VP Revealed

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Plus a Yellow Roadster going together and news that the Tesla is runs Linux.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109194,00.asp

Nothing new here:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109316,00.asp

 

[tonybelding]

Plus a Yellow Roadster going together and news that the Tesla is runs Linux.

That's good news. If they'd told me it had Windows, I would have been terribly conflicted.

 

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So does anyone think that yellow one is another VP?

Make sense to me...

 

[doug]

So does anyone think that yellow one is another VP?

Make sense to me...

Sure. That was my assumption. I already posted this in another section, but here's a vid related to that article: http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/04/05/pc-magazine-tests-the-tesla-roadster-check-out-the-video/

 

[lorencc]

The yellow one is most certainly the pre-EP mule. I've ridden in it. It has (had?) a hand-built one-speed
transmission with a gear ratio about halfway between the low and high gear of the production 2-speed transmission.
The acceleration was quite wicked, even so.

 

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The yellow one is most certainly the pre-EP mule. I've ridden in it. It has (had?) a hand-built one-speed
transmission with a gear ratio about halfway between the low and high gear of the production 2-speed transmission.
The acceleration was quite wicked, even so.

lorencc,

Your note made me go back and look at the pics. I was looking for EP-VP clues.
Nothing clear but the undercarrige and wheel wells of that car looks spotless.
The author's photo captions also comment on it "going together".


doug,

Thanks for the video link. What section did I miss?

 

[CEOswife]

The yellow one you are seeing is the one that underwent durability testing. It was still in such good shape after being tested, that Tesla had it shipped to the US. Last I heard, they are putting in a new battery pack and tuning it up for further testing in San Carlos.

 

[doug]

doug,

Thanks for the video link. What section did I miss?

I only meant that I had already posted the link to the video in the Roadster General Info forum.

 

[lorencc]

Thank you . So there are 2 yellow ones....