I Want My Tesla Roadster!

The Truth About Cars

Not for same reasons you do. You want a battery-powered Tesla Roadster because it’s a way cool car boasting bleeding edge technology. Or maybe you just like sexy sports cars. Or perhaps you’re looking for massive eco-auto props. As a free marketeer, I’m good with any of these motivations. As a Porsche Boxster S owner, I’m not bothered (I’ve already found my dream date). But as the publisher of The Truth About Cars, I want a Tesla Roadster BAD. I want to reveal the truth about the EV– whatever that may be.

The Tesla Birth Watch was born a fit of journalistic pique. It galled me to see my colleagues repeating the aspiring electric car company’s claims for their Roadster’s range, recharge time, safety and performance as fact. This before they’d turned a single wheel in anger. It made these media outlets– including mainstream publications that should have known better (I’m looking at you Forbes)– not-so-silent partners in the company’s PR and fund-raising efforts. The words “unproven” and “claimed” were conspicuous by their absence. Continue reading at The Truth About Cars.

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jason morgan
Jul 2, 2008 at 6:11 am

you know what would be better if they would put a solar panel on top of the car. that would be really cool. WHO AGREES WITH ME!!!???

GTwildfire
May 21, 2008 at 5:31 am

I guess CD had had system problems because my post in here disappeared. Good thing, it had typos and this time it won’t.
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ROB: Sure, you are well-versed on the Tesla’s development and the issues Tesla Motors had, and your criticism has validity BUT…
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Tesla Motors is a startup company making their first car. Even more difficult, they cannot rely on established principles of internal combustion or drivetrain design which would give a similar company building the first conventional car a distinct advantage.
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Light miles beyond all that, Tesla Motors is developing a car that the Auto Industry REFUSES to develop, and it’s obvious that with their comparitively vast resources, any number of established auto makers could have pursued EV technology development much more easily and effectively if they wanted to… but they haven’t.
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You’re being tough on Tesla and it’s coming across as a thinly veiled bias against EV technology. Sure, Tesla has had to delay and some things hadn’t panned out as they predicted. That happens. They’re developing a complex machine from scratch. They’re also a small company that is struggling to keep things rolling however they can.
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Even considering all that has transpired as you detailed, Jay Leno was impressed with the Tesla. Maybe I’m wrong but I get the sense he has a clue about cars. Sure as hell looked like he was having fun in that Tesla.