Why I Wish I Had A Tesla Roadster

A couple months ago I watched, "Who Killed The Electric Car?" and it was a very enlightening look into the promising EV1 developed by GM and then later scrapped - literally. There were too many good things going for that car and a lot of organiztions felt threatened - motor, government, oil and auto parts industries. So, of course they gotta bring the club down on anything that's good for the people, and that's bad business for them.

I always wonder who runs these auto companies? They had a good thing going and now they're suffering in sales because Toyota and Honda are pushing the electric hybrids and meeting the demand. It's like the domestic auto companies are running into the future backwards and bumping into street poles along the way, while the japanese auto companies are running into the future facing forwards and catching all the green lights.

The japanese auto makers aren't off the hook though. What they're pushing are hybrids which still depend on gas. So they're appeasing someone that's for sure. In the documentary, Toyota also put a stop to their EV Toyota Rav 4s, basically following suit and scrapping them as GM did.

In the end, it's too much of a good thing that will take too much of a good thing from them - "cha ching!"

And now comes along Tesla Motors with a car that's twice as efficient as the latest hybrids out there, as sleek and stylish as its cousin (Lotus Elise), and faster than what I need in a car - but I'll take it. I am so impressed with the car that I designed one of a few ads for fun (see below). Since it's out of my price range (around 100k), I won't be getting one anytime soon, but it's definitely on my wish list. The company states that they named their roadster after Nikola Tesla as a tribute to his genius and that without his brilliant contributions, they wouldn't be where they are now... and so it goes for the rest of the world.

I'd have to agree with Tesla Motors - Nikola Tesla would very much look at their roadster with understanding and approval.

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