Video of the Tesla Roadster testing on ice!
Posted Jan 26th 2007 3:02PM
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JP
I would like to remind a lot of people about another company all gold and glitters. The name of this company was BRE-X. Hopefully my comment will be posted and hopefully this company will not end up being another BRE-X. For some reason, it smells like BRE-X
Paldor
Driving the Tesla on ice must be tricky, since there is a lot of instatnt low end torque.
By the way, for those who are skeptical whether it is really an electric Tesla because of the noise, where are the hot exhaust fumes ????
All combustion engines would have visible hot fumes in the cold winter air. No such fumes can be seen in these videos.
Josh Reiter
Too bad the extreme cold reduces battery efficiency. They probably ran out of juice going once around the track. In fact I think I saw an extension cord trailing behind it. *puts on super detecto conspiracy x-ray glasses*
January 31 2007 at 1:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Mike
It looks like Gavin Kershaw was having fun out there on the ice in the second video.
January 29 2007 at 7:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Morgan W
You are all hilarious! Engine noise...oh oh...I heard a bird cawing in the background too...maybe it was helping to tow the car around the track...oh wait...I heard wind blowing...are we sure it wasn't wind blowing that car around the track!
I find it funny that we're already seeing video clips of the Tesla on ice and in winter conditions, and most of your humvees and suv's won't see ice or even gravel roads unless the grovery store parking lot hasn't had the snow removed for your SUV's convenience!
By the way...you know you can fit more than one person in those SUV's right?
Myles H. Kitchen
All:
Trust me, the Tesla is for real. I actually rode in one yesterday! It's all electric and there is no gas engine in there. Tesla invited a group of around 40 of us in the Pacific Region of the Ferrari Club of America to visit their facilities, and there was a drawing for 6 of us to get rides in one of the prototypes. I was one of the lucky six. Without a doubt, this car has awesome acceleration. The prototype did not have 1st gear working, but even from a rolling start in 2nd (there's only 2 gears) we completely dusted a tricked out 350Z that was trying to keep up with us...there was just no way. The electric motor can spin up to something like 19,000 rpm and makes a unique sound, not unlike some engines, particularly a turbo or supercharged motor. There's also a battery cooling fan than makes some noise as well.
Brian Hague
I'm not sure about you... but I thought it was very quiet. Have you ever heard a Lotus? It's not your mother's Oldsmobile.
January 28 2007 at 11:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
dravis
they have these videos on their own site
http://www.teslamotors.com/engineering/safety.php
rob
At the end of the third video, you hear the engine noise when the tesla starts to move again. Shortly after, the tesla stops, but the noise of the engine is still loud. If you look closely, right before the end of the video, you can see the shadow of another vehicle in the bottom right moving toward the camera man. That's where you hear the engine noise....
January 27 2007 at 7:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Tony Belding
Just for fun, compare and contrast the Tesla videos with the video GM released to show off the Chevy Volt. . . http://youtube.com/watch?v=R7qU1EcEZmA Which car would you rather drive? :)
January 27 2007 at 12:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
