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Tesla Owner Mark Templeton has taken delivery of his Roadster, and made a video of his experience unboxed.
Mark also takes the Roadster out for a run to stretch its legs. Looking at the video it seems he is a very happy owner. For the record this is Tesla #16.
A brand new black Tesla Roadster got into an accident right after its owner had taken delivery of that electric supercar. Looking at the pictures we see that the Tesla has got a hit from 90s Toyota Camry to the rear and its front ended up beneath Mercedes C-Class.
According to Wired the scene was sedate with only one police car blocking the traffic. “No action, no drama — everyone was very mellow,”
On April 16 Tesla released a statement about the fact that they were readying a lawsuit against Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive and Fisker Coachbuild, for purposefully supplying Tesla with substandard designs for their White Star electric sedan project and using Tesla information for his own Fisker Karma Concept.
Today Fisker Automotive responds with a statement that their Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) 4-door sedan, is on schedule for quarter 4 2009 deliveries.
2008 model year Tesla Roadsters are all spoken for in the United States, but with the increasing production levels 2009 year model Roadsters are still available.
With deliveries starting this spring, Europeans can now start ordering a Limited Edition European Tesla Roadster.
The Tesla Roadster is scheduled to make its European debut at this months Top Marques Monaco auto show (April 24 - 27).
With the dollar steadily falling against the Euro during the past year, the Tesla Roadster has grown more expensive to build because some components are sourced abroad and a lot of the construction is being done in Hethel, England.
Selling the car in Europe would provide the company a better balance between income and cost currencies.
Continue to read: Tesla Roadster will soon to be distributed in Europe
Regular production of the 2008 Tesla Roadster commenced today, marking an historical milestone for Tesla Motors and a watershed in the development of clean, zero-emissions vehicles.
First unveiled as a prototype on July 19th, 2006, the revolutionary Tesla Roadster generated an extraordinary response from people everywhere who were inspired by the vision that beautiful, high performance cars could generate zero-emissions and burn no oil.
Continue to read: Tesla Motors Begins Regular Production of 2008 Tesla Roadster
“I drive a Toyota Prius and I have one of the Lexus hybrids,” he says. “Next year I’m getting a Tesla Roadster, which I’m very, very excited about. It’s an electric car, gets about 250 miles to the charge and is fast as hell! I can’t wait to get it. Driving a green car is one of the ways we can all do a little more, so I’m trying to do that.”
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