Know It Or Blow It

Some of my co-workers drive a specific car brand, and I must say I’m inclined to buy one myself.

However, during a business trip to Denmark last week, somebody told me about the Tesla Roadster. 0-60mph in less than 4 seconds (faster than a standard Porsche!), 130mph peak (fast enough) and looking very good (like the Lotus Elise, another car I’m looking into).

So, what’s the catch ? This sports car of your green dreams is a plug-in electric vehicle… Not a Hybrid, electricity all the way!

As they said on Top Gear: “I know that will have got a couple of groans from the audience. But bear with me here, as this isn’t like any of those horribly cynical early efforts. The ones produced by global car companies trying to deflect attention from their tree-flattening SUV money-makers. This one’s different. No, really, it is. “

I’m seriously considering this. I’m not an environmentalist at all, but this one looks nice, is (somewhat) affordable, and will be faster (for the first mile(s)) than these bloudy 911’s Too bad it has a waitinglist till next year, and only available in the US for now, however, there might be a way to get and import it… Let’s see what the RDW has to say on this.

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at 12:35 and is filed under Gadgets, Remarkable.