I’d say Tesla’s success is even more impressive in that they’ve got that many orders before delivering the first car! I know they’re close and it’s hardly vapor when they’ve done test drives and crash tests, but it’s still early.

As for the Lightning and it’s exotic batteries, I’m always wary of judging too quickly – if they make it work and there isn’t some huge downside, I’m sure they won’t need much press to be a huge success!

Re: my mention of Henry Ford below. It’s disgustingly ironic that his legacy of a motor company has no desire to take a risk and lead the established auto market into new, all-electric technology.

Major Auto makers have had all the resources they needed for a long time to develope what is now emerging from new, small companies. They chose not to, apparently.

I’ve heard word-of-mouth that Tesla’s orders for their Roadster are over 800. For a $100,000 car from an upstart company with a car based on brand-new technology… I’d say it’s an overwhelming success.

The Lightning GT has taken everything a step farther. Instead of relying on conventional battery technology they partnered with a company which developed nano-safe battery technology. They don’t heat up like other batteries do and they yield much more power with better duration. Best of all, they recharge in 10 MINUTES to a full charge and have a service life of 12+ YEARS…

My search yielded an estimate of $150,000 Euros for the GT, about $300,000 USD (depressing exchange rate)

I hope nanosafe-type batteries make it into electric cars intended for the nominal consumer market, and I hope we don’t have to wait too long for that day to come.

Exotic, Electric cars are great, but we the electric car needs a Henry Ford now, more than an Enzo Ferrari in order for the world to reap the benefits of this new technology.

Wow, Now that’s cool! Let’s hope some of them come this way!!!