Tesla Roadster
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The Riverside International Automotive Museum was sponsoring test drives of
the Tesla Motors all electric premium vehicles. This is an all electric
vehicle that does 0-60 Mph in 3.7 seconds. Umm a free test drive of one of the
fasted vehicles I have ever driven... free food, free give aways... umm I'm
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Tesla was stated in 2003 with the first vehicle hitting the streets in 2008.
The vehicle can go 245 miles per charge but mileage may vary up and down
depending on how it is being driven. Being all electric it is quiet. I would
nail the accelerator and look down at the speedometer and in the blink of
an eye I was doing 80 Mph. This was on a Saturday in a manufacturing area
of Riverside so the streets were pretty quiet. But it sure put you back in
your seat. I only got to drive it for about 10 minutes but it sure was fun
to drive. |
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The model shown here is the roadster but they do also make a 4 door coupe
rated at 0-60 in 5.6 seconds and 300 miles per charge. The entire body is
carbon fiber. There is no delay at all in response. As you move the pedal
the car responds instantly. It is incredibly powerful, smooth and quiet
acceleration. I have never driven anything quite like it. The electric
drive train has an incredible torque right from a dead stop, rated at 295
ft. lbs. and 288 horse power with 0 emissions. What a blast ! |
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