http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/ Engadget Comments for Tesla Roadster to bid adieu in 2011, successor coming in 2013 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/YAY
I cant believe it.
I wish this was an iPad discussion]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
"I'm Johnathan Ive and I talk..........with.... a lot..... of silences.... between.... words. Also, the iPad is........is.......so............. maaaaagicaal... "

PS I like Ive, he seems a great guy, but his part of the iPad promo video... It seems like he forgot all the words and just can say "magical".]]>Jan 30th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Good God, Engadget should start banning every post that contains iPad that isn't on an iPad article. This is becoming ridiculous...

[but not this post ;) ]]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/I sure the fuck do!!! For an electric vehicle, this thing hauls serious ass. Yeah, i kinda get your point, but I'll take this over my Dodge Magnum any day.]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/do it lotus]]>Jan 30th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Seriously. This thing may not be a murcielago, but from everything I've seen it holds true to the classic Lotus performance trend. An extremely light vehicle that may not have the extreme amounts of power, but because its so light you can achieve those high speeds, and again, because its light, you can carry massive amounts of speed through a turn.

Electric motors deliver 100% of torque at 0 RPM. NO internal combustion engine can match that. Even if this only sets the stage for other, larger manufactures to add electric engines to their vehicles for off the line power, this vehicle is relevant.

Also, if you get the Roadster, I don't suppose you'd want to toss the Magnum my way eh? I'm kinda in love with them. lol]]>Jan 30th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Thats why I said for an electric vehicle...

Yes they are sweet... love my mag.]]>Jan 30th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Fact: An electric car has a larger carbon footprint than a Hummer H2 until the 11th year you drive it. (and I'm not even sure if the study factored in replacement battery packs!!!)]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
The only initial downside to electric that I can see is the initial cost. A range of 300 miles is not a big deal. I'm a pilot so I fly if I'm going farther than that.]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Funny, I just watched a re-run of Top Gear a couple evenings back and they were testing the Tesla Roadster. Tesla claims 150-mile range of hard driving but the boys at Top Gear managed only 55. Even with easy driving, I think 244 would be a hard number to hit.]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
And don't forget that a petrol driven hard will also not really reach the claimed economy figures. Top Gear achieved 1.7 mpg with a Ferrari 599, and a Toyota Prius did 17.2 mpg.]]>Jan 30th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
You really need to start thinking for yourself rather than spew erroneous "facts" like that. Please explain yourself lest some people reading your words fall into the same ignorance trap -- unless you are just being a sarcastic insult comic and I'm missing the joke.]]>Jan 30th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
1) Can you link me to the source of that fact?
2) Does that fact take into account the pollutants released into the environment by the refining of the oil used in that hummer?
]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
formetopoopon will never cite a source because what he is stating is simply NOT TRUE. An electric drive train is 80% efficient where as an ICE is only 32% efficient (in how they apply energy to displacement) so even if all electricity came from a coal plant, an electric car would still be significantly cleaner. In mass alone the carbon footprint of a Hummer can't compare to that of a Roadster. Nonsense.]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
http://www.greencars.za.net/hummer-vs-prius-the-facts/]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
The Nissan Leaf will sell for around $28,000, and battery replacement is covered under the lease. Likewise with the $16,000 Think City.

And the batteries don't die in 5 years. They wear down to 80% capacity in 10-15 years, then the company replaces them for you. Show me an internal combustion vehicle that can go 10 years with no maintinence, hm?]]>Jan 30th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Err, if you read your link you'll see that they concluded that the Prius was many times less energy intensive to build and operate than the Hummer. Did you just google, then blindly post the first result? ]]>Jan 30th 2010 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Your google-fu makes me laugh]]>Jan 31st 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Seriously some people are unable to reflect and realize they are wrong. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/tbh i think telsa are further along in the development than any other company. They could license their stuff out i suppose.]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/You have to learn to walk before you can run.

Remember that the earliest automobiles built in the 20th century could only be purchased by the wealthiest people.

The lessons learned from those hand-built cars enabled Ford to mass produce the model T.
]]>Jan 30th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Ford hasn't taken any bailout money, only loans (which have to be paid back). Unless you paid for your house in full, loans aren't bad. Giving out free money to GM is.

Lets not bash companies that don't take free handouts by lumping them together with those who do. It shows that you don't care enough about the issue to learn some basic facts.]]>Jan 30th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Keep in mind Ford never took any government bailout money or loan. They also posted a profit of $2.9 billion for 2009. Seems a long way from "basically almost went bankrupt".]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
It's best I correct you before some eco-tard does. Tesla did report a profit back in July of last year. They claimed they made 1 million dollars. Since then, they have not reported any profits. So, before the eco-tards get to you to claim how profitable Tesla is, I just wanted to get the facts out there that they reported only one (1) profitable month. ]]>Jan 30th 2010 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/
Due to technological limitations, a lot of the energy recaptured by say; regenerative breaking is lost. In the future you will see ultra capacitors become commonplace and they will aid in retaining as much of this energy as possible, so that it can be stored in the battery.]]>Jan 30th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 30th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/tesla-roadster-to-bid-adieu-in-2011-successor-coming-in-2013/Jan 31st 2010 9:59AM