The first public electric charging station in Warsaw, Poland and Tesla Roadster charging for free!!! (for a limited period of time, I guess):

miasta.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,95190,7262570,Dziala_pierwsza_w_Polsce_elektrostacja_dla_samochodow.html

I wouldn’t want to be smashed in the face w/ my iPod when the air bag deploys…

Good and tremendous

Here is link to actual competition is someone is interested: www.progressiveautoxprize.org/

and here is the list of qualified teams: www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams

There was also one Finnish competitor I had never heard before: www.raceabout.fi/era/ which apparently is using pretty similar concept as Roadster (except that they use different battery tech).

Seems to be that Tesla has made huge impact on industry.

Wir bedanken uns für das freundliche und ausführliche Interview in München. Herr von Harrach schäute sich nicht, uns 50 Minuten lang mit Details des Flitzers zu versorgen. Leider war kein Fahrzeug zur Probefahrt vorhanden. Es wäre schön, wenn wir dieses Erlebnis noch nachholen könnten.

Mit besten Grüßen
Martin Zehrer - www.Paradies-Oberpfalz.de

Hier das Video:
www.paradies-oberpfalz.de/index.php?videosache=237&vdetails=1

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Hello Tesla Motors

thank you for this 50-minute interview with Herr von Harrach in your office in Munich. Unfortunately, we could not make a test drive, as the demo vehicle was on its way.

Warm greetings to the U.S. from the Upper Palatinate
Martin Zehrer

Look at this Domain:
www.paradies-oberpfalz.de/index.php?videosache=237&vdetails=1

P.S.: I loved to read that Tesla has a shop in Munich now, too. See you there soon.

My interest in all this is simple: I want our country to be here for our grandchildren and TMC has a very important part to play in cleaning up the pollution accumulated in our environment by fossil fuel companies driven by profit and greed over the welfare of the county.

I’m anxious to see where Telsa is going to take this incredible vision. We need more manufacturers to jump on board and start moving in the direction that Telsa motors is moving.

There will be quite a few other electric cars and concepts there too, I hope all of you that live in Finland and read this can come there.

Avoinna: pe 6.11. klo 9–19, la 7.11. klo 10–18, su 8.11. klo 10–18.
Pääsyliput: aikuiset 13 €, lapset 7–15 v., eläkeläiset, opiskelijat ja varusmiehet 9 €. Perhelippu 28 €. Alle 7-v. lapset ilmaiseksi.

Helsingin Messukeskus.

Should I comment the blog? Nah, nothing interesting there, just Tesla Store at München. Of course it is good to know that there is shop in Germany for Tesla, but that doesn’t help me much.

Zinc-Air batteries have problems with recharging, they tend to grow long zinc crystals with each recharge, with just a few charge cycles those growing zinc crystals short out the battery. There is research ongoing to solve this problem. An alternative is the “zinc-air fuel cell”, which is recharged by refilling with zinc pellets and the waste zinc oxide drained off to be recycled into new zinc pellets. That would make for fast recharging, and might make an excellent “range extender” for an EV.

jay: Lithium-Air batteries are under intensive development by the University of St. Andrews, IBM, and battery maker PolyPlus. Lithium-Air prototypes have already demonstrated an energy density much higher than current LiIon batteries, which means a smaller lighter battery could give a much greater driving range than we now have, “thousand mile per charge” may be possible. It will take a few years of testing and developing efficient manufacturing processes before we will see them in electric cars and portable electronics. See:
www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2244737/ibm-touts-game-changing-lithium
www.newscientist.com/article/dn17159-breathing-batteries-could-store-10-times-the-energy.html

And BTW that is 2000 miles, not kilometeres. Theoretic capacity of that tech is well beyond ten times current tech. Closer to hundred times (tens of kWh/kg instead of 200Wh/kg of current techs). With that density batteries are very close to theoretical energy contained in fossil fuels.

Musk cited a new battery chemistry called lithium-air. “It’s got 10 times the energy density of the battery packs we’re using today, and when that technology comes to market – it still has a lot of challenges to overcome – it will have a 2,000-kilometre range.”

A touchpad on the steering wheel. It need not be full color, though it could be a portable gadget holder (for example, I’d use my Android phone, or iPhone, etc.). Simply, a mouse trackpad would suffice on the steering wheel… it would enable some simple control of the 17″ touchscreen (while safely keeping fingers on the steering wheel)… further still, I’d like to see some more control over the speedo/odometer area: As it’s right underneath my street eye-line — it’s a perfect place for me to get some quick info, e.g. Caller ID info, next directions from GPS, next song preview?, etc.

touchpad (and/or docking station) in the steering wheel . (the default app could be a horn)

Is there some kind of “university” where one can study to join the Tesla Rangers? My skills lean more to the computer side of things than the automotive side, but I’m hoping it wouldn’t take too long to pick up the latter.

For example, Daimler claimed that partnering with Tesla saved them nearly a decade of R&D.

On the other hand, it was sad, but typical, that Chrysler flat-out refused Tesla’s repeated offers to make a powertrain for their minivan. Chrysler stated that the minivan was their creation from the beginning, and so they are going to do everything by themselves. There was no argument relating to a claim of superiority of their own product - the decision was a result of selfishness and ignorance. Those sorts of attitudes are what brought Chrysler to it’s knees to begin with.

Bravo, Tesla!

Unfortunately, these are going to be gas-powered service vehicles, right? With the potentially long distances and no charging infrastructure, I guess there’s no choice right now.

Perhaps you could quick-charge an electric van while you service the customer’s vehicle, using the customer’s installation? Deduct the cost from the service call fee, or, since Tesla owners probably wouldn’t miss a couple dollars of electricity for the rare necessity of a house call, just consider it part of the fee.

I live in the DC region and am looking forward to visiting your new store (when it’s finished, of course). I expect to put in my $5k reservation for a Model S next year. Even if Tesla never gets beyond a specialty brand, Mr. Musk is right that the company is a kick in the rear and a powerful catalyst.

It is truly remarkable that Tesla is outperforming everyone else in real-world electric vehicle viability. By the Model S’s debut in late 2011, the Ford Focus electric will be out, but only having a range of about 80+ miles, and the Nissan Cube electric will have been out, but it’s range isn’t much better (and ugly as sin, in my personal opinion, not to mention innefficient - the drag coefficient has to be staggering).

Keep up the excellent work. I hope you become the next Ford (in a good way). Speaking of which, what’s the Model T going to look like, and is it on pace to be rolling off the assembly line in 2014? I hope so. My future Model S will need an affordable electric friend!

When Tesla S sedan will be available and what will be the entering price in Europe?

Thank you for the answer,
Stanta

Just curious…

If you can wait a few months, here are several other companies developing electric motorbikes, electric scooter and electric mopeds. Even Honda is planning to produce some electric motorbikes.