German green energy company likes the Tesla Roadster, orders 11
Matthias Willenbacher runs this German green energy company called Juwi and like others in his position, had a strong interest in a car that could be powered by renewable energy. He somehow not only got hold of a Tesla Roadster to try out, but also some green sports car consulting expertise in the guise of one Heinz-Harald Frentzen, fellow countryman and former Formula 1 driver. We recently noted Heinz-Harold has his own hybrid racing team which employs the greener version of the Gumpert Apollo.
Apparently the test drive went quite well, if our ability to translate French is accurate. Although the Roadster wasn't likely to impress the racing car driver on the Autobahn with its 125 mph top speed, the quickness with which it arrived there must have. According to Le Blog Auto, Mr. Willenbacher has ordered up 11 of the electric beauties. Why 11? We don't know. If it were us, we'd have definitely gone for an even dozen. When the cars are finished being built they won't all be delivered to the Willenbacher estate but rather to his company headquarters (which, incidentally, produces more energy than it consumes), where they will serve as official company vehicles. We expect Juwi may soon be flooded with applications from eager
[Source: Le Blog Auto]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Serge 10:09AM (9/17/2008)
are those 2009 models?
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Domenick Yoney 10:29AM (9/17/2008)
I believe so.
tankd0g 10:26AM (9/17/2008)
11 eh? So delivery completed in 2021?
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Tim 10:56PM (9/17/2008)
I, for one, am glad to finally see a car with a model year that evaluates to the year of production. I'm so sick of seeing 2009 cars built in early 2008. To me, a 2009 car is one "built in 2009", not one that "hopefully won't sit on a lot unsold past then" :·þ
S. Baker 11:33AM (9/17/2008)
Hmmm....how are they being shipped to Deutschland. Sailing ship? Or perhaps one of those smog, pollution belching ocean going freighters? How about using that supposed excellent train system? You see I lived in Deutschland Uber (sorry NA keyboard) Alles and I know that for the most part they talk out one side of their face. Global warming this, gotta save the planet that....then drive at 200 KPH on the Autobahn...keep trying hypocrites!
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James Sonne 2:00PM (9/17/2008)
Yeah, and so are we... How many of us take 10+ minute showers, or excessively air condition our homes? Chill out. we're all hypocrites, and in order to change the world we each need to focus on what each of us can do in our own lives instead of lambasting others' lives.
Oh, and the non-special character equivalent of the umlaut (or diaeresis) is an "e" after the letter. No keyboard excuses ... especially since you can use keyboard shortcuts for the ü on every keyboard (depends on OS though).
1011 4:18AM (9/19/2008)
Why don't you just shut up and wipe your rifle instead of insultingother peoples' inelligence?
John Rowell 12:16PM (9/17/2008)
wow
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oldblighty 3:31PM (9/17/2008)
Formula 1 cars do 0-60 in 1.9 seconds. The tesla does it in 4-something.
just saying.
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