"Team of drivers—including IndyCar and American Le Mans racer Martin Plowman and Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust—will establish coast-to-coast “speed” record in a 2012 Ford Focus Electric." http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120402006538/en/Men’s-Health-Reinvents-American-Road-Trip
It would be a good real world test for a Beta Model S. Though Ford might frown on Tesla raining on their parade. :wink: Not to mention, that Tesla is not on Top Gear's "let's promote their product" list.