Surprise! Some of Tesla's "highly technical customer base" just don't GET efficiency

[roflwaffle]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Aside from that there's some interesting stuff in the piece, like this chart of range vs. speed for the Roadster:

Well, at least it illustrates how even electric motors can benefit from proper gearing. Not that any of the roadster's drivers care about efficient at a steady ~15ph.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Christ

Seems like a Tesla might not be the ideal vehicle for that situation?

Yeah, plus I often pick up a few bales of hay or sacks of horse feed on the way, to save them the trip. The thought of drivig a Tesla with a bale of alfalfa in the passenger seat somehow just doesn't seem right :-)

[wdb]

I don't care how far it goes, I crave one anyway. (And I have averaged 17MPH on a bicycle for 100+ miles.)

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by wdb

I don't care how far it goes, I crave one anyway.

...remember the old saying: "...beauty is only skin deep..." because once the battery goes flat, it's gonna be one heck of a l-o-n-g walk lugging that extension cord.

[thatguitarguy]

People who will spend $100,000 on a car, aren't necessarily smart about cars. They're making a statement. They may think the statement is, "I'm rich and I'm green", but it may be closer to, "I'm rich and clueless."

Me - I'd love to get 220 miles at 60 MPH, but with as much fun as it's supposed to be pushing the accelerator of a Tesla, I might end up without a clue myself.

[Christ]

So it's not the accelerator pedal, so much as the de-evolution pedal?

[thatguitarguy]

Uuhhhggggg!!!!!! (Neanderthal for "faster".)

[Christ]

LOL! I needed that laugh.

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by thatguitarguy

Uuhhhggggg!!!!!! (Neanderthal for "faster".)

...ah, ha! a new TV-role for those two, out-of-work GEICO "cavemen" (ha,ha)! Tesla salesmen!