Tesla electric sports car...

[Dr Mordrid]

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/20/tesla-roadster-unveiling-in-santa-monica/

http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0,71414-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

http://news.com.com/Electric+sports+car+packs+a+punch-will+it+sell/2100-11389_3-6096377.html

[Fluff]

Sweet, reminds me of a Lotus Elise. I want one.

Who's going to put a patent on IPv6 Network charging queue / data over ethernet. To flatten out the peaks an troughs on power station demand.

[Elie]

At $90,000, the two-seat car is out of reach of most consumers. Musk, however, said the company hopes to come out with a four-seat, four-door sub-$50,000 model in about three years. After that, an even cheaper car will emerge.

"Every successive model will be cheaper

Why can't they make them cheap so everyone can afford one?

Sheesh!!!

[Dr Mordrid]

Cost amortization, just like first-release CPU's.

[Elie]

Cost amortization over how long... 10 years?

You would think by now the initial prices would be cheaper since they want the mass market to buy into vehicles which produce less polution.

Heck I would buy the Tesla car if it were in the 20K range

[KvHagedorn]

If you consider the cost of other cars that can do 0-60 in 4 seconds, this is not too expensive. Problem is, you are limited to trips 120mi from home.

[agallag]

Sweet, reminds me of a Lotus Elise.

That's because it pretty much is one. Just had it's gasoline guts torn out, and electric stuff put it.

[GT98]

If you consider the cost of other cars that can do 0-60 in 4 seconds, this is not too expensive. Problem is, you are limited to trips 120mi from home.

A 250 Mile range is pretty impressive to me. Hell I only get about 20 MPG with the Mustang and if I let it get down to 1/4 tank I'm looking at 250-260 miles per fill up (every 5 days or so) with my commute to work and going to the GF's place a couple times a week....