Tesla Roadster (and Truck)

[Arthur]

The torque figure for the Roadster is crazy!

 

Roadster: https://www.tesla.com/roadster/

Truck: https://www.tesla.com/semi/

 

Roadster Base Specs

Acceleration (0-60 mph):  1.9 sec
Acceleration (0-100 mph): 4.2 sec
Acceleration (1/4 mile):  8.8 sec
Top Speed: Over 250 mph
Wheel Torque: 10,000 Nm
Mile Range: 620 miles
Seating: 4
Drive: All-Wheel Drive

Base Price: $200,000
Base Reservation: $50,000

Founders Series Price: $250,000
Founders Series Reservation 
(1,000 reservations available): $250,000

 

 

Truck Base Specs

Acceleration 0-60 mph with 80k lbs (~36,000 kg): 20 sec
Speed up a 5% Grade: 65 mph
Mile Range: 300 or 500 miles
Powertrain: 4 Independent Motors on Rear Axles
Energy Consumption: Less than 2 kWh / mile
Fuel Savings: $200,000+

 

[3s-gtech]

As an engineer, I love the whole concept that they're working on. Are we making money? No. Are we driving technology and innovation? Yes.

 

Long may it be that they can afford to do this, because I think it's the key to sustainable transport and home energy. And maybe, eventually, that'll pay off in terms of financial investment and point other companies in that direction. Much as I love regular cars, transport needs to go this way.

[zag]

Probably the most influential company on the world since Apple.

 

They are leading and others have finally woken up and will follow.

 

I still think their biggest business will be the home battery storage market in the future.

[TechMonkey]

I still think their biggest business will be the home battery storage market in the future.

And their solar tiles.

[sparkeh]

Extended highlights of the reveal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31xvmvAq8ms

[zag]

Some great quotes from Elon in there. What a Legend!

 

"The point of doing this is to give a Hardcore smackdown to Gasoline cars"

 

"10,000nm of torque. you know what that means? It's stupid..."

 

“Driving a gasoline sports car is going to feel like a steam engine with a side of quiche.”

 

“And this is the feature I like best.... Thermonuclear explosion-proof glass. Survives a nuclear explosion or you get a full refund”

Edited November 17, 2017 by zag

[sted]

Would anyone like to take a guess how many months/years their release will be delayed that does appear to be the constant with teslas they cant make dates

[jthompson]

Come back to me when they win Le Mans

[zag]

Not really, only the Model X was late, all other cars have shipped in the timescales set.

 

They learned from the Model X not to over-complicate the engineering side of things apparently.

[bondbill2k2]

Good to see some major freight companies getting behind this including DHL, Walmart, J.B Hunt and others now at over 200 orders for a truck thats untested and not out for another 2 years. In an interview with JB Hunt they said all buyers interested in the trucks get a tour of their production facilities and the early prototype trucks before placing the order so they must be pretty happy! Sure its small numbers for their fleets but still progress is being made in a field, if it goes well for just the current buyers that's combined fleets vehicles into the tens of thousands

[bondbill2k2]

Speak of the devil

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/7/16746054/tesla-semi-truck-preorder-anheuser-busch-budweiser

[nicholab]

I can see London banning diesel lorries from entry soon.

[sippo]

Tesla, and other electric vehicles, are great but I think it was off yet. It's too expensive and there isn't enough infrastructure in place. For example, there are no places in work for me to charge a car if it was required.

 

Also not enough electric charging points in public places.

[TechMonkey]

Tesla, and other electric vehicles, are great but I think it was off yet. It's too expensive and there isn't enough infrastructure in place. For example, there are no places in work for me to charge a car if it was required.

 

Also not enough electric charging points in public places.

 

But this is a chicken and egg situation. No chargers because no one sees the need, no need as no chargers. There needs to be some future vision and investment. Maybe you could suggest to the school to look into getting some installed? Get some publicity as being a forward looking school, link it with a cross curricular project, get the company in to do a presentation?

 

There are more chargers around then I think you would realize. 5639 by one sites tally. 62 Tesla chargers available or coming soon alone. In 2013 there were 8,455 petrol stations.

[woodham]

In 2013 there were 8,455 petrol stations. the key thing here is that 1 petrol station can servce a few hundred cars every hour where as 1 charging point = 1 car for usually several hours . and our national grid would collapse if we moved the major wagon fleets to electric it just about copes now when we all put the kettle on

[difinity]

We don't have masses of excess or cheap electricity in this country.

We couldn't all switch to electric vehicles even if we could afford to. There just isn't enough electricity produced and on order to ensure future supplies we have to sign up to overpriced outsourced nuclear.

And whilst the orders for new trucks are good. Even big deposits aren't covering Tesla's daily losses.

They need to sort the Model 3 production issues in order to survive I think.

[sted]

Tesla, and other electric vehicles, are great but I think it was off yet. It's too expensive and there isn't enough infrastructure in place. For example, there are no places in work for me to charge a car if it was required.

 

Also not enough electric charging points in public places.

 

and where they are is daft. i dont see the point of chargers at asda odds on most people who go there live within 10 miles so why do they need a charger? ikea makes sense motorway service stations make sense as do city centre car parks/office blocks etc

[unixman_again]

We don't have masses of excess or cheap electricity in this country.

We couldn't all switch to electric vehicles even if we could afford to. There just isn't enough electricity produced and on order to ensure future supplies we have to sign up to overpriced outsourced nuclear.

 

Not if we dug up all of the coal and build a couple of big, coal fired power stations. (For coal power stations big is beautiful.) All the nice cheap electrickery we want!

[difinity]

Not if we dug up all of the coal and build a couple of big, coal fired power stations. (For coal power stations big is beautiful.) All the nice cheap electrickery we want!

 

 

Would that be some of that "clean coal" Trump talks about ? Otherwise those electric cars suddenly aren't very environmental.

I'm for British built and owned nuclear power. Why doesn't that happen ?

[unixman_again]

I didn't say coal was clean, but it is cheap. I think coal is very clean, until you set fire to it.

[woodham]

Would that be some of that "clean coal" Trump talks about ? Otherwise those electric cars suddenly aren't very environmental.

I'm for British built and owned nuclear power. Why doesn't that happen ?

 

 

 

Electric cars have never been enviromental its just moving the polution elsewhere

[3s-gtech]

Nonsense. They can be clean, it just can't be assumed. The more the grid moves to renewable sources, the greener they become. If a Tesla owner has a home charge system (or imagine a big distribution centre with solar panels on the roof) the electricity to charge the vehicles is clean.

[woodham]

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/aug/10/electric-cars-big-battery-waste-problem-lithium-recycling creating the batteries is an issue too (i like solar it makes more sence than wind power and should be compulsery on all new builds)