The New Tesla Electric Car

If you don’t know anything about the new Tesla Model S Roadster than it’s time to learn. The Tesla cars are currently the only car company to make electric vehicles exclusively.

Initially was funded by the guy who created PayPal and sold it for an extraordinary amount of money to eBay. Now that it seems that the Tesla is here to stay when Chrysler decided to invest in the company as they have just bought 10% of its shares.

The Tesla will soon have two production cars ready for 2011. The sporty Roadster that has a pure carbon fibre body and can go 0-60 mph in just 3.9 seconds. The more practical Model S is also purely electric and has a range of 300 miles before needing to be recharged. And when you do need to recharge it, it can be quick-charged in just 45 minutes. But this isn’t your ordinary sedan as it too is sporty. It can go 0-60 mph in just 5.6 seconds.

If you are a serious environmentalist, make sure that if you get one of these cars, or any other EV for that matter, that you get you electricity from a renewable energy source. If you are one of the unfortunates who get their power from coal powered plants, you can always set up solar panels above your garage to charge up the EV.

If you are seriously thinking about getting the Tesla you might be surprised about the price. Despite what GM says about battery costs, the Model S has a starting price of just $49,900 with the Roadster starting at $101,500.

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