The Tesla Roadster is finally set to be released for sale to the public (or I guess that's sold to the public, since the first batch was already reserved a long time ago), so drivers from various mainstream automobile magazines were invited to test it out. The three second 0 to 60 mph times have been slowed down to somewhere around 5.3 seconds due to some cutbacks to the electric engine, but otherwise this car sounds just as impressive as when it was announced a couple of years ago. The chassis and handling was based on the Lotus Elise, yet somehow the test drivers say it's a bit more refined than the ride in the Lotus. Needless to say, I like this car.
Here's a preview from Automobile magazine. Especially listen to it take off around the :50 second mark--it sounds like something out of a science fiction movie:
And for a slightly more in depth review from Motor Trend:
Monday, January 28, 2008
I should have been a car magazine journalist...
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I would imagine the acceleration is very similar to the sensation you get from riding an electric tram (i.e. the Denver airport).
Except I suspect this thing accelerates a lot faster than the DIA tram.
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