Valley electric car intiative hitting the brakes
the_technocrat
IC-MotY1Indy Icrontian
<p>Wired reports on a blog posting by the former co-founder of Tesla Motors, the US startup working on the first full-electric sports car. In the posting, Eberhard discusses mass layoffs and firings in the small company, which has been slow to release its overdue Tesla Roadster.</p>
<p>The Roadster is cited to have 0-60 performance better than a Ferrari with comparable handling. Powered only by batteries, the Roadster would have a 200-250 mile range for the cost of 2-3 gallons of gasoline.</p>
<p>Perhaps Tesla is getting serious about releasing the Roadster, which has been long overdue for a 100-person waiting list of future owners that have already paid over US$100,000 for the first run of vehicles? Or the project isn't going as well as planned...</p>
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<p>The Roadster is cited to have 0-60 performance better than a Ferrari with comparable handling. Powered only by batteries, the Roadster would have a 200-250 mile range for the cost of 2-3 gallons of gasoline.</p>
<p>Perhaps Tesla is getting serious about releasing the Roadster, which has been long overdue for a 100-person waiting list of future owners that have already paid over US$100,000 for the first run of vehicles? Or the project isn't going as well as planned...</p>
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