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At Tesla we believe that the future of the automobile is electric. The revolutionary Roadster is a first great step in that direction. We took an uncompromised approach to designing and building the Roadster to show that an electric car could surpass gas-powered cars in design, performance, durability, and plain driving fun. Many Roadster owners around the world tell us the car has to be driven to be believed, and after living with the Roadster they can never go back to an old-fashioned car. They are our most powerful spokespeople, and they share our mission to bring increasingly affordable electric cars to the mass market. We are also revolutionizing the ownership experience – from our company-owned stores to mobile service rangers that make house calls.
We want driving enthusiasts to experience the Roadster, but we recognize that purchasing a new car, even a revolutionary one, is a big decision. To make that decision a lot easier I’m happy to announce Tesla Motors Leasing. Drivers can now experience uncompromised design, performance and breakthrough technology with the benefits of ease of ownership, flexibility and the peace of mind that leasing provides.
We hope that a comprehensive lease program will allow even more people to experience what the Tesla Roadster has to offer. The relative low cost of electricity vs. gasoline and the low maintenance needs of Tesla’s electric motor are some of the benefits of leasing a Roadster over a traditional internal combustion engine car. There are additional benefits: no stops at the gas station, no oil changes or exhaust system repairs. Tesla Motors Leasing also includes service from our groundbreaking Tesla Rangers team. Our mobile service team will come to your home or office to perform service and hardware updates.
To get ready for Spring, we have ordered a limited selection of Roadsters in our most popular colors with our most popular options. Right now, you could drive home from a store after finalizing your lease. Now what are you waiting for?
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That’s a cool way to make the experience available for more of us, especially down the road when the commuter cars start showing up. I could see Flexcars and the like investing in cars to park around town for instant rentals.
I wonder if the desire to own one would outweigh the desire to lease. Between lifespan and the fact so many people were willing to put 100K down on a car before it was being produced, that lease option had better be pretty good.
For Type S that would be about 60% of “From $1,658 per month” (from quick facts), which is 994.8. I can afford that. Easily. Almost anybody could. If you count out monthly gasoline bills for 10000 miles a year you find out that that is in practice only about $700 month. OTOH that is still leasing, you don’t own the car at the end of the leasing period. I’d prefer buying.
I wonder when car rental companies “find” EV:s. For shorter trips at the city at end of the long journey (let say you fly from NY to London UK) EV would be a perfect car. Practically no maintenance costs, cheaper for person that rents the car and the company that rented it, and luxury of the EV performance, reliability and ease of driving. If I could rent Roadster or Type S at the city where my parents live I would do so. Even weaker “roundabout” -type EV would be nice to have (if it has at least 200 mile range).
I wonder how cheap can those batteries get. Panasonic 4000Ah batteries already nearly doubled the capacity and if we get another similar jump in next ten years then we end up with about 8000Ah batteries. That’s nearly four times the range Roadster has now. Or 1/4 of the price for 200 mile range roundabout. For 3/4 price you would get that breakthrough range (600 miles) that makes ICE permanently obsolete.
And that is counting _only_ tech improvement effect to cost. It doesn’t count the increasing mass industry of batteries.
Silicon nanowire tech should be able to get _at least_ that much improvement in Li-ion batteries, so this is not just some daydream, but not-so-distant future of EV:s.
I am hoping this means that we are now one step closer to easy rental of Roadsters (and someday, Model Ss). Thanks for the great news.
There is a guy in my city who rents four exotic cars. I don’t know how much business he gets, but it’s nice to see the possibility is there. Looking around, I see a site for finding exotic car rentals around the country. No Tesla in the drop-down yet.
I’m curious how popular that would be. It would certainly get some media buzz here in Portland, the city between the Tesla stores.
Why does the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Concept car just released look just like the Tesla and now they are doing EV? Hummm… Is this why Elon said Tesla will no longer be using Lotus to make future Tesla Roadster cars maybe? It just seams like very odd timing with the IPO information inside and the Lotus company. Also, sucks for Dodge because they also use Lotus for their EV that looks like Tesla.