Tesla: Roadster production unit #1 completed; future models may use range extender http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/tesla-roa... up Wednesday December 12, Tesla Motors held a unclose town hall assembly for all of its customers. The assembly was hosted from San Carlos and made serviceable via conference name to everyone who has put down a drop. I spoke accompanying Darryl Siry following the assembly, and he declared a full ion will subsist posted up the assembly web place soon. In the meantime, frequent commenter here up ABG and elsewhere Tony Belding took notes and posted them up the Tesla Motors bludgeon ventilation board.
LA 2007: 5 minutes with American Roadster creator John Green http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/la-2007-5... Shane wrote around the CNG powered American horse last week and it is indeed an odd bird. The long-nosed, three-wheeler has unique styling, but its creator John Green claims it has confounding handling and durability. The horse is serviceable with a choice of pair original gas-fueled engines, an air-cooled four cylinder boxer implement that looks vaguely conversant to the ones that used to ability a certain German little car. The other option is a water-cooled three cylinder.
Tesla Roadster’s range back up to 245 miles? further delays? http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/tesla-roa... Buried in the New York Times electric vehicle article that Lascelles wrote about the other day was a little tidbit about Tesla. After originally promising a range of 250 miles per charge when they first announced the Roadster, Tesla had to back off last spring to 200 miles. Engineering changes resulting from the extensive testing caused an increase in weight and a slight drop in battery capacity. The Times article says the Roadster’s range has been revised back upward to 245 miles.
Mercedes C63 AMG and SLR Roadster debut at LA Auto Show http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/mercedes-... The SLR horse drives into Los Angeles topless and in style. Powered by a supercharged 5.5-liter AMG V8 machine accompanying 617 horsepower and 575 lb.-ft of torque, the SLR McLaren horse boasts 0-60 mph acceleration of 3.8 seconds and a acme prosper of 206 mph. acknowledgments to its completely retractable acme, the SLR horse offers open-air driving pleasure that’s practical for everyday application. Even accompanying the acme down, conversation is still potential at speeds fountain over 120 mph, acknowledgments to its high aeroacoustics.
Jeremy Clarkson driving the LP640 Roadster http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/jeremy-cl... We told you that lately Jeremy Clarkson is driving the coolest cars in the world! following the video with him abaft the wheel of the Bugatti Veyron from yesterday, now you can see him driving the Lamborghini Murcielago Lp640 pad.
Print magazines get to actually drive the Tesla Roadster http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/print-mag... This blogger had the useful fortune to go for a ride in the Tesla horse with Marketing VP Darryl Siry a two of weeks ne, yet unfortunately I didn’t get actually drive the car. In the latest access over on the Tesla blog Darryl explains the reasons wherefore they decided allow print journalists subsist the first to possess time at the revolve. This week the apex dogs from the great idler mail publications are with thrashing the two newest validation prototypes in Northern California.
Tesla’s Roadster wins Autopia’s Car of the Year award http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/tesla-s-r... In a something wonderful move (especially given this), Wired.com’s Autopia blog has chosen the Tesla pad like their Car of the Year. The runner-up was the Fiat 500. Many people are fed-up hearing all of the hype about the Tesla, yet that is part of the sense that the tool won this particular award.
Would the Tesla Roadster be a suitable track car? http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/would-the... Tesla Marketing VP Darryl Siry and the Tesla horsewhenever I went for a ride accompanying Darryl Siry in the Tesla horse following the Los Angeles Auto display, we discussed a broad disposition of topics relating to the car. One of those areas was the employment of the horse as track car. Given the patrimony of the chassis being derived from the Lotus Elise and the frequent employment of the that car on the track, it would seem to be an obvious applying. Unfortunately for buyers of the horse, that won’t be a viable option.
Tesla CEO explains the Roadster’s delay http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/tesla-ceo... A lasting transferrence that can support the original claims of 0-60 mph in 4 seconds is equitable not prepared. In the interest of acquirement cars into the hands of owners, the body has decided to free the Tesla with a transferrence that enables the car to do 0-60 in 5.7 seconds. Once the body has perfected a higher performance transferrence that enables the Tesla to achieve 0-60 mph in 4 seconds, it will afterwards retrofit all the delivered cars with the fresh transferrence at the body’s expense.
Shelby Cobra Pictures and History http://car-swap-meet.damox.com/shelby-cobra.htm... Pictures and history of the coolest car ever: the Shelby Cobra roadster
Jaguar E Type - Classic Roadster Car Pictures http://car-swap-meet.damox.com/jaguar-e-type.ht... Pictures and history of the Jaguar E-Type Roadster plus parts information for this classic car
Tesla Motors Goes to Europe http://carwad.net/Article/Tesla_Motors_Goes_to_... Tesla Motors is already preparing itself for 2008 Paris Auto Show in October with a new model for European roads.
