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Post by Marc on May 12, 2013 17:47:58 GMT -6
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this......A Tesla actually out on the street! I didn't think that any of them had been sold. I spotted it in a shopping center in Bedford, NY. One big PITA about it......it turns out that the nearest service place for it is in the Queens section of NYC, at least 50 miles from Bedford.   |
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Post by white2002aurora on May 12, 2013 18:46:33 GMT -6
That is a mean looking car! I love it, now that's an electric car done right. Not that I don't love the Volt as i'd own one if I had money and a garage to charge it in.
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Post by XJSman89 on May 12, 2013 19:36:25 GMT -6
A guy I went to college has one. It's a pretty cool looking car! He has to be home by 10 at night though or he won't have enough juice to get to work in the morning. ;D
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Post by lkraft92 on May 12, 2013 19:45:26 GMT -6
i knew they have been selling them for a little while. i have never seen one in person, but i really want too. it is one of my favorite 4-door cars. i think the design is near perfect. the range is a lot better than previous all electric cars, but charging takes forever without a supercharger station. still a great car none the less.
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Post by Marc on May 12, 2013 20:13:57 GMT -6
but charging takes forever without a supercharger station. With a supercharger station, charging time is 1/2 hour to get to 1/2 charge. www.teslamotors.com/supercharger |
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Post by roara on May 12, 2013 20:54:39 GMT -6
A guy I went to college has one. It's a pretty cool looking car! He has to be home by 10 at night though or he won't have enough juice to get to work in the morning. ;D Aha, the 'ol Tesla curfew  |
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Post by roara on May 12, 2013 21:00:36 GMT -6
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Post by nelson480 on May 12, 2013 21:06:55 GMT -6
Its a great looking car, too bad it doesnt have a real engine in it..
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Post by RCA1186 on May 13, 2013 6:10:25 GMT -6
Saw one of these out a month or two ago, I have a picture somewhere, I know the facebook crowd saw it haha
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Post by scottyaurorav8 on May 13, 2013 6:39:25 GMT -6
It looks like someone took the badges off that supercharged jaguar xf and replaced them with a T. LoL
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Post by rorafan on May 13, 2013 9:04:36 GMT -6
Interesting timing...I saw my first one in the wild last week! This was in a small town south of St. Paul, MN on the main drag through town. Nice silver color and a gorgeous car overall.
I had to do a double take because same here - I can't imagine there are many around.
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Post by bobsblue95 on May 13, 2013 15:08:08 GMT -6
The back with no exhaust tips looks as wierd as our front, with no intake. |
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Post by my1stluv on May 13, 2013 18:05:00 GMT -6
Sweet car... Pay for gas or pay for electricity your still paying |
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Post by bobsblue95 on May 14, 2013 7:20:29 GMT -6
Wonder if an Aurora could be fitted with a Volt drivetrain... hmm
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Post by sall on May 14, 2013 7:23:56 GMT -6
Sweet car... Pay for gas or pay for electricity your still paying ... and still about the same emissions to boot. The energy has to come form somewhere. |
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Post by white2002aurora on May 16, 2013 6:07:05 GMT -6
Meh, to me that's not the point. I am not worried about emissions at all as I honestly believe the earth is just going through one of it's cyclical changes that does and has happened in the past. The reason I want one is to avoid the pump as honestly most of my trips are 30 miles or less on average.
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Post by RCA1186 on May 16, 2013 6:13:13 GMT -6
Sweet car... Pay for gas or pay for electricity your still paying Not if you use a charging station like a few places I know have now....or leach your neighbors electricity ;D |
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Post by XJSman89 on May 16, 2013 8:40:24 GMT -6
Not if you use a charging station like a few places I know have now....or leach your neighbors electricity ;D The electricity still comes from somewhere, the pollution is just being made somewhere else haha. |
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Post by RCA1186 on May 16, 2013 11:03:04 GMT -6
Not if you use a charging station like a few places I know have now....or leach your neighbors electricity ;D The electricity still comes from somewhere, the pollution is just being made somewhere else haha. Well duh lol, I was talking about the monetary aspect and not if your house used solar power haha, although I'm sure that would mean some longer charge times |
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Post by XJSman89 on May 16, 2013 11:41:27 GMT -6
Charge time would depend on the amount of power avaliable, which depends on the size of the array. If you covered your roof in them I bet you could get a decent charge haha
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Post by RCA1186 on May 16, 2013 13:42:12 GMT -6
well there you go, zero emission free fuel haha, just have to spend a couple hundred grand first
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Post by kbpickle on May 17, 2013 19:53:28 GMT -6
News item from North Carolina:
State new car dealerships have influenced our legislators to support a bill to prevent Tesla from using its direct sale business model in our state.
No political comment, just a report for your consideration.
Ken
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