Tesla Motors on NPR

[doug]

Just heard segment about Tesla Motors on NPR's All Things Considered. They must have recorded it a while ago because it included Jeremy describing the car.

Most likely it will be available online shortly.

 

[TEG]

I assume you mean Jeremy Cleland not Jeremy Snyder (nor Jeremy Clarkson!)...

 

[stopcrazypp]

Here it is online:

Electric Car Manufacturer Hopes To Generate Sales : NPR

This says 70 roadsters have been delivered so far, another number I have heard was 80. So it is still a fairly slow pace. They probably need to figure out a faster assembly process so they can hit 30 per week, which would a better pace given the number of orders.

 

[doug]

JB on NPR

Heard this on the radio this morning: Can Plug-in Cars Energize The Auto Industry? : NPR

Can Plug-in Cars Energize The Auto Industry?

Talk of the Nation, November 21, 2008 · Experts discuss the future of electric cars, and whether bailout money with "green strings" attached might jolt Detroit into focusing on plug-in and hybrid cars. Find out about Tesla's slick plug-in sports car and a hybrid handcrafted for even more savings at the pump.

Guests:
Sherry Boschert, vice-president, Plug In America, San Francisco, Calif.; author, "Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America"
Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis; member of the California Air Resources Board, automotive seat
JB Straubel, chief technical officer, Tesla Motors, Inc., San Carlos, Calif.
Tony Markel, senior engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo.