The unveiling of the Tesla Motors Electric Car

It's energy is stored in a bank of lithium ion batteries. I think the pack size is around 55 kWh.

That's enough to take it 250 miles at steady 60-65 mph highway speeds, or on the EPA highway cycle that averages 48 mph but has lots of accelerations and slowdowns.

Testament to an electric drive's efficiency, a gallon of gas by contrast contains 33.8 kWh. Thus this car gets the equivalent of over 150 mpg, batteries to wheels.

So it does not have a wireless power supply? its battery feed?

looks stunning.

Yes i understand electric motors are 90% effcient, far stronger torque and higher RPMS than any petrol engine but Tesla had a wireless transmission of power using a Tesla coil.

I thought this car would use that type of technology to propel itself.

Chemical storage of electrical power needs more money to develope it further so an electric car can do 500 miles on a charge and top 150mph, thats when consumers will take it on.

Win the Indy 500 and Formula one as well :)

I hope they dont crush this electric car, lol

For sure this is the only way forward, the oil addiction is creating way to many global wars and problems.

I know that Tesla was the father of AC and a hate it when Eddison gets all the credit.

10 years sure, I will buy an electric car, but not now, even if they would go for 20k i wouldnt buy one, the batteries will be a huge problem, something to watch out!

Cutting-edge EV batteries from China - example:
http://www.everspring.net/product-battery.htm
These batteries are better, and cheaper than the ones in those $100,000+ sportscars. They are as cheap as lead-acid batteries, and they hold up for 1100 charges.
http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
It's a Chinese electric car, which will be imported into the USA next year. The driving range is almost as good as those sports cars above. But it only costs $28500.

Edison was a small minded man and Tesla was a giant! way way ahead of his time.

Calling this a Tesla car is misleading.

plz put it in production soon, i wanna this car badly

Yes!! The Electric Car has returned!! I'm so happy. I watch this video, and I feel like things are going to be okay.

I'm running for U.S. House as a libertarian Democrat. At last, we have a product here that will please environmentalists within the framework of the free market rather than through the harebrained ideas of economically illiterate politicians!