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Originally Posted by dyna mo
tesla's really NOT the panacea car you make it out to be.
1st, it doesn't run all day and night on a single charge.
also, it's not new battery tech, it's a shitload of lithium-ion (laptop batteries) wired together.
and not sure how it can be claimed it's cheaper and faster than the next vette stingray, no news on what the new stingray even is, let alone what it costs.
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Yes there is plenty of news on the stingray. Pics and prices. Already spoke to the Chevy dealer here in Vegas about getting one in 2012 (hopefully) and sold them my 2007 Vette a few days ago. It's featured in the new Transformers movie by the way and is tentatively priced at $120,000 (though at first people are going to pay even more to get the first ones)
And does it really matter if it's a "shitload of lithium batteries" or not? It goes 245 miles on a single charge. Yes, I could drive it all day around town doing shit, and then go out clubbing that night. No...I couldn't drive it 24 hours straight on a single charge. But unless I am driving to L.A. or Phoenix, I never drive 245 miles in a day. And my Prowler has a 12 gallon gas tank and gets 16 mpg in the city, 21 on the hwy.
So I theoretically get 252 mpg on the hwy (but in reality a lot less since I like to step down on the accelerator lol )
So "Yes" the battery technology already exists and is being used. That was kind of my point. No "new" battery technology is needed. The technology has existed since the late 1800's.
I really like the Tesla. And I'm going to probably replace the Vette that I just sold with a Tesla. I'd really like to also convert my Prowler to electric. But I don't want the shitty conversions I saw so far...I want one that will be like the Tesla and give me that kind of speed and range.