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There are going to be some spectacular crashes once these things get out on the road.
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Am I the only one struggling to find a "roadster" in the Roadster pics?
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Did u see it? BMW needs to catch up. I8 can do it but it has to be 100% electric and must have better steering feel. At 130k starting price it will be a bargain
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Yeah but Tesla is still in its infancy has some growing to do, BMW for as big as they are should have done a lot better and be further along than the i3 as is. Electric is the way of the future, I hope BMW can do better, for sure others will be. Good luck with your purchase, I'm a BMW owner and appreciate others that love the brand too. I just don't think they are quite there yet. I see much promise with the i8 in the future.
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Knee-jerk questions and statements from an eternal skeptic:
- Tire life may be worse than the worst tire-wear car of all time, the Gen 1 Acura NSX. So owners can bank on spending $2k every 3-4K miles for new rubber. - The weight question is a good one ... but if the majority of it is low in the chassis, weight may not matter nearly as much as people think. What will matter more is balance and suspension tuning -- neither of which is a strength of Tesla's. - As with all EVs, straight-line performance is stratospheric. The real question is will the car handle as a 'roadster' should handle. I'm not optimistic about that potential Nuerburgring time. - Tesla's 'other' introduction is what I've felt EV's true long-term niche market is for many years: commercial tractor motors. Mark my words: EVs will transform the consumer pickup truck market -- which many of you will know has emcompassed THE best-selling vehicles in the U.S. for decades -- in 5-10 years. All that's been needed is to develop a motor and battery array that can consistently create high torque under heavy tow loads. That's now been done.
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Agreed. at a Quarter Million US dollars ($5 Billion Canadian), I'd expect the car to look better than it does. Not that it looks bad, it just doesn't look like a car in that premium price range. The BMW i8 looks better, as does the new 2018 Z4 at 1/5 of the price. No arguing with the crazy performance though.
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Wow, so beautiful! Starts at $200,000! I'd love to see 1.9 sec 0-60 in real time.
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Finally, an EV that can do 500+ miles on a charge. Now I hope that trickles down to the sedans and then I might save to buy one.
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Wow, that is insane as he said...probably as close as I'll ever get to an in car launch, Thank you, great video but actually I meant wanted to see it live at an event. Hope I will soon at some point in the future. The force off the line looked seat smashing!
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I love my i3, and I timed my lease for the Model 3 release, which looks like it will be for naught. No matter, I like my i3 so much I plan on extending another 6 months and then see what happens.
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