Tesla Roadster

By admin · Saturday, March 31st, 2007

While I have worked in the seismic industry for more than 30 years and believe that everybody who makes a living in the oil industry should drive a big block V8 powered gas guzzler I have to admit that I do like the look of this electric roadster.

Looking at the car you would never guess that it is electric powered until you noticed that it made very little noise for a high performance vehicle. High performance it definitely is with 0-60 time at 4 seconds with the help of 100% of maximum torque available right from a standstill. Instant acceleration is there any time you push your foot down on the go pedal. Red light drags would probably be a lot of fun.

Look at the battery pack below. Lithium ion, just like your laptop or cell phone but a whole lot bigger. Probably costs a bit more as well weighing in at 900 pounds and containing 6,831 lithium ion cells.

One thing which I would like to know is how safe the battery pack is. Normal lithium ion batteries have a tendency toward almost explosive behavior if crushed or pierced. You probably wouldn’t want to crash this one even if you could afford it.

The battery pack is enough for and average range of 250 miles per charge so it is reasonably practical as well. It can be charged from a normal wall socket. The company that builds the car says that the car gets the equivalent of 135 miles per gallon.

Thankfully the price tag of $92,000 will probably stop people buying it in droves thus saving our industry.

Link to Tesla Roadster: Test Driving Your Electric Dream Car – News and Analysis by PC Magazine