Many wonder while driving their lamborghinis, maseratis, BMWs and Audi R8s what life would feel like if there were laws governing fancy gas guzzlers and they had to give up those fancy expensive sports cars and purchase those plain looking electric vehicles. Well worry no more because the Tesla Roadster is back with a new model to rescue your future scare.

An expensive sports car with a luxurious feel and look, priced above $100,000US and fully electrically operated.

Thats right! No gas guzzling taxes added to your prices anymore (Not like those taxes ever affected your pockets anyway)

Below we show you more views of this vehicle and details as well.

Thanks to the creators at Lotus Motors and great investors like the “Google CEOs”, the world could remain a fashionable, expensive place to drop down your convertible tops and cruise through boulevards in Hollywood and the streets of Upper class cities in Europe, while we don’t affect the ozone layer one bit.

According to Wikipedia.org…..

The Tesla Roadster is a fully electric sports car, and is the first car produced by electric car firm Tesla Motors. The car can travel 220 mi (350 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds with the development transmission. The Roadster’s efficiency, as of February 2008, is reported as 199 W·h/km (3.12 mi/kW·h), equivalent to 105 mpg–U.S. (2.24 L/100 km / 126.1 mpg–imp).

DEVELOPMENT
The Roadster was developed with help from Lotus Cars. Lotus supplied the basic chassis development technology from its Lotus Elise, with which the Tesla engineers designed a new chassis. Barney Hatt at Lotus’ design studio developed the styling with input from Tesla. Tesla’s designers chose to construct the body panels using resin transfer molded carbon fiber composite to minimize weight; this choice makes the Roadster one of the least expensive cars with an entirely carbon fiber skin. The car will be assembled at the Lotus factory in Hethel, England, with drivetrain components and body components supplied to the factory by Tesla.

The Roadster shares less than 10% of its components with the Lotus Elise; shared components are confined to the windshield, air bags, tires, some dashboard parts, and suspension components. The parts supply chain extends around the world; Tesla Motor’s plant in Taiwan manufactures the motors and the Energy Storage Systems (ESS) was initially manufactured in Thailand during development and then moved to San Carlos, California after production started.

SALES
Tesla’s “Signature One Hundred” initial set of fully equipped cars sold out by late August 2006. Tesla Motors then began accepting reservation orders by September 2006 for their 2008 models with several payment options available to determine the 2008 delivery date of the vehicle. The second hundred had been reserved by October. As of January 15, 2008, all 650 Tesla Roadsters planned for model year 2008 had been reserved. As it was initially only available in the USA, where traffic stays to the right-hand side of the road (RHT), Roadsters are only available with the steering-wheel on the left-hand side (LHD).

Final pricing for the 2008 Tesla Roadster base model was US$98,000, plus a destination charge of $950. The majority of the first 200 Roadsters ordered by October 2006 came fully loaded with all optional equipment at a cost of about US$100,000.

The company plans to begin sales in Europe during the third quarter of 2008, initially limited to 250 cars, at just under €100,000 each. The cars will not initially go on sale in the United Kingdom, where traffic stays to the left-hand side of the road (LHT), as there are no plans to build a Roadsters with the steering-wheel on the right-hand side (RHD).

For 2009 Tesla plans to deliver 1500 cars. The price for the 2009 models has been increased to US$109,000; options ranging from colors to audio to heavy duty cables can add another $10,000

SERVICING
The first Tesla Motors Los Angeles, CA service center was opened on May 1, 2008 at 11163 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA.

Additional service centers for the Tesla Roadster are planned for the following United States metropolitan areas:

Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
Miami, FL
Chicago, IL
Tesla Motors has stated that it will build additional service centers over the next few years to support sales of its next vehicle, the sports sedan currently codenamed the Tesla WhiteStar. “To do 10,000 units for WhiteStar, we need to be in a lot more places,” said Darryl Siry, vice president of Marketing.

Planning is underway for an additional 15 service centers in United States major metropolitan locations. Possible locations for sales and service locations in Europe were announced in a letter to customers in May, 2008.

A Roadster purchased in the United States but more than 100 mi. from the nearest service center was originally announced as requiring an additional US$8,000 out-of-service-area fee; this fee was removed at the start of production and replaced with a policy that customers will be responsible for transporting their Roadster to a service center. No “independent” mechanics are authorized or certified to perform maintenance on the drive train or electrical systems of the Roadster.

There is minimal maintenance required for an electric vehicle. There are no oil changes, and brake maintenance is minor due to regenerative braking. Transmission, brake and cooling system fluids will need to be changed in a manner similar to gasoline-powered cars.

Well, there’s no need buy gas at all is there?

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