In February/March of 2009 the Tesla Team took a Smart Car, gutted the gasoline engine and drivetrain, and replaced it with the motor and modified (smaller) battery pack from a Tesla Roadster. This was the car shown to Daimler Mercedes that led to a partnership. I got to have a test ride in this car. WOW - Front wheels off the ground quick if you were not careful, but WE all know how to feather the Tesla Accelerator Pedal, now don't we?
That experience along with riding in the Silver Alpha Model S Prototype the same night confirmed for me that EV Supercars were on the way.
I put together a little PowerPoint showing how easy it is to make an EV car faster than a McLaren F1 for about 2% of the cost. Remember when Bill Gates said "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." Well, we are starting to get there... kind of.
Loving my Model S P85 but still having fond memories of my Corvette GrandSport, I present to you the Corvesla P60D:
That experience along with riding in the Silver Alpha Model S Prototype the same night confirmed for me that EV Supercars were on the way.
I put together a little PowerPoint showing how easy it is to make an EV car faster than a McLaren F1 for about 2% of the cost. Remember when Bill Gates said "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." Well, we are starting to get there... kind of.
Loving my Model S P85 but still having fond memories of my Corvette GrandSport, I present to you the Corvesla P60D:
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