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[feeutfo]

Nice. Looks like a Jag with a mazzarati nose to me.


I assumed it was the two sweater thing they had on top gear.

[TheBoy]

I think its the one that Testla were slating one of the large American papers over, due to a poor review... 

[Lazydocker]

Never thought I'd say it, but I quite like the look of that

[aaronjb]

I think its the one that Testla were slating one of the large American papers over, due to a poor review...

That would be the review that went something along the lines of "OMG, Tesla left me stranded because it doesn't go very far!!!!!!!1!1oneone!" .. and when Tesla reviewed all the ECU logging it had been deliberately undercharged and, then, when the displayed range read "31 miles" the reviewer tried to drive it 60-odd - it konked out at 50-something (range display about as accurate as the Omega, then)

If anyone is having trouble sleeping, reading this should solve that: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

We had Tesla visit us at work a while ago, and I managed to grab a test drive of the Roadster just before they left.  It's an incredible bit of kit.  The battery range is, in the grand scheme of electric cars, pretty good (providing you don't hoon it *everywhere*).  It reminded me of a mates VX220 - in that it felt like a stripped out racer inside and you sit practically on the tarmac.

It should, because it basically is.. the Roadster is, IIRC, essentially a slightly stretched Lotus Elise - and the VX220 was basically an Elise with different clothes on (even made in the same factory AFAIK)..

[Del Boy]

Looks like a Vauxhall to me. That'd make a nice new Omega with the right engines . Very good looking car.

[Taxi_Driver]

Looks like a Vauxhall to me. That'd make a nice new Omega with the right engines . Very good looking car.

Actually this is the vx effort

http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vehicles/vauxhall-range/cars/ampera/index.html

25-50 miles on the battery 

I think i could do better with a couple of leisure batteries and a washing machine motor 

[Gaffers]

I have been looking in to this and the results are quite interesting.

Ok, some bad bits.  No spare wheel, not supplied with run flats.  Cannot be towed.  That combo seems daft to me.  The key doesn not have a keyring on it so it sits separate to your key bunch which could mean you loose the key more easily.

Cost $90k ish (depending on battery pack and trim) 

However, when you look at the tax breaks for installing solar and wind (several $10k's) and the cost of petrol over here (it may be cheaper but Americans drive everywhere and thus use more of it) it appears on the face of it a very good investment.  A typical family here can spend $500/m on petrol!  Over 5 years that's $30k so if your car is being recharged with mostly renewables I mus say this is making me open my eyes.

I will ask my friend to keep a track of costs and savings.

[jerry]

might just be me, but whilst electric cars may be "cleaner/greener" than traditional petrol/diesel vehicles as individual cars, surely,as a concept, they are not much better in as much that they use electricity that is still produced from depleting and non-"green" origin?  The technology to harness wind/solar/wave power to produce the amount of electricity nations such as ourselves consume is still many years away and, from what I understand, the current position is for the UK to invest further in nuclear generated electricity? If every car on our roads was to be electric, how much extra demand would that make on our electricity producers? And how "green" are the battery units? Probably just me being ignorant so just asking. as for the car itself, well certainly looks OK but nothing really special TBH and styling is much like so many more. Guess the driving experience would be pretty wierd though, not least the quietness of it all

[tidla]

Nearly got run over this evening on the way to the pub by one of those damned fangled electric  machines. If it hadn't been for the squeak of the brakes and the fact i was going the pub then tidla might well have been joining the land where hedgehogs go to.

[TheBoy]

That would be the review that went something along the lines of "OMG, Tesla left me stranded because it doesn't go very far!!!!!!!1!1oneone!" .. and when Tesla reviewed all the ECU logging it had been deliberately undercharged and, then, when the displayed range read "31 miles" the reviewer tried to drive it 60-odd - it konked out at 50-something (range display about as accurate as the Omega, then)

If anyone is having trouble sleeping, reading this should solve that: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

Actually, I think the review was accurate, but Tesla have a reputation for doing hammer and tong at any publication who doesn't do a glowing report.

The journo said he went into town (Detroit IIRC) for lunch. And charged it for longer than what Tesla said he would need to to complete the journey, and this was confirmed by the onboard range meter.


/Found it - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev-highway.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&