Jul 20 2006

Tesla Roadster - 130mph of pure battery power

Posted by Geezer as Cars, Energy, Engineering, Gadgets

Wired has given us the first glimpse of the new Tesla Roadster which runs on 6,800 lithium-ion batteries. In other words, the Roadster will be a high performance, electric car - quiet engine, no more gasoline.

Instead of filling this guy with gasoline, you’ll charge it from home (and presumably at charging stations in the middle of the Nevada desert). The Tesla Roadster will come with a home-charging kit that will allow a 3.5 hour recharge. The bigger question: how long does each charge last?

No matter. I’m a big fan of a new energy technologies. We all know that technology improves over time, so even if I have to be inconvenienced at the beginning, the sacrifice is worth the march of progress for energy innovation. Especially as we ween ourselves off the fossil fuels coming out of the crazy, crazy Middle East.

Notice that in the image above the car charger is located in the same spot as a typical gasoline refill tank.

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2 Responses

Mr Butterscotch
23|Jul|2006

Hmmm I’m suspicious enough of electricity powered cars, let alone ‘high performance’ ones. There’s no doubt that is a really beautiful vehicle, but could it truly last long enough? IMO there’s not enough places selling LPG (gas) let alone having electric chargers around!
Quimby
23|Jul|2006

Mr. Butterscotch,
You’ve got the same general concerns as me. However, I’m much more worried about the frequency (read: pain in the ass) of recharging then the availability. After all, every building in the first-world has electricity and I’m sure they’ll be shipping with home-charge kits that you just plug into your wall outlet. The bigger concern is what you do on a trip out to California from the East Coast.

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