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End of Life: Tesla Roadster

ercoerco Posts: 20,261
edited 2011-06-23 21:32 in General Discussion
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/tesla-roadster-reaches-the-end-of-the-line.html

Oops. No demand for a hot rod electric roadster! I guess the Prius guys and their quest for efficiency went and ruined it for everybody.

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  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-06-22 13:32
    Here is what my problem with buying one is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that might be other people's problems is having the $$$$$$$$$$$$ just a thought here is one more reason
    I guess the Prius guys and their quest for efficiency went and ruined it for everybody.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-06-22 13:37
    That's too bad. And just when I was about to place my order!

    I saw one in Greenville, SC. It was fast and eerie quite :)



    I think the Prius had absolutely nothing to do with it. Tesla Roadster buyers, and Prius buyers are two completely different types of people. The Roadster is for the rich and to prove a point, and a very nice point it made :)

    I saw the Top Gear episode on the Tesla... I was quite impressed :) only thing I know of with more acceleration is John Force and the Atom car.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-06-22 15:21
    Last I heard they were having some fairly serious technical issues with the transmission, and the people who had made pre-orders were getting restless.
  • TubularTubular Posts: 4,726
    edited 2011-06-22 16:22
    The MD of Internode, one of the local ISPs here, drives one and raves about it

    He set a distance record going across the Australian outback of 313 miles off a single charge.

    He's also a glider pilot, and used 'cresting' techniques to attain the longer range.

    Of course, they needed to also carry a diesel generator on a truck across the outback to charge it en route :)
  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,189
    edited 2011-06-22 18:07
    erco wrote: »
    End of Life: Tesla Roadster

    Strange move, give they are not shipping any alternative.
    It makes no marketing or brand sense, so maybe there are technical reasons for this ?
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-06-22 18:18
    this makes me Extremely sad . It was pricey but a good show of Why We do NOT need gas to live ..
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-06-22 19:06
    ...And myself? I would just as well be happy with a surrey converted to electric ... plenty of overhead canopy to mount about 400 Watts of solar panel on top and away I go... :-)


    http://www.choppersus.com/store/product/1007/6-Person-Surrey-Bicycle/
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-06-22 19:37
    Beau

    I like the idea but even this cost a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to

    Is there something that would not break the bank
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-06-22 20:32
    If I had the money(or a job) I'd buy another Prius. My brother gets about 56mpg with my old Prius.
    At 75k miles it's still running strong.
    From what I've seen so far the Chevy Volt may be almost as good as the Prius.
    -dan
  • whickerwhicker Posts: 749
    edited 2011-06-23 21:32
    I"m noticing the spin people are putting on this story around the interwebs.
    1650 hand built cars is pretty impressive.
    Tesla stopped building the Roadster to focus on building the next car, a Sedan.
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