Tesla & DeLorean!

[Tripper]

Now that electric car company Tesla is coming out with their new IPO... I was reflecting on the other couple of cars that tried to come to market & still wonder why in the world the 'father of the muscle car', John DeLorean, ever decided on that funky drive train. DeLorean's were very underpowered at the time & I still believe that had an awfull lot to with it's failure. Now I wonder if an expensive purely electric car like Tesla can be successful today!? [S

BoB

 

[35Mastr]

Bob,They are going to unite with Toyota Motor Corp to build an economical car. They are going to do it in the NUMMI Plant that was closed this year across the freeway from Baylands Raceway.

 

[BigIrish]

I think it had something to do with most companies not wanting to take a risk on him and didn't want to provide an engine for a car that would be thier direct competition. I think he orig wanted a GM v-8 but he GM execs killed that. The D would have been in competition with the camaros and mustangs. He had to settle for that crappy Renault v-6 which I think was basically a small family car engine - no competition threat there.

Yeah Tesla will eventually get folded into Toyota and become another brand like Scion is. Or it may get folded in completely and become the next Prius. The original founders will hopefully cash out a buttload of money and go sit on a beach somewhere surrounded by exotic women (at least that's what I'd do).

 

[Flipper_1938]

I don't think the American public has the aptitude to plan re-charging well enough to drive an electric car in the real world.

 

[Tripper]

The original founders will hopefully cash out a buttload of money and go sit on a beach somewhere surrounded by exotic women (at least that's what I'd do).

The CEO's gettin' divorced as we speak & I'm sure that's exactly what he'll do. Hopefully he'll learn form his mistakes!

I don't think the American public has the aptitude to plan re-charging well enough to drive an electric car in the real world.

I saw a "green" house that recharged a Nat Gas Honda in the garage from the homes gas supply. Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!! [cl

BoB

 

[andreasklapp]

i think they need superconductors before we'll ever see a truly efficient electric vehicle, combine that with hubless wheels driven and stabilized by electromagnets. or if they would release some of tesla's patents we'd be doing just fine. although i think we should use every available source of power on an "alternative" vehicle.

 

[Willowbilly3]

How did Tesla's name get on it anyway?

 

[35Mastr]

How did Tesla's name get on it anyway?

They are a local electric high end car builder. Right here out of Palo Alto. That is the name of the company.

 

[cycledog]

How did Tesla's name get on it anyway?

They must have licensed the name from the Nikola Tesla estate. Nothin like a Tesla coil. I built one in high school, liked the sparks. Thats what they always used in the old monster movie laboratories.

The site I looked at showed a Tesla Roadster, which wasn't a roadster at all but a 4dr sedan. Looks pretty good.

Isn't this the same guy that started Paypal or at least had something to do with it.?

 

[Willowbilly3]

Nikola Tesla was an amazing man, did some stuff they still can't explain. He was involved in the Philidelphia experiment but bailed out when they wanted to test it with humans, said it was too dangerous. JP Morgan was backing him until JP found out he wanted to give away electricity and send it through the air, pulled his funding and burned him out. That's when he moved to Colorado. I have to doubt this car has anything to do with him (since he's been dead over half a century), probably just plagurized his name.

 

[Reign]

I have to doubt this car has anything to do with him (since he's been dead over half a century), probably just plagiarized his name.

i thought the same thing so i went to their website to check it out. here it is, straight from their site

http://www.teslamotors.com/learn_more/why_tesla.php

 

[andreasklapp]

my understanding of Tesla's motor (not tesla motors) is that it would make a controlled field of gravity in a direction of your choosing that the vehicle would "fall" into. (kinda like the ufo videos where they change directions very rapidly)..... tesla had some incredible ideas, way ahead of his time.

 

[Willowbilly3]

He was responsable for AC currant and just gave the patents to Westinghouse at a time when Edison was dead set on DC. Also Edison had boned him for $50,000 so there might have been a little vengance involved.

 

[Tripper]

He was responsable for AC currant and just gave the patents to Westinghouse at a time when Edison was dead set on DC. Also Edison had boned him for $50,000 so there might have been a little vengance involved.

Tesla was an incredible cat & an electrical genius, here's a post from a while back...

http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6706&highlight=tesla

BoB

 

[moronthethrottle]

I've been a Tesla fan for 20 years now. Such a gifted man. His inventions and ideas hit him like psychic premonitions. He said of Edison "If Edison were challenged with the task of finding a needle in a haystack, he would go about it by inspecting each strand one by one, rather than just reaching in and grabbing the needle." (or something along those lines)

I've often thought his idea of sending out electricity through the air would work-especially well for items like cell phones and other low current devices. Problem that he probably didn't realize was the cancer that it would most likely cause. I believe the "star wars" program was largely based upon his work as well.

The band is (was) pretty good too. After all, he did invent the radio...not Guglielmo Marconi as it was overturned by the courts only after his death.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

i have to admit i like the roadster. just not $101,000 worth of like

 

[Willowbilly3]

I've been a Tesla fan for 20 years now. Such a gifted man. His inventions and ideas hit him like psychic premonitions. He said of Edison "If Edison were challenged with the task of finding a needle in a haystack, he would go about it by inspecting each strand one by one, rather than just reaching in and grabbing the needle." (or something along those lines)

I've often thought his idea of sending out electricity through the air would work-especially well for items like cell phones and other low current devices. Problem that he probably didn't realize was the cancer that it would most likely cause. I believe the "star wars" program was largely based upon his work as well.

The band is (was) pretty good too. After all, he did invent the radio...not Guglielmo Marconi as it was overturned by the courts only after his death.

I read somewhere that he said a lot of his ideas came from aliens.