This company is ahead of its time. Charlie Rose conducted an interview with its CEO on public access television. I was so impressed with his vision and product knowledge. This is a great company to invest in.
One of my main issues with hybrids is that they don't have the cool factor of a nice sporty car. I'm hardly a racer, but I like a quick car with great handling ,great acceleration, etc. And I'm not afraid to run it hard and live a bit on the wild side. Tesla makes all of this possible with an electric. And that is pretty awesome.
first electric car I truly like, good job tesla, It really looks like a real world class car, not just a science experiment, I wish you guys at tesla lots of success, hope you sell a million cars, can't wait to own one
The T guys seem to be nailing it.......great looking car.....won't scare the market. Good to see there pressing on with the all electric, and have the courage of their convictions.
Everyone should thank these guys for the work, research etc they are putting into this before even before IPO was out! If the Fords and GMs are still around in 10-20 years you KNOW they will have benefited from these pioneers. Dont forget, a "mass" produced electric car was believed to cost over $100,000 just years ago - they've already halved that. Good Job to all involved.
Super Capacitors are used more like a nitrous boost. For short power spikes. They can't be used for long term power storage like regular batteries. What can be done is, they can implement regenerative breaking, wind harnessing under the hood and solar roof panels to run the internal electronics and A/C and all that stuff.
@djthugsta I completely agree with you, I hope more people come to understand that this is the future and the oil companies won't be able to prevent it from happening!
@EliteSlayer542 I'm a third year electrical engineering student. A Dense Plasma Focus can generate energy through the fusion of hydrogen and boron that would be more compact and much cheaper than other methods of nuclear fusion being researched. A dense plasma focus power plant could generate a few megawatts in a building the size of a double garage so it would make a facility that could charge vehicles in 5 minutes practical. Look up Focus Fusion if you want to learn more.
@mbdulka : no need an alternator, because the ac motor is an alternator itself (regenerating while breaking, its just a reverse circuitry) with in-wheel ac motors its even better...
@trekgeek1 Actually, the one that charges in 45 minutes is from the stations and yes you would be correct not something you have in your house. But the 240 volt outlet charger will do it in 3.5 hours. And if your home your car isn't moving.
Electric cars are here to stay. They won't quietly go away this time,& I happy. Once the price is affordable I WILL BUY ANY ALL ELECTRIC CAR. & I love the Tesla Co. They ROCK. Keep up the GREAT work Tesla :o)
@trekgeek1 Fastes charge is 1 hour - requires 3 phase juice, which a home seldom has. At home the car charges at level 2 rates - about 4 hours - that's 240 volts, 70 amps. Every home can support such a circuit. Complete recharges at 120 volts are rather silly, but one seldom requires a complete recharge.
@mbdulka On that argument I must agree. When slowing down or going downhill the vehicle does not consume energy and therefore momentum could be converted to electrical energy and stored to batteries. How complicated it might be or is it worth doing in terms of cost I have no idea. But anyhow you have a point there and as you said yourself there must be a good reason if the car lacks energy feedback system.
@Karmakameleeon - read what I wrote in regards to charging an electric car in 5 minutes. - as long as an electric motor has good bearings and doesn't use brushes then the only mainentance it may need would be adding a little grease to the bearings occasionally but it probably wouldn't need to be done. Only the other parts of the car such as wheels and brakes would need maintenance.
The Volt will be a great transition vehicle for the public. It will serve as a training vehicle to allow people to adapt to plugging in their vehicles at night while simultaneously easing the battery range anxiety. Then over the next 5 to 10 years, the average person will become very comfortable with buying a full electric vehicle. You can't get most people to jump from gas to electric immediately. You ween them off gas with the Volt, and other plug in hybrids. Thank you Nikola Tesla!!
@EliteSlayer542 As long as the enclosure is constructed well it's perfectly safe. It does make materials inside the device radioactive but the half-life lasts only a few hours so it doesn't produce any nuclear waste. You can't make lightsabers from it but you could probably stick a Focus Fusion generator on a ship and use it to power a railgun.
To charge an electric car with a 50 kwh battery in 5 minutes would require a three phase cable that can handle 415 volts at around 850 amps. If you want a charging station to supply that amount of power to several cars you would need a substation for every charging station that can handle around 5MVA., which increases demand on the grid. I can only see mass usage of electric vehicles if Dense Plasma Focus proves to be feasible, then you could build a power plant wherever you want a station.
@FormulaWill don't be such a pessimist. I envy his need for change and it is an attitude that more companies should adopt. I heard a great quote recently. "The People that are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually are the ones that do"
Guys have you seen the rise in petrolprice the last days? I am so fuckin convinced, I can't wait no longer...I WANT MY ELECTRIC CAR NOW! If i can't buy this car from the start I'll lease it. It is truly such a sexy must-have.
@Phi1point62 Thanks for the info, I really wanna check this out, it sounds awesome. And are railguns the same thing as Gauss cannons (like from video games) or are they different?
In the not-so-distant future people will laugh when they watch this video and hear Elon say that the cars have the capability of charging is 45 minutes.
@trekgeek1 Who says the Tesla Model S has to be charged overnight? With Level 3 charging the time required is one HOUR. That means you can easily travel as far as you wish. At home level 2 charging requires around 4 hours.
Electric vehicle technology has come a long way since the early 1990's. Back then you were extremly lucky if your electric Geo Metro could go 100 miles on a single charge. 300 miles on a single charge is quite a distance. That's only about 50 miles short of my old Dodge Neon.
No This car can plug into a 120 volt outlet and charge overnight or you can plug into 240 (like your dryer) and charge in a few hours. The quick charge option is where you need special charging equipment, but you wouldn't need that at home - that would a service station type of hookup. It's not like the nonsensical charger that GM had on the EV-1 that could only be charged using a ridiculious mishapen paddle thing.
@tnguyen318 Dude, atomic power is simply the transformation of matter in energy. It's usually a process that takes more power than it gives back. The exceptions are the ones we know: the heavy elements. The downside? They're limited and they get depleted. Also, they're radioactive. A reasonable atomic battery will be possible in probably 800 years or so.
@mbdulka Sure, but I don't get your reasoning. If it was possible to recharge batteries while driving, thus consuming energy, the car would be able to operate indefinetly, right? That being said charging while driving is not possible if the car does not have some sort of backup energy source like combustion engine for recharging batteries, in that case the needed energy would be stored in the fuel.
@Phi1point62 That sounds really cool, but i got 2 questions, is it good for the environment/safe to be around? I mean, something that fully charge a car in 5 minutes sounds...dangerous to say the least. And, can you make lightsabers from it?
Hello ! Please Answer my question ! I have a very good question . They say in the video that this is the first Electric sedan right ? But in the fiskar karma video the also say that .. so Witch car was the 1st Electric one ?!
@trekgeek1 okay you can give me all the science you want as an electrical engineer but the truth is that they had two cars, drove them around a track (which is clearly more demanding than everyday driving) until both were charging at once. I'm not lying, you can watch the show yourself and draw your own conclusions. In fact, I suggest you do so.
@trekgeek1 on top gear they had two teslas (the original though) for testing, and even with two they ran out of battery after 40 miles and there was a point when both were charging and they had no car to drive haha
@sortmasivci I don't know about an all-electric car though. I mean, it's really hard to get any vehicle that fully electric operated to function properly. But it would be great if they can succeed!!!
@tnguyen318 Don't know if they actually care or not but what I do know is that ANY battery loses intensity and capacity over time. It's basic chemistry/physics. Just replace it,
@pjdsfavs I'm being conservative. Not everybody will be able to quick charge since it requires a very high voltage source. Many people will use either a 120 or 220 volt source.
Continuem estão no caminho certo, grandes carros e o mais interessante de tudo é que não tem emissões de CO2, só é pena ainda não poderem se carregar autonomamente diria que será o próximo passo para carros sem limites de quilómetros Abraço se eu tivesse dinheiro investiria na vossa empresa sem duvidas os meus mais sinceros PARABÉNS (O PLANETA MERECE)
I want this car! I don't like how cars like the prius have to not look like they are hybrids. If this car wasn't a cool electric one, would still think it looks good.
Electric is pretty good, cos in the UK petrol is pretty expensive. With an electric car you could just cruise with no destination, just for fun without having to worry about cost.
@mbdulka Charcing when driving? Charching from where? You do understand, that the car is electric, no gas car can refuel by itself while driving, right?
If I would buy one of these cars. I would not need to care so much about were the electricity is produced. Here in Sweden, the electricity is actually made by waterpower for 50 %. That's good. The other half of it is nuclear power. Anyway, that's a cool car! The range seams to be quite good too.
the government should honestly sell these at a loss to them in order to get the ball rolling. At this day in age, this is a second or third car at best and the mass market that will make this car a success cannot put that much money down for a 2nd or 3rd car. If they sell this car at a loss to start....it will skyrocket in sales much much sooner than it would costing at least 50K. Majority of people would rather buy a brand name vehicle with 50k rather than a range limited secondary car.
At approximately, $58,000.00 for the model S, it's a bit on the upscale end for a four door sedan. If they are able to mass-produce that same car at 30,000.00 I believe we have a winner.
For TESLA owners SUPERCHARGER stations are a FREE service for the life of the car. Home charge cost about five bucks or less to fill the 85kWh battery!! Most charging is top up not empty to full.
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This company is ahead of its time. Charlie Rose conducted an interview with its CEO on public access television. I was so impressed with his vision and product knowledge. This is a great company to invest in.
Turns out you were more than right mate, if you ever see this
One of my main issues with hybrids is that they don't have the cool factor of a nice sporty car. I'm hardly a racer, but I like a quick car with great handling ,great acceleration, etc. And I'm not afraid to run it hard and live a bit on the wild side.
Tesla makes all of this possible with an electric. And that is pretty awesome.
first electric car I truly like, good job tesla, It really looks like a real world class car, not just a science experiment, I wish you guys at tesla lots of success, hope you sell a million cars, can't wait to own one
Actualmente venden millones de coches eléctricos.
2021 guys, tesla is up
i just reserved one!! cant wait to drive it!!
The T guys seem to be nailing it.......great looking car.....won't scare the market. Good to see there pressing on with the all electric, and have the courage of their convictions.
Everyone should thank these guys for the work, research etc they are putting into this before even before IPO was out!
If the Fords and GMs are still around in 10-20 years you KNOW they will have benefited from these pioneers.
Dont forget, a "mass" produced electric car was believed to cost over $100,000 just years ago - they've already halved that.
Good Job to all involved.
This car looks amazing! I'm a big fan of electric cars. This is the future.
Hi there after 11 years
Super Capacitors are used more like a nitrous boost. For short power spikes.
They can't be used for long term power storage like regular batteries.
What can be done is, they can implement regenerative breaking, wind harnessing under the hood and solar roof panels to run the internal electronics and A/C and all that stuff.
Stupenda! Non vedo l'ora di guidarla.
Stupendous! I don't see the hour to drive it.
I'm amazed this is from nearly 4 years ago now....how far we have come...and yet we can't have these cars soon enough!
Imagine someone reading your comment, 9 years later. I hope you also thought about investing in them back then.
@djthugsta I completely agree with you, I hope more people come to understand that this is the future and the oil companies won't be able to prevent it from happening!
GM EV1... :/
Those cars are gorgeous and they are at the front of an incoming wave. I really, really want a Tesla.
@EliteSlayer542 I'm a third year electrical engineering student. A Dense Plasma Focus can generate energy through the fusion of hydrogen and boron that would be more compact and much cheaper than other methods of nuclear fusion being researched. A dense plasma focus power plant could generate a few megawatts in a building the size of a double garage so it would make a facility that could charge vehicles in 5 minutes practical. Look up Focus Fusion if you want to learn more.
i'm right here with you...i'm only fifteen, got my first car couple months ago...i'm already ready for one of these...
now you are 25
@SmokeTheHerb That's great! Cheers to your dad, that Tesla is a fine piece of automobile technology!
Exactly. Power stations can be retro fitted with new tech or consumers can generate their own power
i love this car.. i want one tesla model s, congratulations fro this invention our world claim for people like you. thanks for all future generations
"Skate where the puck is going to be! The puck is going to be electric!"
As a Canadian, I couldnt agree more!
Fisker designed the BMW Z8. Probably one of the most beautiful BMWs. Ever! It's stunning in person.
This looks promising.
@mbdulka : no need an alternator, because the ac motor is an alternator itself (regenerating while breaking, its just a reverse circuitry)
with in-wheel ac motors its even better...
@trekgeek1 Actually, the one that charges in 45 minutes is from the stations and yes you would be correct not something you have in your house. But the 240 volt outlet charger will do it in 3.5 hours. And if your home your car isn't moving.
I cannot fucking wait to see what else Tesla can make. Their first two vehicles are just incredible.
I think I am going to buy this car regardless of the price of gas (whether $6 or $1). Its just too cool.
@EliteSlayer542 Gauss cannons use a coil to shoot projectiles while railguns use two conductive parallel rails to shoot the projectile.
Electric cars are here to stay. They won't quietly go away this time,& I happy. Once the price is affordable I WILL BUY ANY ALL ELECTRIC CAR. & I love the Tesla Co. They ROCK.
Keep up the GREAT work Tesla :o)
What a tasteful car. I can't wait to test drive one.
@trekgeek1 No... They have a quick charger that takes 3 hours or even 45 minutes to charge a car.
Yes, it warns you at 15% I believe; also, I am pretty sure you can adjust the warning to however you want it.
i already loved tesla, but as a hockey fan the gretzky analogie just made me the happiest person on the planet
Please have production for Australia, Right Hand Drive! Awesome looking car, i want one NOW :D
@trekgeek1 Fastes charge is 1 hour - requires 3 phase juice, which a home seldom has. At home the
car charges at level 2 rates - about 4 hours - that's 240 volts, 70 amps. Every home can support such a
circuit. Complete recharges at 120 volts are rather silly, but one seldom requires a complete recharge.
@marker220 good for you, i wish i had the spare money to do the same.
and thx for supporting the guys
@mbdulka On that argument I must agree. When slowing down or going downhill the vehicle does not consume energy and therefore momentum could be converted to electrical energy and stored to batteries. How complicated it might be or is it worth doing in terms of cost I have no idea. But anyhow you have a point there and as you said yourself there must be a good reason if the car lacks energy feedback system.
@Karmakameleeon
- read what I wrote in regards to charging an electric car in 5 minutes.
- as long as an electric motor has good bearings and doesn't use brushes then the only mainentance it may need would be adding a little grease to the bearings occasionally but it probably wouldn't need to be done. Only the other parts of the car such as wheels and brakes would need maintenance.
The Volt will be a great transition vehicle for the public. It will serve as a training vehicle to allow people to adapt to plugging in their vehicles at night while simultaneously easing the battery range anxiety. Then over the next 5 to 10 years, the average person will become very comfortable with buying a full electric vehicle. You can't get most people to jump from gas to electric immediately. You ween them off gas with the Volt, and other plug in hybrids. Thank you Nikola Tesla!!
The future of cars is electric. Plug in hybrids are just a baby step in the right direction. Tesla is leaping forward.
@sphynx098 solar and wind power even grid tie inverters to run your meter backwards, some states pay you to give energy back to the grid. your welcome
Electric is smart, clean, fast and awesome! :D
@EliteSlayer542 As long as the enclosure is constructed well it's perfectly safe. It does make materials inside the device radioactive but the half-life lasts only a few hours so it doesn't produce any nuclear waste. You can't make lightsabers from it but you could probably stick a Focus Fusion generator on a ship and use it to power a railgun.
I plan to buy one of the first production Tesla Model S vehicles.
Wow...nice car, price and performance
To charge an electric car with a 50 kwh battery in 5 minutes would require a three phase cable that can handle 415 volts at around 850 amps. If you want a charging station to supply that amount of power to several cars you would need a substation for every charging station that can handle around 5MVA., which increases demand on the grid. I can only see mass usage of electric vehicles if Dense Plasma Focus proves to be feasible, then you could build a power plant wherever you want a station.
nice car. Thank you for sharing
@FormulaWill don't be such a pessimist. I envy his need for change and it is an attitude that more companies should adopt. I heard a great quote recently. "The People that are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually are the ones that do"
Guys have you seen the rise in petrolprice the last days? I am so fuckin convinced, I can't wait no longer...I WANT MY ELECTRIC CAR NOW!
If i can't buy this car from the start I'll lease it. It is truly such a sexy must-have.
@Phi1point62 Thanks for the info, I really wanna check this out, it sounds awesome.
And are railguns the same thing as Gauss cannons (like from video games) or are they different?
The car is very beautiful...
I think both GM and Ford would do well to follow this lead. Awesome car!
gorgeous, id buy one in a second
the battery industry is going to be one of the most valuable in the world
I Want one of each of these, the Roadster and the Sedan :D bring them out to Australia PLEASE :D
tthe government needs to stop supporting GM and start supporting these guys
In the not-so-distant future people will laugh when they watch this video and hear Elon say that the cars have the capability of charging is 45 minutes.
@trekgeek1 Mind you also that this car gets 300 miles to a full charge. I'm sure you could find a night to recharge before you drive 300 miles!
@marlonnews2006 GM went wrong long ago when they announced the volt. Actually they went wrong when they decided to make cars
@trekgeek1 Who says the Tesla Model S has to be charged overnight? With Level 3 charging the time required is one HOUR. That means you can easily travel as far as you wish. At home level 2 charging requires around 4 hours.
Electric vehicle technology has come a long way since the early 1990's. Back then you were extremly lucky if your electric Geo Metro could go 100 miles on a single charge. 300 miles on a single charge is quite a distance. That's only about 50 miles short of my old Dodge Neon.
No This car can plug into a 120 volt outlet and charge overnight or you can plug into 240 (like your dryer) and charge in a few hours. The quick charge option is where you need special charging equipment, but you wouldn't need that at home - that would a service station type of hookup. It's not like the nonsensical charger that GM had on the EV-1 that could only be charged using a ridiculious mishapen paddle thing.
@linkinfan12
I think that takes a higher 3-phase voltage that most people don't have installed normally. Let me know if I'm wrong about that.
Tesla broke the mold! Power to them.
They just hit the road today, support this great American car company.
@tnguyen318 Dude, atomic power is simply the transformation of matter in energy. It's usually a process that takes more power than it gives back. The exceptions are the ones we know: the heavy elements. The downside? They're limited and they get depleted. Also, they're radioactive.
A reasonable atomic battery will be possible in probably 800 years or so.
@mbdulka Sure, but I don't get your reasoning. If it was possible to recharge batteries while driving, thus consuming energy, the car would be able to operate indefinetly, right? That being said charging while driving is not possible if the car does not have some sort of backup energy source like combustion engine for recharging batteries, in that case the needed energy would be stored in the fuel.
if i was in a better position to buy a model s i would. tesla motors is worth my time, money, and effort.
Tesla Motors: Proof that Americans can design cars for the 21th Century that are beautiful and green. You guys do your country proud.
@ryanathan2 it's 70k for the 300 mile in one charge (482 km).
@Phi1point62 That sounds really cool, but i got 2 questions, is it good for the environment/safe to be around? I mean, something that fully charge a car in 5 minutes sounds...dangerous to say the least. And, can you make lightsabers from it?
Hello ! Please Answer my question !
I have a very good question . They say in the video that this is the first Electric sedan right ?
But in the fiskar karma video the also say that .. so Witch car was the 1st Electric one ?!
@trekgeek1 okay you can give me all the science you want as an electrical engineer but the truth is that they had two cars, drove them around a track (which is clearly more demanding than everyday driving) until both were charging at once. I'm not lying, you can watch the show yourself and draw your own conclusions. In fact, I suggest you do so.
@sortmasivci i was referencing the roadster 109,000 thats what i'd buy . if you thought the sedan you missunderstood me my appologies
Tesla autos are manufactured in San Carlos, California with the motor and controller built in Taiwan.
@trekgeek1 on top gear they had two teslas (the original though) for testing, and even with two they ran out of battery after 40 miles and there was a point when both were charging and they had no car to drive haha
@trekgeek1 okayy and what happens with your electric bill?? you dont suppose that stays the same way with a sedan draining electric to power a car?
@Mr7boxes
They are their own company, but I think they are partners with Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.
The other day I saw a beautiful dark blue Model S driving around Los Angeles,its license plate read "OIL LOL".Need I say more
@sortmasivci
I don't know about an all-electric car though. I mean, it's really hard to get any vehicle that fully electric operated to function properly. But it would be great if they can succeed!!!
@tnguyen318 Don't know if they actually care or not but what I do know is that ANY battery loses intensity and capacity over time. It's basic chemistry/physics. Just replace it,
Next objective: To destroy VW, Audi and BMW with this TOTALLY AWESOME CAR. Good bye Big Oil. The oil age is over. It's time for the Enviro Age.
I want to buy this car once it becomes more available, but the touch controls turn me off. Is the touch screen a frozen design?
@pjdsfavs
I'm being conservative. Not everybody will be able to quick charge since it requires a very high voltage source. Many people will use either a 120 or 220 volt source.
Continuem estão no caminho certo, grandes carros e o mais interessante de tudo é que não tem emissões de CO2, só é pena ainda não poderem se carregar autonomamente diria que será o próximo passo para carros sem limites de quilómetros
Abraço se eu tivesse dinheiro investiria na vossa empresa sem duvidas os meus mais sinceros PARABÉNS (O PLANETA MERECE)
We are here
I want this car!
I don't like how cars like the prius have to not look like they are hybrids. If this car wasn't a cool electric one, would still think it looks good.
Cant wait for Tesla Model x and The bluestar
As someone said before: Welcome future! Welcome freedom!
Electric is pretty good, cos in the UK petrol is pretty expensive. With an electric car you could just cruise with no destination, just for fun without having to worry about cost.
@mbdulka Charcing when driving? Charching from where? You do understand, that the car is electric, no gas car can refuel by itself while driving, right?
If I would buy one of these cars. I would not need to care so much about were the electricity is produced. Here in Sweden, the electricity is actually made by waterpower for 50 %. That's good. The other half of it is nuclear power. Anyway, that's a cool car! The range seams to be quite good too.
HOW MUCH DOES THE ELECTRIC BILL COME OUT TO? HOW MUCH DOES THE SUPERCHARGING STATION COST?
As far as supercharging goes, if you have a Model S that's capable of it, you can use the Supercharger stations for free.
the government should honestly sell these at a loss to them in order to get the ball rolling. At this day in age, this is a second or third car at best and the mass market that will make this car a success cannot put that much money down for a 2nd or 3rd car. If they sell this car at a loss to start....it will skyrocket in sales much much sooner than it would costing at least 50K. Majority of people would rather buy a brand name vehicle with 50k rather than a range limited secondary car.
Tesla and Google should team up and bring out a self driving Model S.
Wow that would be awesome!!
Indeed!
Wow the Model S looks amazing!!!
If i was rich i would buy it ;)
Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At approximately, $58,000.00 for the model S, it's a bit on the upscale end for a four door sedan. If they are able to mass-produce that same car at 30,000.00 I believe we have a winner.
@TheMetube1965 Nissan
The model s ranges around 50k
Nissans Leaf is around 25
For TESLA owners SUPERCHARGER stations are a FREE service for the life of the car. Home charge cost about five bucks or less to fill the 85kWh battery!! Most charging is top up not empty to full.