Keen On Green » electric vehicle http://www.keenongreen.co.uk/forums Together We Can Stop Climate Change. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:46:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Tesla Roadster Arrives! http://www.keenongreen.co.uk/forums/tesla-roadster-arrives/ http://www.keenongreen.co.uk/forums/tesla-roadster-arrives/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:39:09 +0000 Ross http://keenongreen.co.uk/forums/tesla-roadster-arrives/ Well after a long time in development, the Tesla Roadster has finally entered full-scale production!  As of today, 17th March, new Tesla Roadsters will be rolling off the production line and Tesla Motors hope to ramp up production gradually to a point where they will be producing around 100 vehicles per month by early next year.

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The Tesla Roadster is the first of a new age of fully electric vehicles to reach commercial production and will hopefully be the first of many with other companies following the lead of Tesla Motors.

So what exactly does the Tesla have to offer?  Well below I’ve listed just a few of it’s main features:

  • 100% electric
  • 0 – 60 mph in 3.9 seconds
  • 125 mph top speed
  • 13,000 rpm redline
  • 135 mpg equivalent
  • 220 miles per charge
  • Useful battery life of 100,00 miles
  • Recharge time 3.5 hours

With a list of specs like that, it’s hard to believe it looks so good!  Unfortunately it’s only available in the USA currently and it has a price tag of around $100,000 but hopefully we’ll start to see similar vehicles appearing on in our market before long!

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