Originally Posted by Chief

Really? You went for a drive with him apparently haha. Nah truthfully, the only Tesla that is currently on the road that anyone owns is production model 1, or Elon Musk's, so maybe you went for a drive in a test one. They had gearbox issues are only now entering into production, though I think they've officially sold around 1000. Elon provided most the funding for Tesla, and also his other project Spacex. Cool projects he works on. The Whitestar should be interesting, they said it will be unveiled in the second quarter of 08, so any week now.