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Alas I assume it's another $100 000 car?
didn't undestand electric vehicles. The Feds tested and reduced the mileage figure to 200 miles. Now Tesla is back claiming 250 miles. That is pretty typical of the Tesla company, which has had credibility issues with practically every claim they've made. The battery pack costs somewhere between $21K and $30K. Tesla isn't saying. It will probably last around 5 years,
normally around 60,000 miles, although Tesla claims 150,000 mile lifespan, which would require
30,000 miles per year. And so the stories go ....
"Tesla originally claimed 250 mile range and also ridiculously
claiemd that it could always be acheived, regardless of A/C
usage, terrain, etc." Not true, Tesla never claimed anything even
remotely like that. Their original target was 250 miles on the
EPA highway driving cycle -- and when they later saw they
couldn't quite meet that goal, they came right out and said so.
"The Feds tested and reduced the mileage figure to 200 miles."
Not true, the "feds" have never tested the car, and nobody ever
reduced the mileage figure to 200 miles. Tesla's own tests
showed that the car was unlikely to reach 250 miles, so they
themselves decided to call it "over 200 miles" until they had
more accurate, official numbers for the production vehicles --
which they now do.
"It will probably last around 5 years, normally around 60,000
miles, although Tesla claims 150,000 mile lifespan. . ." Not
true. Tesla claims the battery should be good for 5 years or
100,000 miles, and that's what they will warranty it for. (Full
warranty for 1 year, pro-rated to 5 years after that.)
"And so the stories go ...." Indeed. Maybe you should stick
with more facts and fewer "stories".
- EV of such class is the technological milestone like Sputnik
- by Alexander Bell September 29, 2007 7:54 PM PDT
- The mass production of a pure Electric car, truly competitive with the best of high-end luxury gas guzzlers is an astonishing technological breakthrough, a milestone in a human history of the same importance and significance as Sputnik, which marked the beginning of space age 50 years ago. The biggest thing of current decade is Energy, in particular ? Electric energy (more on this topic in ?GEL Initiative?, available online at http://www.alexanderbell.us/Initiative/GEL.htm)
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- Sputnik
- by Reachstacker September 30, 2007 3:37 AM PDT
- Perhaps it is. And like the Sputnik hardly "mass produced"...
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(17 Comments)What new technology? All the pieces parts are readily available from any industrial supplier.
At least Tesla et al have their business model correct in the sense that to sell an over priced gadget you have to make it exotic.
Compare this for real progress to Tesla: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/hybrid_truck_un.php
Or this: http://www.smithelectricvehicles.com/products.asp?p=NT
and no I am not affiliated with either of them.
They just make more sense to me than something 98% of the population can't afford and if they could, Tesla couldn't build them if he wanted to.