[Mgs] OT : Tesla - in the flesh!!

[Max Heim]

The factory showroom is about 10 miles from here. I see them driving around
from time to time.

Personally, I think the world needs a 4-passenger subcompact EV for an
affordable price, a lot more than it needs a high performance 2-seat
roadster for $100K. But I know why they did it -- it's the publicity. The
guys in Berkeley trying to market cheap electric runabouts can't get any
press.



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Max
1967 Fastback
Johnny Lightning Muscle Cars USA #14
273 Commando
Factory disc brakes
Mountain View, CA




on 2/27/09 1:25 PM, Phil Bates at jello at cableone.net wrote:

>    I've  actually  seen  a Tesla in the flesh.  It's an impressively good
>    looking  car.   The  one  I saw was at the LA motorshow in November of
>    2007.   As Tesla didn't have their own disply, they had a Tesla in the
>    Yokahama  tire  display.   There  was  no one around the car as far as
>    corporate  representation  was  concerned.  People could open the door
>    look  in,  etc.   It was a pretty metallic dark blue one.  Probably an
>    early production prototype, but impressive anyhow.
> 
>    I  have  pictures of my sister touching it if I wante to dig those out
>    sometime.
> 
>    Phil