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Tesla Motors Is Delivering Cars

Posted by kdawson on Sunday July 13, 2008 @09:48PM from the year-late-but-hey dept.

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.

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Re:toys for billionaires by julesh · 2008-07-13 23:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

Actually I was wondering why it doesn't have just the one ratio. I assume the reason was to get a nice high maximum speed, ie, the top gear is an overdrive.
Yep, that's exactly right. They're also planning on replacing the gearbox with a single-gear one (slightly higher ratio, IIRC) starting some time next year, IIRC. There's lots of technical posts on their blog about this kind of stuff. Look for articles discussing "powertrain 2.0".