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Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport review

<img alt="Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport review" border="1" hspace="4" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2729/tesla2011040160001.jpg" vspace="4">Gadgets come in all shapes and sizes, but it's safe to say this is a big'un. Sure, it isn't exactly portable in the traditional sense, and no 24 month contract is going to make it fit into our budget, but that doesn't mean it can't have a place in your life. It's the Roadster Sport, the latest addition to the Tesla family and released to the world last summer. Version 2.5 is the fastest yet on the road, leaping from zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds yet still getting a rated 245 miles of range. Of course, we all know that rated range doesn't necessarily equate to real-world range, and real-world car performance doesn't always live up to what you read in the magazines, either. Indeed in our testing we weren't able to make it the full 245 miles that Tesla says you can in a roadster, nor did we come close to approaching this thing's 125mph top speed. But, after spending plenty of hours wedged inside the cockpit of this $128,500 sporty EV we did walk away mighty impressed, not only with how it drove but in how it sounded. Read on, and you might just be too. Gallery: Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport <img alt="" src="fhttp://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5083/tesla2011040180001thumb.jpg" title=""><img alt="" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1034/tesla2011040180002thumb.jpg" title=""><img alt="" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2310/tesla2011040180003thumb.jpg" title=""><img alt="" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1465/tesla2011040180004thumb.jpg" title=""><img alt="" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2316/tesla2011040180005thumb.jpg" title=""> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/01/tesla-roadster-2-5-sport-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</A>

Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport review

Gadgets come in all shapes and sizes, but it's safe to say this is a big'un. Sure, it isn't exactly portable in the traditional ...

Tesla assures $57k Model S will be profitable, sexy looking too

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The path to availability for cars of the future is one wrought with roadblocks, potholes, and indeed IEDs -- increasingly expensive developments. This was most recently seen with Fisker's Karma getting a price boost up to $95,900, a hefty jump over initial $80,000 estimates, but Tesla is taking this chance to give new reassurances that its Model S sedan's price of $57,000 is comfortable. That's largely thanks to smaller Li-Ion batteries, which are similar to those used in laptops and can be found scattered about like chewy raisins in this aluminum cookie. They're much less expensive to produce than the large, monolithic packs used in the Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt, about $200 per kWH vs. $750 for Nissan's. That's cheap enough for Tesla to assure that it can still make a profit on the Model S, despite its cost being set at roughly half that of the Roadster. Will that still be the case when it hits production in 2012? We can't wait to find out. 
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Tesla assures $57k Model S will be profitable, sexy looking too

The path to availability for cars of the future is one wrought with roadblocks, potholes, and indeed IEDs -- increasingly expensive develop...