Tesla Roadster: Silicon Valley's Breakthrough Electric Car
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July 27, 2006
Tesla Roadster: Silicon Valley's Breakthrough Electric Car
Who killed the Electric Car? It may have been old school electrical engineering as much as the Petro overlords.
What better way to create the next-generation Electric Car than by piggybacking off of the Darwinian race to make laptop batteries ever more efficient? Powered by lithium-ion cells and the backing of PayPal cofounder Elon Musk, Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and ex-eBay chief Jeff Skoll, Martin Eberhard has created Silicon Valley's first real auto company:
Wired columnist Joshua Davis recently took a ride in one and describes the experience in this breathtaking article.
According to the Wired Article, Eberhard's first car, the Tesla Roadster,
KarenCaren November 6, 2008
Electric cars are great. But do you still need alternator for the cars? Or battery to battery charging? The only problem about electric cars are finding spare parts.
Gregory Heller July 27, 2006
Wow, it looks hot! I wonder if they can skin it with Thin Film PV cells, to help you keep the batteries charged. I also wonder about the environmental impact and recycle-ability of the Lithium Ion Batteries, and as per our discussion here last week, how much energy goes into producing the vehicle.
