Long Live the S
29 March 2009Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors revealed the design this week of the long-awaited sedan version, now called the Tesla S.
It looks like this:
The company is taking orders now, with a deposit. Production is slated for 2011. The whole deal seems to be contingent upon Tesla’s receiving over $300MM in TARP funds for creating the facilities, although something tells me that this is just Elon being opportunistic: he’d go ahead with or without TARP, although why the government wouldn’t want someone like Elon to succeed in this day and age – well, they just would.
I have fingers crossed that he will drive the sedan (and maybe the Roadster, too) down to FiRe 2009 in May
and show it off a bit. Last time, he ended up selling a handful of Roadsters at around $100k, so who knows how many S’s he might sell at FiRe, at a post-rebate price of s$50k?
Beautiful design, Elon, and best of luck to everyone involved. The world needs these cars, sooner rather than later.
One Response to “Long Live the S”
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 am
Mmm, an Aston Martin Vantage with the chasis of a Lotus and an American electric engine… mmm, Americans prove again that they can do better than the rest, in this case, the British.
The art of 2 2=5. I always thought of Americans as innovators, not improvers, but perhaps, only perhaps, in the last years innovation has been left on the side for debt-laden growth. Perhaps.