Reply to: Tesla Motors Charged Up for Big Growth in 2012Posted by Martin Schwartz in reply to this
articleUnlike hybrids, Tesla is a purely electric vehicle. Unlike other
potential future all electric vehicles, Tesla's sedan has been
engineered from the ground up to be an electric vehicle. Their roadster
was an adaptation of a lotus chasis (gasoline powered) to Tesla's
proprietary battery/motor system and was used to prove the technology
over millions of miles.
Tesla's first sedans will be the most
expensive, with each subsequent model to be lesser in price. So the
four door sedan available in mid 2012 will be priced at over 80K with
subsequent versions a few months later at 65K followed a few months
later by versions of the sedan at 50K.
The crossover, to follow
in 2013 will be priced with versions still lower and the X (SUV)
models in 2014 at 35K. Tesla's work force is doubling every 6 months
and there are 200 applicants for every position available. Lithion ion
batteries are becoming less expensive and recent breakthroughs in speed
of recharging and magnitude of storage capacity will result in dramatic
rethinking in the all electric markets. Tesla will be a leader in the
as it is easily capable of being early adaptors of all advances in
battery technology.
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Reply to: Tesla Motors Charged Up for Big Growth in 2012
Posted by Martin Schwartz in reply to this article
Unlike hybrids, Tesla is a purely electric vehicle. Unlike other
potential future all electric vehicles, Tesla's sedan has been
engineered from the ground up to be an electric vehicle. Their roadster
was an adaptation of a lotus chasis (gasoline powered) to Tesla's
proprietary battery/motor system and was used to prove the technology
over millions of miles.
Tesla's first sedans will be the most
expensive, with each subsequent model to be lesser in price. So the
four door sedan available in mid 2012 will be priced at over 80K with
subsequent versions a few months later at 65K followed a few months
later by versions of the sedan at 50K.
The crossover, to follow
in 2013 will be priced with versions still lower and the X (SUV)
models in 2014 at 35K. Tesla's work force is doubling every 6 months
and there are 200 applicants for every position available. Lithion ion
batteries are becoming less expensive and recent breakthroughs in speed
of recharging and magnitude of storage capacity will result in dramatic
rethinking in the all electric markets. Tesla will be a leader in the
as it is easily capable of being early adaptors of all advances in
battery technology.