The new Tesla Roadster just blew our minds

[RoosGirl]

The company we know as Tesla launched with the Roadster, a repurposed, eviscerated Lotus with its guts largely replaced with a freezer-sized battery pack and a repurposed electric motor. It was a ton of fun to drive, it sounded like the future and it kicked us off on this crazy journey that's given the world everything from the Model 3 to the Semi. Now, the Roadster is returning, and Musk says it'll be the quickest car on the planet.

Coming in 2020, the new Tesla Roadster is said to do the 0 - 60 sprint in 1.9 seconds and continue on through the quarter mile in less than eight seconds. That will absolutely decimate the Dodge Demon, current king of the acceleration stakes.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/the-new-tesla-roadster-just-blew-our-minds/

[RoosGirl]

Jeez, that's the kind of acceleration that SuperBikes have.  Holy hell that would be fun!

[skeeter]

Jeez, that's the kind of acceleration that SuperBikes have.  Holy hell that would be fun!

Unlimited torque. The only thing stopping it from launching itself into orbit are the physical limitations of the drivetrain.

[EdJames]

Citizenship, Musk

    South Africa (1971–present)
    Canada (1989–present)
    United States (2002–present)

Since when did the US support triple citizenship?

[RoosGirl]

Citizenship, Musk

    South Africa (1971–present)
    Canada (1989–present)
    United States (2002–present)

Since when did the US support triple citizenship?

Do we have to discuss such things on a sexy car thread?

[EdJames]

Apologies, I just found that to be disturbing.

[RoosGirl]

Apologies, I just found that to be disturbing.

;)

[Frank Cannon]

LOL. First off, no one is going to buy an electric 18 wheeler that costs more than double the price of diesel and has less range. There is no infrastructure to support it and what happens when it breaks down with a load in the middle of nowhere? Secondly this Roadster is just a rich mans toy Musk is using to distract from the fact that Fisker just developed a battery that charges in a minute, Teslas production problems replete with employee class action lawsuits, poor Tesla 3 sales and massive cash burn every quarter.

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/tesla-hit-lawsuit-called-hotbed-racist-behavior-n820651

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-02/tesla-sales-climb-as-model-3-stokes-demand-in-pricier-offerings

[RoosGirl]

LOL. First off, no one is going to buy an electric 18 wheeler that costs more than double the price of diesel and has less range. There is no infrastructure to support it and what happens when it breaks down with a load in the middle of nowhere? Secondly this Roadster is just a rich mans toy Musk is using to distract from the fact that Fisker just developed a battery that charges in a minute, Teslas production problems replete with employee class action lawsuits, poor Tesla 3 sales and massive cash burn every quarter.

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/tesla-hit-lawsuit-called-hotbed-racist-behavior-n820651

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-02/tesla-sales-climb-as-model-3-stokes-demand-in-pricier-offerings

Any car that can 0 to 60 in under 2 is on my Hell Yeah! list.  Now stop harshin on my car buzz.

[Bigun]

Citizenship, Musk

    South Africa (1971–present)
    Canada (1989–present)
    United States (2002–present)

Since when did the US support triple citizenship?

And why in the H%LL are US taxpayers compelled to subsidize his products?

[RoosGirl]

I see I'm going to have start posting pictures of pretty men to get you boys off my lovely fast car thread.

[Frank Cannon]

Any car that can 0 to 60 in under 2 is on my Hell Yeah! list.  Now stop harshin on my car buzz.

But the Welfare Queens buying this Govt' subsidized car can't drive so the only ones you will see will be upside down on someones front lawn.....

[RoosGirl]

But the Welfare Queens buying this Govt' subsidized car can't drive so the only ones you will see will be upside down on someones front lawn.....

I'm an excellent driver.  Now all I need is a sugar daddy to buy me one.

[Frank Cannon]

I'm an excellent driver.  Now all I need is a sugar daddy to buy me one.

Oh yeah? You have my interest. What do you have to offer in such an arrangement?

[RoosGirl]

Oh yeah? You have my interest. What do you have to offer in such an arrangement?

The opportunity for you to buy me something that would make me happy.

[Frank Cannon]

The opportunity for you to buy me something that would make me happy.

I'm not sure you understand the concept of a Sugar Daddy. It involves in kind services. You are describing more of a Financial Domination type scenario.

[RoosGirl]

I'm not sure you understand the concept of a Sugar Daddy. It involves in kind services. You are describing more of a Financial Domination type scenario.

You have the best ideas.  I guess I'm okay with doing things that way.

[Restored]

I'm an excellent driver.  Now all I need is a sugar daddy to buy me one.

[Frank Cannon]

You have the best ideas.  I guess I'm okay with doing things that way.

Here's your new avatar.....

[Oceander]

Citizenship, Musk

    South Africa (1971–present)
    Canada (1989–present)
    United States (2002–present)

Since when did the US support triple citizenship?

Since whenever.  There are a number of ways to acquire multiple citizenship, with one being U.S. citizenship.  Is this such a big issue?

[Oceander]

LOL. First off, no one is going to buy an electric 18 wheeler that costs more than double the price of diesel and has less range. There is no infrastructure to support it and what happens when it breaks down with a load in the middle of nowhere? Secondly this Roadster is just a rich mans toy Musk is using to distract from the fact that Fisker just developed a battery that charges in a minute, Teslas production problems replete with employee class action lawsuits, poor Tesla 3 sales and massive cash burn every quarter.

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/ubs-tesla-q3-earnings-cash-burn/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/tesla-hit-lawsuit-called-hotbed-racist-behavior-n820651

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-02/tesla-sales-climb-as-model-3-stokes-demand-in-pricier-offerings

You'd better talk to the likes of Walmart, then, because they pre-ordered 15.

[RoosGirl]

Don't say you weren't warned.

[Frank Cannon]

You'd better talk to the likes of Walmart, then, because they pre-ordered 15.

Out of a fleet of how many trucks they are replacing?

[Oceander]

Out of a fleet of how many trucks they are replacing?

That remains to be seen.  But only an idiot refuses to see what's right before his nose.