Topic: Elon Musk (Tesla Motors) interview in Newsweek

[Sir Osis of Liver]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/145876/page/1

Looking toward a $30,000 electric sedan in 2012.

[rrocket]

^^^^I'll beleive it when I see it.  They are having a hard time delivering on all of the promises for their $100,000+ electric car...

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Such as?

[rrocket]

Delivery times, production delays, tranny problems, management problems, workforce problems...etc....

[initial_D]

Do you think all cars will be electric?
Absolutely. In 30 years, a majority of all new cars produced in the United States, perhaps worldwide, will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid. I mean pure electric.

... wow ... electric avenue in 30 years.

[Triple Bob]

I think what they've done so far is fantastic.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

 
As I understand it, they had problems with the two speed transmission, which they dropped. The re-worked single speed and more powerful motor and controller give the same performance as the previous two speed set up.

For any car to actually make it to production is an amazing accomplishment, let alone something like this.

For the $30K sedan, they are looking for partnership with one of the majors.

[Wolfe]

For any car to actually make it to production is an amazing accomplishment, let alone something like this.

Have they actually delivered cars to paying customers yet?

[rrocket]

^^^^ 9 of them.

[Snowman]

Do you think all cars will be electric?
Absolutely. In 30 years, a majority of all new cars produced in the United States, perhaps worldwide, will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid. I mean pure electric.

... wow ... electric avenue in 30 years.

  So in 30 years you have to transfer all the energy consumed by fossil fuelled internal combustion engines to an electrical power grid?

[Triple Bob]

Do you think all cars will be electric?
Absolutely. In 30 years, a majority of all new cars produced in the United States, perhaps worldwide, will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid. I mean pure electric.

... wow ... electric avenue in 30 years.

  So in 30 years you have to transfer all the energy consumed by fossil fuelled internal combustion engines to an electrical power grid?

  They'll have 500 acres of V8's in fields powering the Tesla charging stations!

[DockMan]

Your local charging station......

[safristi]

this weeks Phil Bailey blog has an excellent "TESLA" condensed histoire............"tesla follies"

   http://www.baileycar.com/