Tessla at the Gadget Show Pics

[trebor]

Went to the Gadget Show at NEC Birmingham earlier today and took a few pictures of the all electric Tessla S

Starts at £54k, 0-6 in under 5 seconds for this rear wheel version, top speed just over 150mph and range of around 275 miles on one charge.

Take a look at the centre console which is where most of it is controlled from , you could even close the sunroof from it and choose what % you wanted it left open !

Later this year a cheaper Tessla will hit the UK at around 35k US Dollars and there is also a large 4 x 4 on the cards

[topman]

yes the new one is the tesla three.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35940302

I think they are brilliant, never beem in one. What did you think of it trebor?

[Scaramanga]

Wow.

However, I find my head unit distracting enough and its 10 times smaller!

[OddSox]

It's okay...I love it...!

Not my choice of future car though...

[neilbaker86]

Having driven an electric vehicle recently (the Nissan Leaf), I can assure you the future is most definitely electric vehicles, they will make cars with internal combustion engines seem like relics (which they are).

[trebor]

Originally Posted by topman

yes the new one is the tesla three.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35940302

I think they are brilliant, never beem in one. What did you think of it trebor?

After today I am in love is all I can say , they are maybe expensive but no fuel costs, and the motor has around 8/9 components that's all so not much servicing involved

[Dorset Bob]

I just saw an article today, saying that the Tesla Model 3, due to be launched late 2017, has over a quarter of a million pre-orders.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35953817

Interesting to note that with the shear volumes, it is anticipated that battery prices will plummet.
The high cost of the batteries has always been the bugbear, so there could be a serious future for these type of vehicles.

I like the look of it!

[geofftl1000r]

With the expected number of sales there might be queues for the fast chargers.
I would consider a Tesla as I very rarely travel over 200 miles. But that might change if I had a car that was free to run!

[Ravinder]

That is actually quite nice. Look at that screen though

[Lovel]

Originally Posted by neilbaker86

Having driven an electric vehicle recently (the Nissan Leaf), I can assure you the future is most definitely electric vehicles, they will make cars with internal combustion engines seem like relics (which they are).

Really ! I don't think they are a long term the answer at all. Not including the future population explosion, if everyone changed from petrol to electric the supply of lithium for the batteries alone are estimated to last in region of 15-30years. In this ever diminishing resource obsessed and consumer led world that we live in we are using it all up too fast, and the movement to batteries and electric for phones, laptops, cars etc all contribute to that dwindling resources on a massive scale.

Once the electric car get to about 10 years old it is believed that the prohibitive battery costs (estimated £19k for Nisaan LeaF) will most likely render the car scrap, which kind of negates the ECO marketing scam of these polluters doesn't it?

I think its bad enough worrying about the battery level on my iPhone, never mind the stress if the car was going to make it 70 miles in a rural location. I dont want any more networks of cables, pillars and pylons and turbines polluting my (our) unscathed beautiful countryside either for town dwellers to gorge on with their greed for leccy.
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