Woolsey on Tesla, VCs and national security

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If you get a chance to hear this guy speak, he is fire breathing good.

A chat with CIA chief-turned-venture capitalist R. James Woolsey - Santa Cruz Sentinel

[bobw]

That's a great story about the stop-light drag vs the 'vette in the prototype.

I think if Tesla can focus on getting Roadsters out the door for less than the cost of building them, they can weather this storm.

When people who can afford the Roadster drive it, they'll buy it. Hell, many buy it after riding in the passenger seat!

[bobw]

I found the incident charming, not the acceleration.

I'm sure I'd find the acceleration charming if I drove it, but that's not likely to happen.

Isn't one of the special virtues of the car that even a mediocre driver (like myself) can get the performance, reliably?

[Cobos]

I would like to reference the dragrace that Ferdinand Motors in Norway did at a track event they had. Notice that for the very expensive Porsche you need to warm up the tires for it to have chance against the Roadster. [You can find the thread in the Video section of this forum] So for a 0-62mph test you need a good driver to beat the Tesla, for a quarter mile it's less of a given. Also keep in mind many countries have pretty steep fee in gasoline cars so in some European countries the Roadster is competing with 2L Audi TT almost if you are comparing likepriced cars....

Cobos

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...Tesla's claim of a 12.9 qtr mile time means that it is far from being king of the dragstrip.

William the 3rd, Do you have the link to where Tesla gives this number?

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"...the ¼ mile time for the car is now in the 12.9 second range..."

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"...the ¼ mile time for the car is now in the 12.9 second range..."

That was so long ago. Thank you. I wonder what conditions were present when they measured this speed/time?

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