Tesla Model S Prototype Hits The Road
Published: January 19th, 2011
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Model S Alpha Hits the Road from Tesla Motors on Vimeo.
Elon Musk’s desire to see “every car on the road” driven by electricity is briefly realized in this video of the Tesla Model S “Alpha” prototype testing somewhere in the coastal hills of California. Tesla’s “Alpha” phase of testing began last year, and will be followed by a “Beta” test phase before the Model S goes into production. More videos on the Model S and its technical components can be found at Tesla’s Vimeo page.
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it does look nice, i almost thought of her as a new jaguar. it does have a whooshing sound. where it came from? is unlike your girl friend or wife's high heel stilettos designed for all show & no go, except u can play chauffeur to pick her up. but whose going to pick u up when your car needs juice? or dr hook. some experts here said quick charge only quicken the untimely demise of the battery, i think i've heard something like that on general charging of batt. these batt are not something u can buy a couple batt when its on sale at wally mart or radio shack.
Does anyone else see the new Kia Optima in this design?
If you have ever heard a glider plane make a low pass down a runway you know that the air moving over the wings and fuselage makes an unbelievable shreeking, shrill turbine-like whine that is absolutely astonishing the first time you hear it. I doubt there was any dubbing at all in this video. Didn't anyone notice the unfortunate slowing of the vehicle towards the end of this clip? I am sure it was not due to battery discharge, but it surely adds a a negative subliminal feeling as the car is slower and slower in the last few passes. They need to fix this pronto.
That is one beautiful car.