Tesla driven

Video here. I'm skeptical of this car ever seeing regular production - at best, I see a Bricklin/DeLorean scenario, where the car is built and sold for a couple of years before the company goes under - but I really hope it succeeds.

The Tesla's biggest problem? Range:

...Driven sedately, the Tesla Roadster very likely could achieve somewhere around 220 miles or more. Perhaps even as much 250 miles in city driving with lots of regenerative braking. The problem is that this little demon doesn't really want to be driven in that manner. It begs to be flung from curve to curve. It wants to be thrashed. During our drive, we accumulated somewhere between 80 and 90 miles based on plotting the route on Google maps...

Damian P.

Posted by damian at January 30, 2008 09:09 AM