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Look out for the 125mph electric car (because you won't hear it)
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by Babel-Fish | August 21, 2008 at 08:59 pm
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It looks as stylish as a Lotus, can outpace a Porsche 911 and is coveted by Hollywood A-listers such as Brad Pitt and George Clooney. But unlike the average super car, the Tesla Roadster is electric.
The £92,000 car, made in Britain and test-driven here for the first time this week, is being heralded as a breakthrough for the humble electric car, which has been lumbered with a reputation for being distinctly slow and unsexy in the past.
Designers of the Tesla, which has a top speed of 125mph and can accelerate from zero to 60mph in 3.9 seconds, hope it will appeal to moneyed motorists currently cruising around in Aston Martins, Porsches and Ferraris.
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at 04:29 on August 22nd, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff. They will have to add an authentic engine sound to be safe to use on the roads.
at 17:10 on August 22nd, 2008
thanks, less pollution with out making a noise about it.