Tesla Motors Roadster
If you thought the regular Tesla Motors Roadster was hot, the Sport version is sizzling.The gist is that the “normal” Tesla Motors Roadster, if normal it can be called is already a hot item. 0 to 60 in 3,9 seconds is enough to give Ferrari and Porsche owners heart burns. The new and improved 2010 Sport version chops another .2 seconds and adds a few nice touches.
Technically Speaking. If the normal version already boasts impressive performance, the news Sport version adds more EV grin. The Sport now does the 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds, pushes 295 pound-feet of torque up from 276. According to Wayne Cunnigham on CNET, its cornering is dramatic. Enticing… He even manages to keep the kilowatt gauge down near zero while traveling on 35 mph urban roads, while a freeway speeds of 70 or 80 mph, it pulled 25 to 50 kilowatts, while an amp display under the speedometer frequently topped 100. It also sports new power electronics modules, better power electronics cooling, improved AC with variable speed fans, built in WiFi cards that connect the Roadster to the Internet, glove box locks when you lock the car and nicer Yokohama tires.
So how does it feel driving a Tesla Roadster? According to this, it is all EV grins…
CNET gets electric vehicles, EV. There is no “range anxiety” fear in Wayne’s article. Instead of panicking if the Tesla does not give you the optimistic 240 miles of range, Wayne reminds us that an EV is driven as we use a cell phone, plug it in whenever you can.. that is all. We say congratulation to a well written article and to a new spicy Roadster.
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