Wir wollen jedem, der sich für die Eigenheiten des Marktes für Elektroautos und für die Technologie an sich begeistert, einen Artikel des “Wired” Magazine ans Herz legen. Er beschreibt den Werdegang der kalifornischen Firma “Tesla Motors”. Tesla stellt zur Zeit den einizigen Elektrosportwagen in Serienproduktion her. Den Tesla Roadster. 288 PS, 3,7 Sek, auf 100 km/h, 300 km Reichweite, rein elektrisch. Noch Fragen?
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/09/ff_tesla/
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“The startup’s audacious business plan had three steps. First, develop a high-end, high-performance sports car to prove that electric vehicles were both cool and feasible. Second, roll out a luxury sedan that would compete with high-end brands like BMW and Mercedes. Third, produce hundreds of thousands of low-cost electric vehicles for the masses.”
“Holy crap, this place is big,” he says, but then he flashes a smile. “It’s perfect.”
“At the same time, it provided 200 kilowatts of juice—enough to let the 288-horsepower motor rocket the Roadster from 0 to 60 in less than four seconds.”
“We need to make an electric Smart car in six weeks,” Musk said. “Can you do it?”
“Straubel walked over to the finance department. “I need $20,000 in cash in a bag right now,” he said. “We’re sending someone to Tijuana to buy a Smart car.”
“Straubel called Musk and told him the car was ready for the Germans.”
“Elon has huge steel balls,” his ex-wife notes on her blog. “He truly does.”
“Sweet,” Musk says while examining the data. “We’re gonna have the highest torsional frequency ever.”
“We could have 250,000 cars coming out of here in five years.”
“I’m not staring into the abyss of death anymore,” Musk says. “I’m just eating glass now.”