Dan Ilett, Mr Greenbang, was in town last week. I went along with him to a visit of the Aston Martin of electric cars, Tesla Motors. 0-60 in four seconds. And it’s electric. Completely carbon neutral. Plus you can, if you’d like to get entirely fuel-neutral, you can charge it from a solar panel. Very swish.
I filmed the whole thing on my trusty Nokia N95. Fantastic. I do go on about Nokia at times however the N95’s video is still simply extraordinary. Point, click, upload, super quality, done.
Link: Film: Greenbang visits Tesla factory
Tesla cars not only look good, but can get from 0-60mph in four seconds, have a range of 220 miles and take three hours to charge at home.
That’s not bad, but they’re not ready to go on sale yet. The company reckons next year, but they’ve still got a couple of things on the transmission to work on…
Two things you should know – we weren’t allowed to drive one because all the prototypes were being fixed. And we weren’t allowed to film too much of the battery technology.
Visit the link above if you’d like to check out the video tour (which sometimes features my arm, together with occasional marveling sounds and lots of wicked looking cars).
Anyone else have a hard time with “completely carbon neutral” when you plug it into the mains to charge it…
I think I should have said ‘completely carbon neutral’ in the context of charging it from solar panels in your back garden. You’re right Jay.. charging from your home’s electricity source (which is powered by a coal fired powerstation) isn’t that neutral.
Hi, just stumbled to this post…
for now tesla has produced numerous cars that are eco-friendly (hybrids) and also they are aewsome… just hoping to see some of your pics of Tesla's last 2 years ago…
Hi, just stumbled to this post…
for now tesla has produced numerous cars that are eco-friendly (hybrids) and also they are aewsome… just hoping to see some of your pics of Tesla's last 2 years ago…