I have driven the future and it is Tesla

[e30onBBSs]

my friends grandpa got the p85, and let him drive it. Another friend filmed the dash, and my goodness the acceleration is unbelievable. 0-30 in legit a second, it's crazy.

[rwh11385]

I wonder who will be the first person to drive an EV car across country in 3 days using only recharging stations? I guarantee they will be in the news, and it will happen within a couple years.

Edmunds did it in under 3 days about 9 months ago, so within a couple years:
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/f...road-trip.html

http://jalopnik.com/they-drove-a-tesla-from-la-to-new-york-in-a-record-58-h-1699782187

59 hours, or under 2.5 days.
Comes 2.5 years after your post.


Sales: http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/03/t...-sales-report/

[Conki]

I bought at $20 and sold at $45 or something.

oh well..

I got into it a bit late. Bought at 149.5, sold at 155 right before it plummeted a couple weeks back.
I was enjoying the fall quite a bit, was planning on stocking up right before Q4 earnings report, and then BOOM Tesla PR guy decided to spill the beans on sales at the NAIAS. Thanks for the heads up, right?

[nando]

$180 a share...killing myself.

I bought at $20 and sold at $45 or something.

oh well..

[dillon7]

quoted for the mother fvcking truth.. i kick myself daily for not getting in on it at the IPO. oh well, i'm still glad to see the company's successes!

$180 a share...killing myself.

[Conki]

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/tes...charger-route/

Technically for a $2000 one time fee, but it's still a helluva deal.

[rwh11385]

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/tes...charger-route/

While likely not committed with the driving of a silver spike, Tesla has completed the first Supercharger line spanning from each coast. This achievement now makes it possible to drive a Tesla Model S from LA to NYC, recharging the vehicles exclusively through Superchargers. Best of all, at these stations, Tesla drivers can top off their tanks for free.

[decay]

To build something like that will cost as much or more than the Tesla S. I'll take the Tesla. Even to mod my MR2 to have the range and performance of the Nissan Leaf cost more than a Nissan Leaf.

well my thinking here is that they've already developed a package that plugs into the drivetrain the M4*/M5* engines use- hopefully the existing work they've done makes it cheaper than me bringing them a random make/model and saying "make this electric" and they start from scratch. for at least some of the process, they'll be saying "ok now we need another one of these..."

also, i like my car. don't really want a different one.

Howabout nearly triple the torque and 50 mile range ..... in an E9 coupe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=Qs_vIay5CRE

yeah i've seen that guy's project too. complete DIY, pretty inspirational.

[SkiFree]

there is also this:

http://insideevs.com/ev-west-builds-electric-bmw-m3-with-far-too-much-torque-video/

i kinda want to take my car to them and say "give me half the power and twice the range".

Howabout nearly triple the torque and 50 mile range ..... in an E9 coupe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qs_vIay5CRE

[herbivor]

there is also this:

http://insideevs.com/ev-west-builds-electric-bmw-m3-with-far-too-much-torque-video/

i kinda want to take my car to them and say "give me half the power and twice the range".

To build something like that will cost as much or more than the Tesla S. I'll take the Tesla. Even to mod my MR2 to have the range and performance of the Nissan Leaf cost more than a Nissan Leaf.

[decay]

there is also this:

http://insideevs.com/ev-west-builds-electric-bmw-m3-with-far-too-much-torque-video/

i kinda want to take my car to them and say "give me half the power and twice the range".

[Schnitzer318is]

Soccer moms won't buy intill there is an SUV version

Model X is coming soon...

As far as the safest vehicle in the world... I can believe it. Conspiracy theorists will be in shortly saying this is all a gov't plot to push Tesla vehicles over IC engined cars.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

Soccer moms won't buy intill there is an SUV version

[herbivor]

Safest car in the world is the Tesla S. This now has the attention of the soccer moms.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/20/autos/tesla-crash-test-score/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[rwh11385]

wishing I'd bought more Tesla stock this December. Dang. I'd bought it previously at around $22, sold at $40, it dropped back to around $25, and then I never got back in..

I was talking to a friend whose buddy got stock options from way back in the day... serious, serious bank. Pretty much anyone like him who suffered long hours and subpar pay at the start-up phase is rolling in it right now.

Solar City too would have been a good snag at the beginning of the year... up ~250%.


Irrelevant video from Laguna Seca...