А вот это уже серьёзно.
160 миль пробега на одной зарядке - малова-то конечно. Да и инфраструктура с электрическими заправками ещё в зачаточном состоянии, но начало есть. Тренд намечен. Не исключено, что будет модно, да и 50К за такую машину - не баснословно дорого. Глядишь, лет так через 10-15 будет тоже самое, как с персональными компьютерами в 15-20 лет назад.
"Five years after debuting the original electric 2-seat Roadster, Tesla shows customers its first all-new car: the $50,000, 7-passenger Model S.
Five years after shocking the automotive world by unveiling a battery-powered Lotus Elise, Elon Musk, CEO and founder of Tesla Motors, announced that his electric car company "will build a high-performance version of the Model S that will go zero to 60 (mph) in 4.5 seconds. That's faster than a Porsche 911 Carrera.
The crowd, naturally, went wild. Hundreds of deposit-paying customers had already taken quick rides around the parking lot at speeds over 70 mph when Musk drove a red pre-production Tesla Model S show car — albeit somewhat less quickly — up the ramp and onto a stage inside Tesla's U.S. factory (formerly known as NUMMI, the facility Tesla purchased from Toyota just last year and revamped for a fraction of what a new car factory normally costs to build). Production versions of the Model S will start rolling out of here in mid-2012.
"The oil companies said electric cars can't work, but the truth is, they don't want them to work," Musk said.
"But here it is," he continued. "They would say this car is the equivalent of a unicorn. Well, tonight you had the opportunity to ride a unicorn." (c)
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Originally Posted by Kadet
