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bennelson 04-19-2010 07:25 PM

Tesla vs Electro-Metro!
 
Hey EVeryone!

Tomorrow, I am taking the Electro-Metro to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station!

There will be a Tesla Roadster there as well, but I am pretty sure all the TV crews are coming out to see the homebrew Metro.

I mean WHO NEEDS 200+ miles per charge and crazy acceleration when they could have $10 hub caps, an open source controller, and a dashboard virtual picture frame!

So anyways, I'm taking my camera and will try to get some nice photos of low-budget meeting high-budget.

Maybe if I really beg, they will allow me to stare at the Tesla. :rolleyes:

MadisonMPG 04-19-2010 07:45 PM

Remember to bring up cost per mile/HP etc. (your Metro should win that race ALL day)

KITT222 04-19-2010 08:38 PM

An EV charging station? Already? Wow. Sure surprising to me. The media should be more interested in the Electro-Metro. Truth is though, I'd rather take a Tesla, then gut it, and shove the EV components into something like an Aveo. $10 hubcaps, plus a 200+ mile range.

Angmaar 04-19-2010 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bennelson (Post 171295)
Hey EVeryone!

Tomorrow, I am taking the Electro-Metro to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station!

There will be a Tesla Roadster there as well, but I am pretty sure all the TV crews are coming out to see the homebrew Metro.

I mean WHO NEEDS 200+ miles per charge and crazy acceleration when they could have $10 hub caps, an open source controller, and a dashboard virtual picture frame!

So anyways, I'm taking my camera and will try to get some nice photos of low-budget meeting high-budget.

Maybe if I really beg, they will allow me to stare at the Tesla. :rolleyes:

Is the EV Charing Station being opened in Wisconsin? If so where?

bennelson 04-19-2010 09:26 PM

This will take place at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

11:00 AM
Tues April 20th, 2010

It will be the ribbon cutting for a ChargePoint Station.

Angmaar 04-19-2010 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bennelson (Post 171307)
This will take place at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

11:00 AM
Tues April 20th, 2010

It will be the ribbon cutting for a ChargePoint Station.

That would be awesome to see. Sadly I have school.

I don't think my parents will let me call in sick for school to see the first EV charging station. :(

bennelson 04-19-2010 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadisonMPG (Post 171296)
Remember to bring up cost per mile/HP etc. (your Metro should win that race ALL day)

I suppose that if a person bought both cars, and put 100,000 miles on each of them, the cost per mile would be about a dollar for the Tesla and a penny for the Metro!

Christopher Jordan 04-19-2010 11:25 PM

I wouldn't suggest racing the Tesla. I understand they wipe out Porsches =:-0

Bicycle Bob 04-20-2010 04:36 PM

Who else remembers that the first Porsche was an all-wheel drive electric off-road train? It was used to haul munitions to the trenches in WW1, at about 4 MPH.

bennelson 04-20-2010 04:37 PM

I got to ride in a Tesla! (The blue one. Thanks Carl!)

Here are some photos:
MobileMe Gallery

More later!

-Ben

http://gallery.me.com/benhdvideoguy/...12717942800001

http://gallery.me.com/benhdvideoguy/...12717944530001


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