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From Wikipedia: Mater (pronounced /mæːtɜːɹ/ or /meɪtɜːɹ/) is a formal term for mother, from Latin. So Doug, anti-Mater would be like my mother-in-law, right? I volunteer her for this worthy cause. :tongue:

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I'm guessing that's owner Eric (poster "Eric and Renee" from the Tesla Motors Website). At least I've surmised that Eric has a copper colored roadster, from the pictures posted after the recent LA rally. I would imagine someone who participated in that event can confirm or refute this.

Not sure if anyone has already posted this - if they did, I didn't see it. I plucked this off the Tesla webpage. YouTube - Special Report - Electric Wheels - Bloomberg

I doubt the departure of Jobs from Apple was as acrimonious as ME's departure from TESLA. For example, I don't recall any lawsuits being filed, or the back and forth recriminations. I think this particular pond is just too polluted for ME to return to TESLA. That said, if it were open for a...

Saw Martin's car in the shop at Menlo Park today. Word is he is having some upgrades done, but I didn't press for details. Sorry about the poor picture quality, but I only had my cell phone witih me.

Very cool!

Before I had my "BAT R EE" plate, the most memorable mistaken identity occurrence for me was when a coworker asked (before she knew it was my car): Did you see that gorgeous Ferrari parked outside? :biggrin:

Thanks, VFX. I wasn't aware a PV solar application like that was available. I'll look into it.

Yes, I'd like one day to have a PV system on my house, TEG. Just not sure how well it works for a Mexican tile roof like I have at the present time.

I'm guessing that trip for you would involve a recharging stop somewhere, Graham. I don't have an HPC or I'd offer my house as a place to make a stop to charge. Perhaps the charger in San Ramon makes some sense for your likely route to NAPA.

Ha! Not even close on that score. "Battery" wasn't available from the DMV, but this seems close enough to convey the status of the Roadster as an electric vehicle to those who aren't familiar with Tesla Motors. However, so far the great majority of the people who stop to talk to me already know...

Roadster in Napa This seems like as good a place as any to post my first road trip. I just got the MC240 last week, so I was hesitant to take a longer road trip on the weekend, for fear I wouldn't be able to get the car fully charged again in time to use it as my commuter to work. So today my...

I thought it would be interesting to dredge up our old "friend" at this juncture. Who was so convinced a year ago that Tesla was vaporware and the Lightning GT was IT. Here's a recent item on the GT - DUE OUT early 2010. Which is the vaporware??? 700hp Lightning GT EV on track for 2010...

Just kidding! Clearly not a big deal whatever is decided on the name.