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Tesla Motors Opens Retail Store

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the vaporless-ware dept.

Tesla Motors has opened their first retail store front to allow the masses access to their new cars. Of course, this is assuming you can afford the $109,000 price tag. "The company told the Associated Press that it is impressed with demand: it has taken 600 orders for the Roadster and has a waiting list of another 400. CEO Elon Musk owns the first one produced. The fancy showroom near Beverly Hills takes its inspiration from Apple stores, Musk said. [...] The company plans to make a luxury sedan next year called the Whitestar that will come in two versions: an all-electric model that will run entirely on its lithium ion battery pack, and a range-extended vehicle that will also use liquid fuel to extend its range. The Roadster will have a range of 220 miles per charge and the mileage equivalent of 135 miles per gallon."

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  1. hehe by mdaitc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tesla Roaster?

    new battery powered kind of way to cook Turkey?

  2. That's cheap! by randyest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tesla Motors has opened their first retail store front to allow the masses access to their new cars. Of course, this is assuming you can afford the $109,00 price tag.
    Only $109? That's amazing. But why is slashdot suddenly using the European decimal punctuation?
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    1. Re:That's cheap! by Oktober+Sunset · · Score: 5, Funny

      haha, butt slammed by offtopic.
      Just goes to show that contrary to popular belief that mods just just sheepishly give you whatever moderation you suggest at the end of your post, funny.

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    2. Re:That's cheap! by Mr.+Beatdown · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think it's in Verizon notation.

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    3. Re:That's cheap! by justinlee37 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If I had mod points, I would mod you informative, and that would be funny.

  3. Bad omen? by Itninja · · Score: 4, Funny

    plans to make a luxury sedan next year called the Whitestar
    I seem to remember another European company called White Star. I think they were in the news a few years back about some unpleasantness surrounding a shipwreck or some such. Said the Tesla CEO, "Even God himself couldn't wreck this car!".
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  4. Hot product! by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Roaster will have a range of 220 miles per charge and the mileage equivalent of 135 miles per gallon.

    The Roaster? I didn't realize they were using Sony batteries! Or are they also taking inspiration from Apple laptops as well as their stores?

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  5. Rods per hogshead by cocotoni · · Score: 5, Funny

    Before anyone asks, 135 miles per gallon is 2 721 600 rods per hogshead.

    And that's the way I likes it!

  6. Re:Air Bags by EatHam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, the solution to that problem doesn't revolve around air bags, it revolves around not dating 11 year olds.

  7. Hawt! by Spacepup · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a girl. I'm not into cars. I drive a low end toyota because it was cheap and gets great gas mileage. But. that. car. is. HAWT! I just need to convince 110,000 suckers to give me 1 dollar each.

    1. Re:Hawt! by Bucc5062 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're a girl on /. ... that should not be hard.

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