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04-15-2009, 09:09 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg One of the Roadsters went 241 miles on a single charge in a recent alternative energy vehicle rally in the south of France and Monaco. (http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/04/13/daily4.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2011_Tesla_S_Sedan_Drivers_Side_Front_Profile_Headline.jpgSteven E.F. Brown - Los Angeles Business (http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/) - April 13, 2009
There's a vote of confidence if I ever saw one! --Ed.
Electric car business Tesla Motors Inc. took 711 reservations, at $5,000 a pop, for its model S sedan, due out in late 2011, in the two weeks since it first showed the car.
That adds up to $3.5 million for the company, although the $5,000 reservation fees are refundable.
The sedan model will cost about $57,500 each, although owners will be eligible for a $7,500 tax credit, cutting the cost to about $50,000.
Using a $4.25-per-gallon guess at future gas prices, Tesla’s math says the sedan “is equivalent to a gas guzzler with a sticker price of about $35,000.”
Meanwhile, bare-bones models of popular hybrids by Honda and Toyota cost about $21,000 in the U.S., and with more features cost around $30,000.
Tesla’s sedan will have a range from 160 miles to 300 miles depending on the battery pack. Other, longer-range batteries will cost more, but the... http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/04/13/daily4.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2011_Tesla_S_Sedan_Drivers_Side_Front_Profile_Headline.jpgSteven E.F. Brown - Los Angeles Business (http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/) - April 13, 2009
There's a vote of confidence if I ever saw one! --Ed.
Electric car business Tesla Motors Inc. took 711 reservations, at $5,000 a pop, for its model S sedan, due out in late 2011, in the two weeks since it first showed the car.
That adds up to $3.5 million for the company, although the $5,000 reservation fees are refundable.
The sedan model will cost about $57,500 each, although owners will be eligible for a $7,500 tax credit, cutting the cost to about $50,000.
Using a $4.25-per-gallon guess at future gas prices, Tesla’s math says the sedan “is equivalent to a gas guzzler with a sticker price of about $35,000.”
Meanwhile, bare-bones models of popular hybrids by Honda and Toyota cost about $21,000 in the U.S., and with more features cost around $30,000.
Tesla’s sedan will have a range from 160 miles to 300 miles depending on the battery pack. Other, longer-range batteries will cost more, but the... http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/04/13/daily4.html