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Do you guys like the look of it? I think it looks kind of slick, sort of like the Maserattis.
I'm concerned about the eventual environmental impact from the disposed batteries.
I never thought that I would agree with Piobaire on an environmental issue, but he has a point.
What environmental issue do you disagree with me on?
Other then the Roadster, which is nice looking golf cart - I've driven them quite a few times too - the Tesla company as a whole makes some nice vaporware.
+1. I see a lot of them here in the Bay Area, and even toured and knew people who worked at the San Carlos facility. I'm a fan of the Elise, so the design is nice, but the rest of the car is bleh. Tesla is the master of marketing and making vaporware. They'll talk about how affordable the sedan is and about its great range, but they also try and hide the fact you toss out affordable to buy the heavy, larger, long-range battery pack. I'd rather grab Fisker's electric car over the Tesla. As for the future of electric cars, I guess there could be a good use for these glorified golf carts for city use, but until something like quick charging, like they're researching with capacitors, takes off, it's not all that viable. Driving from SF to LA takes me 5 hours without a gas stop, but in a Tesla, it would take a day, because I would need to stop someplace to charge it overnight. The other issue is that the current incarnation of electric cars will be difficult to be accepted by people living in apartments, because I don't think too many people want to run a long extension cord across a parking lot or to the sidewalk to their parked car.
+1,000. People get emotional when you discuss this car and god forbid, it should be anything disparaging. Roikins, I toured the old factory and knew a lot of people that worked (everyone got canned in a bad, bad, bad manner) for them. The company on a whole is a joke, even with Daimler's investment. I saw two at the Stanford mall a few weeks ago and thought to myself "Fail"
Yeah, the people working there got dumped hard. My sister was good friends with one of the techs/mechanics, and he was bitching about it.
Because drag racing is dangerous and makes you look like a douchebag.
That's why I said it lighthearted to the guy, but you don't have to drag race your car to be driving it "sporty." If you need to baby your roadster and drive it slowly and carefully to save precious battery power, you might as well be driving an electric SMART car. Besides, I've never and will likely never see a Tesla show up at any track event I'm driving at, so might as well see his golf cart silently speed away to 45mph.