The person who suggested that the Tesla Roadster uses "laptop batteries" is incorrect. The high-performance sports car does use Lithium-Ion batteries (Li-ion), but they're not "laptop batteries." The person who suggested that batteries needed to be replaced annually is incorrect as well. The batteries have a finite life, but it's not "one year." The person who suggested that the Roadster could go 0-60 in three seconds is optimistic by one second. The actual 0-60 time is estimated at 4 seconds. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. Gov. Schwarzenegger and a number of reporters, photographers and customers/potential customers for the car went for rides last night.
And for the people who claim that "eBay" is behind this car, that's not accurate either. Elon Musk, who was a co-founder of PayPal, is the major investor in Tesla Motors. The company is not seeking other investors. Martin Eberhard is the CEO of Tesla Motors.
For the person who suggested that a "real" Tesla car would have a wireless microwave source, the company's name has nothing to do with any of Nikola Tesla's experiments, but honors a scientist who made early breakthroughs in electricity.
For more information on the company, please visit http://www.teslamotors.com/ .
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The person who suggested that the Tesla Roadster uses "laptop batteries" is incorrect. The high-performance sports car does use Lithium-Ion batteries (Li-ion), but they're not "laptop batteries." The person who suggested that batteries needed to be replaced annually is incorrect as well. The batteries have a finite life, but it's not "one year." The person who suggested that the Roadster could go 0-60 in three seconds is optimistic by one second. The actual 0-60 time is estimated at 4 seconds. If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. Gov. Schwarzenegger and a number of reporters, photographers and customers/potential customers for the car went for rides last night. And for the people who claim that "eBay" is behind this car, that's not accurate either. Elon Musk, who was a co-founder of PayPal, is the major investor in Tesla Motors. The company is not seeking other investors. Martin Eberhard is the CEO of Tesla Motors. For the person who suggested that a "real" Tesla car would have a wireless microwave source, the company's name has nothing to do with any of Nikola Tesla's experiments, but honors a scientist who made early breakthroughs in electricity. For more information on the company, please visit http://www.teslamotors.com/ .