TESLA CAR - ELECTRIC Bolide for starters .. not cheap ..
Top speed: 209 km / h
Acceleration: 0-100 km / h in 4 sec
The Tesla Motors, Inc. is an industry that has as its goal the creation electric vehicles and high performance-oriented mass market. The company was founded in 2003 by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, and has since grown to include many staff members from around the world with extensive knowledge in computers, and in the electric field of electrical engineering and electronics. The company is named after the Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla.
Finance
provennero initial investment from PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, who became chairman of the Board of Tesla, driving the first challenges of the company and later co-driving with a partner of VantagePoint Venture. He later added additional funding by the Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and former eBay president Jeff Skoll.
Models planned
The first vehicle to be produced by Tesla Motors, Tesla Roadster, a car is sporty coupe. According to the company car will have a capacity with a full 250 miles (400 km), an acceleration from 0 to 60 MPH (100 KM / H) in 4 seconds and a top speed of 130 MPH (210 KM / H ). I prototypes were presented to the public in July 2006 and the first car out of the factory direct sales are planned for autumn 2007. The demand was high for the first 'Signature One Hundred' (the first one hundred out of the factory), and they were all booked in less than three weeks. According to a press release from the whole fleet "2007 1 / 2", consisting of more than 220 cars, has already been sold.
The company also has plans to offer the installation of solar home with Solar City, which will dramatically reduce the cost of recharging the car home, so that the user to travel up to 50 miles a day (80 km) be able to do so without affecting the state power grid.
Tesla is currently engaged in the design and development of a sedan codenamed White Star, which will probably be presented in 2009 as a 2010 model, this car will probably be based on an alternative design centered on a BMW 5 Series; the price will be around most likely on 50.000 to 70.000 USD
Partners
The Tesla Motors has significant relationships with the Lotus. A design contest was held for the final styling of the Tesla Roadster, then called Dark Star, and was defeated precisely by the Lotus Design Studio. As a result, the Tesla Roadster is based on the design of the Lotus Elise, and even includes some components. The Lotus will focus on assembling the car in England.
Tesla Motors also has some of AC Propulsion's patented technologies, including a modified drivetrain.
Construction Site
Although the amounts due to the Tesla Motors Lotus partners share many of the cars it produces, has been recently reported that in Alburquerque, New Mexico, will be initiated in April 2007 to work for the construction of a hangar, first in the world dedicated entirely to the construction of electric vehicles. The end of the project is scheduled for 2009, Tesla Motors plans to initially produce a thousand cars a year, and then expand the number and build new factories.
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