I agree with the original commenters that this is a pretty stupid article. As a Tesla driver, I have been very pleasantly surprised to find that it is as efficient as my Honda del Sol conversion that weighs just over half as much. Driving a mixture of in town and highway driving at 55-60 mph, running AC only in the afternoon, I can average 245 wh per mile for the day. That is what I get in my del Sol and it doesn't have the option to run AC.
It is more than just performance (although that is great). Because of the efficiency, it is as cheap to run as any other EV. It is so responsive, both accelerating and decelerating. It just does everything better than I expected. And, yes, it is green. Since I was driving a conversion with a 0-60 time exceeding 20 seconds, I am obviously willing to give up performance to drive electric. It is A LOT more fun to have the performance and aggressive regeneration. Mike On July 24, 2015 4:47:21 AM MDT, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-model-s-is-just-a-fancy-gadget-not-a-green-car-98061.html >Tesla Model S is Just a Fancy Gadget, Not a Green Car >by Tudor Rus 22nd July 2015 > >[image / Catalin Garmacea >http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/tesla-model-s-is-just-a-fancy-gadget-not-a-green-car-98061_1.jpg >(Tesla-S EV burning rubber) >] > >It's hard to ignore what Elon Musk did with Tesla Motors in a >relatively >short amount of time. However, as prolific and capable the Model S >might be, >people are not buying it for its environment-friendly ethos. > > Yes, I've said it, Tesla Model S is not a green car. It happens to be >electric, therefore, emission-free and friendly to the environment, but >still, it's not a green car. Do you know why? > >Tesla Model S is not a green car because people who buy it don't see it >as >a green car. For them, it's the next hot gizmo available for an amount >of >money they can afford to pay, but nothing more. > > _______________________________________________ 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)
