Tesla’s new electric car is all the rage! But, as the company’s website proudly states, “Burns rubber, not gasoline!”
This is not just any electric car. The Tesla electric car is a beauty and definitely one of a kind. It comes with a Lotus-designed chassis and has better acceleration than a Lamborghini Murcielago.
The Tesla is more than twice as fuel efficient as the best hybrid car. It only costs about a penny a mile to drive, goes up to 250 miles on a single charge, and all you have to do is plug it in every night like you do your cell phone or iPod.
Who said electric cars weren’t fun?
Since the earliest days of automobiles over a hundred years ago, electric cars have always been considered boring and boring. Oh sure, an electric car was fine if you just had a short commute or had to shop at the local grocery store and couldn’t get there on foot or by bike. But they were slow, ugly, and little more than glorified golf carts.
But two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, changed all that forever. They have designed an electric car that is exciting to drive and beautiful to look at!
The Tesla Roadster is a 100% electric two-seater convertible that goes from zero to 60 mph in about 4 seconds, with a top speed of around 130 mph. It’s also clutchless and has a wide, flat torque curve, which means no matter which of the two gears you’re driving in or how fast you’re going, acceleration is instantaneous.
Whether you’re at a stoplight or on the interstate and want to overtake the car in front of you, simply step on the pedal and you’ll be rocketing away.
The Toyota Prius, on the other hand, which is the best-selling hybrid, takes more than ten seconds to go from 0 to 60. Of course, the Prius is not a sports car, but this comparison will give you an idea. how efficient and well designed an electric car can be. For example, the Tesla electric motor has only one moving part, but still makes 248 hp.
The car’s power comes from 6,831 lithium-ion batteries. These are the same batteries you use to charge your laptop or cell phone. It comes with a portable charging pack, in case you’re traveling more than 125 miles from home, and the batteries only take about 3 1/2 hours to fully charge.
By the way, the batteries are recyclable and Tesla guarantees them for five years or 100,000 miles.
However, if you want to experience the thrill of owning the new Tesla, it will cost you $100,000. But, if all goes according to plan, the price will drop as more cars are sold. They already have a second, more affordable sports sedan in the works.
In the past, electric cars were designed by people who believed you shouldn’t drive, and if you did, you should be punished. No wonder they never noticed. But the Tesla electric car promises a “sweet” future!