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Tesla Announces 2008 Production Schedule; Hits Milestones on Crash and Range Testing
www.greencarcongress.com ^ | 09/25/2007 | staff

Posted on 09/25/2007 6:46:30 AM PDT by Red Badger

Tesla Motors has set a production goal of 50 electric Roadsters in the first quarter of 2008, followed by an additional 600 cars for the remainder of the year.

Tesla is currently engaged in intensive durability and validation testing of the final prototype cars. As part of this final testing, a Tesla Roadster ran for 245 miles on the combined EPA cycle on a single charge (236 on the EPA highway cycle, 255 on the EPA city cycle).

In an announcement earlier this year, Tesla notified customers that the EPA range of the car was not likely to reach the original goal of 250, and instead would be closer to 200 miles based on progress at that time. Since then, Tesla engineers have worked diligently to improve on this.

Separately, a validation prototype Tesla Roadster successfully passed static and dynamic side-intrusion crash tests, the only tests that were not passed in the earlier prototype phase.

In other performance testing, a validation prototype Tesla Roadster accelerated consistently from 0 to 60 mph in under 4 seconds.

Tesla will stop taking reservations for 2008 Roadsters in the near future and initiate a traditional waiting list. Customers who sign up for the waiting list will pay $5,000 for their place in line for additional 2008 Roadsters if and when an increase in production is announced. Alternatively, customers on the waiting list will be first in line for the 2009 model year Roadster (pricing and specifications for 2009 Roadsters is not yet announced.)

Resources: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Tesla engineer post on range and performance testing.) http://www.teslamotors.com


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automobile; electriccar; energy; tesla
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1 posted on 09/25/2007 6:46:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Uncledave; sully777; Abathar

Ping!...............


2 posted on 09/25/2007 6:47:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: Red Badger

These guys are on to something...but they need to produce a sedan and obviously the cost has to come down considerably.


3 posted on 09/25/2007 6:48:54 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Red Badger

How do I buy stock? Are these guys publicly traded?


4 posted on 09/25/2007 6:50:42 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Red Badger

0-60 in under 4 seconds. If I had one of those I would be in a neck brace by the end of the week.


5 posted on 09/25/2007 6:51:18 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Red Badger
Not this Tesla:


6 posted on 09/25/2007 6:51:21 AM PDT by RabidBartender (Al-Qaeda doesn't need an intelligence network. They have the U.S. media.)
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To: Red Badger
not too shabby....


7 posted on 09/25/2007 6:51:41 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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To: RabidBartender
This Tesla (2006 I think):


8 posted on 09/25/2007 6:52:59 AM PDT by RabidBartender (Al-Qaeda doesn't need an intelligence network. They have the U.S. media.)
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To: RabidBartender
And not this Tesla:


9 posted on 09/25/2007 6:53:23 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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To: yldstrk

I don’t know. You’d have to check the website...............


10 posted on 09/25/2007 6:55:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: Red Badger
"236 on the EPA highway cycle, 255 on the EPA city cycle"

The difference is regenerative braking that gives the battery a charge while slowing down...but the above difference is so small that one should wonder if the car would be better off without the weight, complexity, and cost of the regenerative circuits and components.

11 posted on 09/25/2007 6:56:08 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Abathar
0-60 in under 4 seconds.

I need that.............

12 posted on 09/25/2007 6:56:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: Slapshot68

I took a quick look at the article, but didn’t see the price. Just how expensive is it?


13 posted on 09/25/2007 6:57:39 AM PDT by HeadOn (Hey kids - Learn to think instead of prepping for the test.)
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To: Slapshot68

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/new_car_reviews/article2036260.ece?OTC-HPtoppuff&ATTR=teslac

Jay Leno’s review..............


14 posted on 09/25/2007 6:57:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Actually, *that* Tesla did build an electric car under contract for Pierce-Arrow and General Electric.


15 posted on 09/25/2007 6:58:02 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: HeadOn

$100k..............


16 posted on 09/25/2007 6:58:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: HeadOn

$98k.


17 posted on 09/25/2007 6:58:39 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Red Badger; Southack

Wow. Thanks for the info.


18 posted on 09/25/2007 6:59:47 AM PDT by HeadOn (Hey kids - Learn to think instead of prepping for the test.)
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To: HeadOn

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog4/?p=60


19 posted on 09/25/2007 7:00:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: FormerACLUmember
The town of Brookhaven is finally gonna turn his Shoreham, LI laboratory into a museum. The project was funded about six months ago.

I live barely 30 minutes away, and I'll be one of the first in line when the museum opens!
20 posted on 09/25/2007 7:01:02 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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