My SUV (2005 Suzuki XL-7, excellent vehicle, less than 19,000 miles on it) gets about 17mpg around town, and 20mpg on the open highway. I am a fairly conservative driver. So (excluding increasing fuel prices over the next 50+ years) the Tesla, in my case, will not "pay for itself" by the time I am about 125 years old. But, if I purchase a Tesla using funds acquired from the rampant increase in housing values in SoCal (yes, the market will come back, it always does) then what is it to me? The very idea of a relatively simple 70 pound electric motor being able to propel that vehicle as efficiently (and quickly) as it does, as compared to a complex air-fuel burning engine that weighs several hundred pounds, is very appealing to me from a pure technical perspective. It would be like me riding around in one the the slot cars I used to have as a kid (my favorite was a Coke Bottle Cheeta side-winder model), except a bit larger and far faster (and much more costly).
The logic circuits to manage the distribution of electrical power must be quite complex, and very interesting unto itself as well. I wonder what kind of specs can be uploaded from the machine's computer systems onto a laptop. Oooo00, I really am feeling the love here, folks! Gil > Depending on what you drive -- SUV at 10mpg - $2100/year -- only about > 49 years and it's paid for :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chet Gardiner > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Energy efficient vehicles > > > Depending on what you drive -- SUV at 10mpg - $2100/year -- only about > 49 years and it's paid for :-) > > mrgmhale wrote: > >> ?!?!? Wow....is that for real? > >> > >> > > > > Oh yes, it is for real. I just told Lynda I wold like to have > one of them > > puppies! I figure if I hold onto the California house for > about another 5 > > years I can cut it loose, then use a fraction of the proceeds > to get me one > > of them thar' 0-60mph in 4 seconds itty bitty monsters! My > price for a 2008 > > model with the options my heart desires comes in at $97,000, plus State > > Sales Tax of 8%, delivery charge, and out0of0area surcharge of another > > $8,000. But look at how much I will save in not using gasoline for the > > 7,000 miles per year I drive on average! > > > > Gil > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:52 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: Energy efficient vehicles > >> > >> > >> Chet Gardiner wrote: > >> > >>> Cute. > >>> > >>> Here's a real energy efficient vehicle: > >>> > >>> http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1 > >>> > >>> > >> ?!?!? Wow....is that for real? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Michael J. Babcock, MCP > >> MB Software Solutions, LLC > >> http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > >> http://fabmate.com > >> "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" > >> > >> > >> > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
