The Tesla being all electric is not a benefit.
What if you need to acclerate quickly in emergency manueurs or you are driving up a hill when traffic stalls? And your range is drastically reduced?
300 miles is IF they meet their battery targets becuase the batter does not exist yet.
This theoretical battery on a perfect day with perfect temperature and humidity with a feather left foot will reach 300 mile range.
We all know how often perfection with multiple variables happens.
What if your destination is 150-200 miles away?
What if your destination is only 100 miles away but you get stuck on the freeway for hours or get detoured?
It looks like a standard 5 passenger sedan but it says it is 7 passenger?
The Volt is a political statement for rich Greenies and Anti-Oil Hawks.
The Tesla is a toy for the super rich.
Nobody is his right mind that can afford one $50-60K car will get a Tesla.
After the Leonardo DiCaprio’s and Jay Leno’s of they world get their Volt, there will be many upper-middle class people that will buy a Volt as their only or primary car.
Electric motors have more torque than gas engines.
300 miles is IF they meet their battery targets becuase the batter does not exist yet.
This is Tesla we're talking about here. They've got a pretty good track record so far.
This theoretical battery on a perfect day with perfect temperature and humidity with a feather left foot will reach 300 mile range.
We all know how often perfection with multiple variables happens.
Yeah, there are going to be variables. I'm sure they know that ... just like the EPA knows that a car they say is going to get 25 city miles is likely not to get exactly that.
What if your destination is 150-200 miles away?
What if your destination is only 100 miles away but you get stuck on the freeway for hours or get detoured?
I may be wrong here, but if you're not moving, the vehicle's not using up the battery power, is it?
It looks like a standard 5 passenger sedan but it says it is 7 passenger?
7 ... 5 adults, 2 children. Must be some sort of jump seats in there.
The Volt is a political statement for rich Greenies and Anti-Oil Hawks.
Yeah, but it didn't start out that way. Too bad it ended up like that and with a more boring style than the concept had.
The Tesla is a toy for the super rich.
The roadster, perhaps. But at 49k, the Model S is not out of the question.
Nobody is his right mind that can afford one $50-60K car will get a Tesla.
Definitely not the first one off the assembly line. But maybe as it progresses and looks like the real deal, maybe it will catch on.