The S and the X look interesting, but the range isn't there yet, and they're a bit too fancy for commute-only vehicles. (Also the excessively clever use of remote monitoring on the Roadster bothers me, though the footnotes there suggest it can be disabled.) Actually the new Tesla-powered 2012 Toyota Rav4-EV looks a lot more useful, if they ever escape California, or maybe the electric drive SmartCar. (In the next decade, probably the only practical things in this space are going to be plug-in hybrids, though.)
Still at Nokia (which has a lot more to do with the team than the company, which isn't really a surprise :-)
I saw the Model S at a showroom in San Jose last week, and it's a beautiful vehicle, which a surprisingly practical amount of space. The "brick" story is outrageous though -- how do you let a flaw like that get through? Can you imagine if Apple had the same policy?
I'd consider a Model S except that almost all of our driving is distance driving, and we do no commuting. Also we got an Audi Q7 last year (for the dog; the VW Jetta was too small for her...) and we love it.
Looks like the "medium" battery is just *barely* the Boston to New York run, given optimal (ie. unrealistic) conditions, but the "large" would handle driving down for a weekend, charging overnight, and driving back. I'd have to get the retractable-glass-roof version, since it would mean replacing the Mini as well, and I'm not giving up driving a convertible :-) Something to ponder, anyway.
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What are you doing these days -- still at Nokia?
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Still at Nokia (which has a lot more to do with the team than the company, which isn't really a surprise :-)
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I'd consider a Model S except that almost all of our driving is distance driving, and we do no commuting. Also we got an Audi Q7 last year (for the dog; the VW Jetta was too small for her...) and we love it.
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