Tesla offers faster 'Sport' model. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds

PeakOilGarage · 01-11-2009, 02:04 PM

Tesla offers faster Sport model Peak Oil Garage
For those of you who were not satisfied with 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, there is now a new version of the Tesla Roadster that does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds.

Also, the tires are high performance and there are more carbon fiber accents on the car.

It looks amazing and I want one.

daniel · 01-13-2009, 08:38 AM

I'd have bought a Roadster if it had been available for immediate delivery when I visited their headquarters a couple of years ago. But I was never interested in its extreme performance. I just wanted an electric car, and would have much preferred something more comfortable and with more interior space, and perhaps half the range and acceleration. Tesla has a good commercial model, going for the high-end market where a small-volume company can compete. But shaving a couple tenths of seconds off the zero-to-sixty time is just gilding the lily, if you ask me.

01-11-2009, 02:04 PM	#1
PeakOilGarage Nothing less than 99.9 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 334 My Car: 2009 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Friends: 8	Tesla offers faster 'Sport' model. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds Tesla offers faster Sport model Peak Oil Garage For those of you who were not satisfied with 0-60 in 3.9 seconds, there is now a new version of the Tesla Roadster that does 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. Also, the tires are high performance and there are more carbon fiber accents on the car. It looks amazing and I want one. Attached Thumbnails

01-13-2009, 08:38 AM	#2
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 11,278 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 59 Thanked 201 Times in 127 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Tesla offers faster 'Sport' model. 0-60 in 3.7 seconds I'd have bought a Roadster if it had been available for immediate delivery when I visited their headquarters a couple of years ago. But I was never interested in its extreme performance. I just wanted an electric car, and would have much preferred something more comfortable and with more interior space, and perhaps half the range and acceleration. Tesla has a good commercial model, going for the high-end market where a small-volume company can compete. But shaving a couple tenths of seconds off the zero-to-sixty time is just gilding the lily, if you ask me. __________________ Daniel Primary car: 100% Electric 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera. Estimated range at 55 mph: 81 miles total or 64 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 70 mph. Secondary car: Zap Xebra SD, also 100% electric. 1.9 cents per mile. Range: 40 miles total, or 32 miles to 80% discharge. Top speed 35 mph. Faster downhill. Both EVs use electrons generated from water power. Gas guzzler for when I have to travel farther than 60 miles: 2004 Prius. "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

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