The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
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The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
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Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#2Not exactly.
It's one of Time's 4 best inventions of the year in the $22,000 - $750,000 price range.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#3Current title is a bit of a stretch. It hasn't been named the "Best invention of the year" -- it's number 19 out of 26 on a 2012 Best Inventions list.
Not to mention it's presented in a wonderfully agonizing slideshow format, gotta maximize those pageviews!
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#4Regardless if it is really the "best" invention of the year, I'm glad the media seems to be giving it a ton of attention. I can't wait till there is a tesla model in my price range.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#5How long until this old media dinosaur rolls over and dies? Fuck this stupid slideshow.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#6Why is Tesla more important than other electric cars? It's an honest question... no disrespect intended.
Nissan and Smart Car also made electric cars.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#7Why is Tesla more important than other electric cars? It's an honest question... no disrespect intended. Nissan and Smart Car also made electric cars.
Sorry to put it like a fanboy, but primarily because Elon Musk and his teams have a history of getting hard things done.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#8Why is Tesla more important than other electric cars? It's an honest question... no disrespect intended. Nissan and Smart Car also made electric cars.
See the spider-graph halfway down this page: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/alternative/1208_2012_te...
Alternatively, maybe you could sum it up by saying that it is because the Model S isn't a good electric car, but rather a good car.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#9Why is Tesla more important than other electric cars? It's an honest question... no disrespect intended. Nissan and Smart Car also made electric cars.
I get the impression that Tesla is trying to improve more than just the drivetrain and create truly modern vehicles. While I haven't been in (let alone driven) one, I've heard a few tidbits that suggest it, unlike the few other all-electric options, is really trying to be a so-called vehicle of the future.
The bits where it's fast and have the supercharger (and now its associated charging network) are certainly nice perks, but it's stuff like this that show they're rethinking a lot of things from the ground up: "As you approach, the Tesla key commands the door handle to unlock, waiting for a simple tap to present itself. With it in your pocket, Model S turns on as you buckle in to the driver’s seat." (http://www.teslamotors.com/models/features#/styling)
From an industry standpoint, catering to the luxury market (as compared the Volt, for example, which seems relatively pedestrian other than the fact that it's also all-electric), it probably affords them a higher R+D budget to push the tech faster. And by having no gas vehicles for sale, they don't have the problem of making all of their other cars seem less desirable by having an EV option. They're changing up the sales model as well from what I hear, and lord knows the car sales industry could use a kick in a more humane direction.
Would it be top of my list if I had a spare $90,000 lying around? No. But if money were no object in my life, it would certainly be a pretty nice purchase.
Re: The Tesla Model S is one of Time's Best Inventions of the Year
#10Current title is a bit of a stretch. It hasn't been named the "Best invention of the year" -- it's number 19 out of 26 on a 2012 Best Inventions list. Not to mention it's presented in a wonderfully agonizing slideshow format, gotta maximize those pageviews!
Beating every other invention of 2012: indoor fog machine cloud.