Model S a hybrid after all ??!??

[TEG]

Tesla Confirms Model S Plug-in Hybrid Sedan | Volvo Auto Newss | Automobile.com

This seems to contradict other recent statements...

[Laurent]

This seems to contradict other recent statements...

When was this "article" posted ? There's no date on it. I don't think they know what they're talking about.

[Young]

Tesla Confirms Model S Plug-in Hybrid Sedan | Volvo Auto Newss | Automobile.com

This seems to contradict other recent statements...

Hybrid with 224mile range? It does not add up.

[TEG]

When was this "article" posted ? There's no date on it.

It showed up on 8/26/08

I don't think they know what they're talking about.

Possibly so.

[JRP3]

Here is the exact same article dated July 1st.
The Car Magazine.com - Latest News

[TEG]

I guess it is just a bad auto-generated page with stale content.
The links to the right show "Photos of the Volvo Roadster".
When you click there it says "3 pictures total" then offers you 2 photos of the Tesla Roadster.

[Kevin Harney]

I hope this is all wrong. I am not buying a hybrid

[Cobos]

I seem to be believe a quote from Musk more than an obscure article somewhere. Still we do know that they have considered both a hybrid and a pure BEV or possibly both. This might be the same as those SUV rumors, something they are considering in the future.
I'm hoping for a good pure BEV regardless of, if they make a hybrid or not.

Cobos

[TEG]

TeslaMotors Twitter:
"Contrary to some recent articles, the Model S sedan will be all electric, not a PHEV."

[graham]

Details about deciding on all electric or series hybrid for Model S:

Greentech Media: Green Light Blog Archive Tesla Kills its Gas-Electric Hybrid

Those plans have been scrapped. Speaking at the GoingGreen conference yesterday, Musk officially said that Tesla was only pursuing all-electric cars and not hybrids.

Why the reversal? During the early part of the summer, Tesla began to more seriously analyze the engineering challenges of making a plug-in series hybrid. In an all-electric car, the battery pack only has to be charged every 250 miles or so. In a series hybrid, the battery needs to be charged every 40 miles before getting recharged by the gas engine. Thus, the battery in a series hybrid goes through a lot more cycles in a year.

Lithium ion battery packs, which Tesla put in its Roadster, do not hold up well under intense cycling like that. “The battery you need for a plug-in (series) hybrid has to have a very high cycle life,” said Tesla Chief Marketing Officer Daryl Siry. “You need an entirely different chemistry.”