What Happens To The Tesla Roadster
Date: Nov 19th, 2007 7:20:06 pm - Subscribe
Mood: buzzed
Almost everybody is excited about the new Tesla Roadster and because some car enthusiast can no longer wait for the next version of the most anticipated electric car, they tried to do something about it. To make sure that people who are interested in getting what they expect from the Tesla, as a part of the Customer Drive program in October, they provided some prototype drives to prove such. One of those lucky enough to get behind the wheel was Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Michael 'Flea' Balzary. Below are some of his comments regarding the experience:
"I get into it and pull away from the curb…… dead silence wow!!!!…. Man it was unbelievable. It drove like nothing I have ever been in before, made my Porsche feel like a golf cart! It took off like a rocket ship, handled so sensitively, it was just amazing and fun and thrilling. I am so happy I went with my gut and bought that car. Yeah it is a long wait, but man, the thing is awesome. The silence makes ya feel like you are floating, and it just rocks, it was the funnest car, I have ever been in, with the possible exception of Hillel Slovak’s Datsun B210 in 1979, he was the only guy I knew who had a car, and we listened to lot of Zeppelin in there…. To enjoy driving as much as is possible in that Tesla, and to pollute nothing, no emissions, into the air, is a great great feeling."
Flea also plans to use the solar power in his home as a source of electricity to recharge the batteries of the new Tesla. Too bad, the car will be coming out in the US car market in the spring of 2008. But it doesn’t have the Mercedes struts. Nice. For a great new video of the Tesla in action, check out a clip from Mahalo Daily!
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