Hi Chris, Indeed the Tesla S is a sight to see "in the wild". I am much closer to the source here in Silicon Valley, so most days I can see 1 or 2, sometimes more of them. One colleague recently bought it (big surprise when I entered the company parking lot and found that I did not have the only EV parked) and two nextdoor companies regularly have an S in their lot, I see them pull in or out regularly. Then there is the occasional (once a week or so) recognition of the Model S somewhere on the road. I hardly see the Roadster driving around, but I stayed for more than a year across from a house where they had a green one. Also, a local car-sharing program (Getaround) allows you to rent someone else's car - including more than one Roadster - for a short time, typically a few hours. Great way to save gas if you need to make a long trip and your own car is not efficient, or to go the distance if your own car is an EV and you can rent an ICE (or Tesla) for the distance it takes...
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of L. Chris Hager Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EVDL] Saw a Tesla sedan on the road! Was running north of DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy on Sunday. I saw him in my mirror; he followed me, then took the left lane and went by and off ahead. Sweet-- and most impressive. If I were ever to pay more than $6500 for a car, it would be high on my list. I've seen only one Tesla roadster on the road around here, almost 3 years ago-- we're thin on electrics here in the nation's capital. I've started doing my bit: just bought a e-converted 1958 Berkeley, without batteries. Berks are the lightest, smallest 2-seat sports car ever made, in England, '56 to '60. They had the advantage of weighing only 680 pounds, dry and without the driver's weight, so under 900 on the road. This one was converted for e-racing, and did well, before it had a controller malfunction and blitzed the betteries, which I think were nicads. lt's been sitting for 5 or so years, near Boston. A friend there, ean electrical engineer and car buff, are hoping to have it running by fall, and will ship or haul it to my Virginia location after he's had some fun in it. Already I'm soliciting advice: it has a 144v controler and motor, both Solectrica (sp?) I think. The car's so small that the batteries are going to have to be low ampere-hour units just to pack into the space available (it's 10 ft, 2 in long, 52 in wide, and not high at all-- haven't measured. Will likely go w/ lithium, Thundersky or equivalent, but that's why I'm posting-- all opinions here will find me open-minded. Remember, the car without its orig motor and gas tank are around 550 lb, and it's pretty aerodynamic (see the Berkeley Enthusiasts Club- BEC- website). Lowest price will be attractive, unless something elst has real advantages and not too much higher price. Opinions?? Thx -Chris, in Falls Church, VA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130604/843314c5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
