1 It sure looks cool.. but.. I dont live in LA, Chicago or NY.. I wonder what availablity and servicing options will be like for people out in the "boonies".

Oh ya.. I didnt see anything about price on that site, either.

2 If you have to ask. don't.  NPR says they are workign on a fmily car version if this one goes well for 40K so higher.

3 Whoah!!! this new thingy is smoking!

4 Testing comment thingy

5 Ok.. Saw a comment in the blog section of the site.. $80k-120k was mentioned.  Ya.. I think I'll stick with my Jeep.

6 Hmm...I guess I will have to stick to the wife's Nissan Maxima when I feel the need for speed. My GMC Sierra Z-71 drinks the gas, so it's slow go on it. The Tesla sounds interesting, hope my Lexus owning next-door neighbor gets one, and then maybe I can see what one looks like up close.

7 It looks interesting, but for me a big part of driving is listening to the engine. I don't expect a low hum or whine to be very satisfying.

8 Well, I have to say, it's about time. If a couple of high school dropouts from Philly can build a soybean powered sports car that does 0-60 in four seconds and gets 50 mpg in under a year using only spare parts-- a feat that the Big 3 said was impossible-- I can only imagine the type of cars a company like Tesla will be producing in five or ten years.

Reading through the website raises a really interesting question: Why can't we buy plug-in hybrids?

9 I'll say it up front: I really hate it when other people tell stories starting with "I used to know an engineer who worked for GM on a secret project. . . ."
 
So anyways, I used to know an engineer who worked for GM on a secret project.  He was a research & development guy assigned to work on electric car research.  In the course of investigating the performance potential of electric cars in the early 1990s, they built an electric car that could outrun the Corvette 0-60.  Obviously, it never made it to market.  Not sure why.

10 Kind of surprise nobody in this hub of fascism has taken the time to point out....

This is a Lefty Car: Born in California, designed by and paid for by mostly Lefties (Guys from Google, etc, etc) Main designer is a big Lefty: all enviromentalists.

I have to say, I am disappointed at you wingnuts.

11 Allow me to re-phrase the above as I read it:
 
"I value my rigid, preconceived stereotypes.  Among these are the prejudices that the people having political opinions different from my own are all evil fascists, thinking exactly the same and getting all of their daily marching orders from the mighty Bu$hitlerburton propaganda machine which holds this nation in its hyponotizing gaze. 
 
It is obvious from looking at this site that it is pro-fascism.  I'm not quite sure what 'fascism' is, since I was asleep that day in Poli-sci 101, but I like to type 'fascist' because it feels good rolling off my skinny hippie fingers.  Anyways, you Jawa people are fascists exactly the same as the German National Socialists in the 1930s--just maybe without the 'German' part, the 'iron-fisted government control of everything' part and the 'kill the Jews' part.  But other than that, you're all just a whole bunch of freedom-obsessed, Jew-loving, pro-America types.  You probably like guns and beer, too--just like the Nazis did.
 
But I digress.  You, evil fascist Bu$hitlerburton automaton, have published information presenting an environmentally-friendly product in a positive light, thereby acting in a way which might possibly contradict the valued preconceived stereotypes which bring me great solace and comfort.  I'm not sure what all this means, but I'm certain it's an evil Rove trick somehow.
 
It occurs to me that you may even be trying to shamelessly STEAL our good idea and take credit for thinking it's good too.  You fascists always do this, and it's not FAIR!  It's OUR idea!  You can't support it!  Shame on you for even trying.
 
I find myself very uncomfortable and confused right now. 
 
Please allow me some peace while I meditate to the Grateful Dead and crunch on some granola in my Birkenstocks and tie-dyed Che shirt while hoping that the terrorists finally succeed in destroying America before you fascists succeed in shamelessly stealing all our good lefty ideas and enacting them into law.
 
Free Tookie.
- mighty7"

12 I don't see much room for my golf clubs.