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Tesla Motors Is Delivering Cars
jamie found the news that Tesla Motors is delivering roadsters in California. (We've been following developments on the Tesla front for a couple of years now.) According to a letter from the CEO, "9 production Roadsters have arrived in California, another 3 arrive this weekend, and they will keep arriving at the rate of 4 per week... In fact, currently there are 27 Roadsters in various stages of assembly." The early owners must be proud, but there could be complications.
..until it's ion-propelled, RADAR navigated, coming complete with a charged particle beam and a death ray as standard safety features against enemy vehicles (eg: anyone who dares to race you at the traffic lights).
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I'll believe it when they ship... wait this isn't how vaporware is supposed to work.
Next thing you know they'll be telling me that these solar panel thingys are real too.
I remember reading somewhere that the Tesla's reverse gear simply spins the engine in the opposite direction, meaning it's possible to reach top speed and acceleration while going backwards.
That alone is worth the price of admission to me.
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Who's "them"? AFAIK, Slashdot replaced its "editors" with a very small shell script back in 2002.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Because sometimes when they try something new and exciting they get the Edsel
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Are you from the french military ?
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When will this ignorant meme die?
It doesn't die, it just keeps surrendering.
This can easily be proven, since one of the companies has even gone so far as to name themselves Shell.
This guy's the limit!
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