to charge these things? What does it take to manufacture the batteries? How do you dispose of them once they are dead?

In a roundabout way, these cars will still rely on fossil fuels to run. The difference is that instead of them actually burning the fuel, it will be a powerplant somewhere burning the coal that is needed to create the electricity to charge these hippie-mobiles.

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #12 – August 09, 2006, 10:57:53 AM

Quote from: jkirchman

Isn't that what hybrids do?

Hybrids use the electric motors only to get up to about 15mph from a stop, and then the gas motor starts up to carry the car from there. While the gas motor is running it is also charging the batteries. So no, you arent using the battery and charging it at the same time.

Quote from: jkirchman

In a roundabout way, these cars will still rely on fossil fuels to run. The difference is that instead of them actually burning the fuel, it will be a powerplant somewhere burning the coal that is needed to create the electricity to charge these hippie-mobiles.

Exactly, but if you try to explain that to someone who drives one "For the environment" they will just tell you that you can get energy from the wind or the sun rather than burning fuels. But what they dont understand is that renewable energy sources only account for less than 10% of what we use in the US.

If only people would stop being scared of nuclear power, its clean, its cheap, and we do have options for the waste. Its just that every time someone hears nuclear they think

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #13 – August 10, 2006, 07:38:41 PM

Quote from: wyoming_bird

If only people would stop being scared of nuclear power, its clean, its cheap, and we do have options for the waste. Its just that every time someone hears nuclear they think

You took the words right out of my mouth. Everyone thinks about Atomic Bombs everytime you mention the word nuclear. Or Chernobyl and TMI. The Chernobyl incident would have been drastically reduced if it had a containment building and if it wasn't run by commies. :D And TMI was more of a political failure than anything. How many coal miners are killed every year? What about all those oil spills and their lingering effects? The simple fact is that people fear nuclear power more than anything else. How else would you be able to it's mere presence against another nation?

Bird351 - Most people can't plan around keeping their cell phones charged in a day much less their car. 3.5hrs vs 10mins certainly won't fly with mainstream America. As a city car? Perhaps. But unless battery technology increases tenfold, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

I bet an AWD dual electric motor setup would be crazy fast. :D

Honestly this is worth $100,000

Reply #14 – August 10, 2006, 09:29:46 PM

The type of engine this was based off of could be used to power houses. A single engine per house, and once jumpstarted they would constantly run. Then you could charge it off of a turbine electric engine using no fossil fuels. This must seem confusing because I have talked to the guy who wants to do this.