http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/07/18/tesla-roadster/12809975/ 400 miles a charge?: Tesla plans Roadster upgrade by Chris Woodyard July 18, 2014
[image] Roadster (Photo: Business Wire) Amid all the attention devoted to its Model S electric sedan, Tesla has said little about the owners of its first model, the Roadster. Now CEO Elon Musk appears ready to show them a little love. Tesla is planning to offer upgrades to Roadster batteries, spokesman Simon Sproule confirms."Improvements to battery are coming for Roadster," he said without elaboration. That's in line with what Musk told website AutoExpress in an interview. He said the car's 245 mile range could be boosted to 400 miles, making it the longest-range electric car. "The Roadster had an old generation battery," he told the site. "We'll upgrade it to a new generation battery pack and it should have a range of about 400 miles, which will allow you to drive from LA to San Francisco non-stop." That would be a nice present for Roadster owners, who are out of the limelight these days. Their electric two-seat convertibles, which were made by modifying the Lotus Elise, can't use the high-speed Superchargers that have made intercity travel possible for Model S owners. Tesla made about 2,500 Roadsters starting in 2008, which sold new for prices around $109,000. The company then halted production to focus on the Model S. It expects to sell about 35,000 Model S sedans this year. [© usatoday.com] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140721006116/en/San-Jose-Host-Free-Electric-Vehicle-Test-Drive EPRI's Plug-In 2014 Conference @McEnery Cntr 7/28-30 San Jose, CA http://et.epri.com/ http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2014/7/14/Subaru-is-Planning-to-Build-an-EV-7721433/ Subaru plans to eventually build an all-wheel-drive EV model http://www.autospies.com/news/SPIED-An-Auto-Spy-Nabs-The-Kia-Soul-EV-As-Its-TUCKED-AWAY-82046/ Kia Soul EV slated for sale in U.S. in Q3 2014 http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/07/11/phoenix-church-becomes-first-arizona-green-sanctuary/12484859/ AZ GreenFaith Church members donated PVs & EVSE> 1st "green sanctuary" ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-GreenFaith-recharges-your-plugin-along-with-your-soul-tp4667959.html EVLN: GreenFaith recharges your plugin along with your soul + EVLN: Renault 16ton Electric Delivery Lorry/Truck {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tesla-plans-400mi-Roadster-pack-upgrade-tp4670483.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
