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| Prius and Hybrid News This is a discussion on First Production Electric Tesla Roadster Delivered within the Prius and Hybrid News forums, part of the Toyota Prius Forums category; Tesla customers have been waiting ages for the electric sports car, the Roadster, to make its way to market. Today ... |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Quebec
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Tesla customers have been waiting ages for the electric sports car, the Roadster, to make its way to market. Today the company’s first production Roadster, what Tesla Chairman Elon Musk called “the first production electric car on the road since God knows when,” was delivered to the auto maker’s headquarters in San Carlos, Calif. Full Article Last edited by SyCo; 02-08-2008 at 06:27 PM. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3 | compare those pictures with the total FLAT underbody of the tesla prius only partial like you can see... |
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| AmeriKan Citizen Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #1 Nominated 3 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6 | How many are spoken for already? How long before one delivered to a dealer can actually be sold by the dealer instead of just picked up by the next owner on the list? |
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| nacreous lacquer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | As of a few months ago they had all been reserved for several months already, and the only way to get one was to pay the deposit and wait a year (probably still a year given their production delays, unless they've had cancellations). Contact Tesla for an update. |
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| AmeriKan Citizen Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #1 Nominated 3 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6 | Quote:
Those flat panels go under the lift and cover the yellow. That kinda makes me think that the panel is really only paper or plastic or something designed to mask the undercarriage so it cannot be photographed. | |
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| Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11 | Quote:
Some of the panels are cardboard (the rear one) and others are plastic. | |
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| Uneducated bird-brain Aussie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide South Australia
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 17 | I can see each of the 4 pads holding up the car. The arms of the hoist don't go right across under the car, they have rubber pads on the ends to lift under strong points near the wheels. The flat grey under body covering is there for smooth air flow, it is harder to have a totally smooth under floor on a Prius because it isn't all electric so it has an exhaust pipe which requires air flow around it. |
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11 | Quote:
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