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    Model S Specifications, Teases and Leaks

    Looks like Kevin Rose took his pictures down. Someone else has uploaded them though, but not quite in as high resolution: GM-Volt's photostream
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    Model S Specifications, Teases and Leaks

    The interior shot was taken with a different camera on March 23. A bunch of people on flickr seem suspicious of the screen in the interior shot. They cite a lack of glare from the screen on the surrounding bezel - but if you notice around the instrument display there is glare only to a point...
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    Tesla in deal with Daimler

    We have the B class in Canada - it starts at $29,900.00 CDN. Link The B class isn't in the US?
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    Roadster on Top Gear

    According to the blog post here, Iain Morrison did the 1/4 in 12.75s at 104.74mph. This was not in a production car.
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    Roadster on Top Gear

    The Lotus Exige's average speed is 119kph, not mph, so that's ~71mph average. It may be that the Roadster will hit its top speed at some point on the track, but I think that the time loss from that will be small compared to the losses from braking and cornering due to the extra weight of the...
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    Roadster on Top Gear

    I did the math, and the speeds listed are the average speed for the lap. My guess is also that the Roadster will be in the high 1:20s if not 30s. I think that the weight is going to kill it in the corners. I don't think that the top speed will be an issue. I could be wrong, but I just...
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    Another gearbox discussion

    From my non-expert automotive understanding... I think that you have a misunderstanding of the purpose of the reduction gear. If the ratio was lower, say 1:1, then for every revolution of motor, the wheels would have one revolution. This would be great, at 10k RPM of the motor, the wheels...