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Article: Tesla Motors modifies claim of 250 mile range.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2007
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Byline: Matt Nauman
Apr. 18--Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley electric-vehicle start-up, has quietly told those who have put a deposit down on its first vehicle that its range will be significantly less than anticipated. Tesla, based in San Carlos, has taken nearly 400 deposits for its $98,000 roadster, a two-seat, zero-emissions vehicle with claims that it can go from 0 to 60 mph in less than four seconds, has a top speed of 130 mph and has a range of 250 miles when fully charged. But in a communication with would-be owners last week, Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard revealed that the roadster will have a range of "greater than 200 miles," not 250. Why? ...