electric relaxation

a few months back, i saw a lamborghini gallardo (not this one) on the street. it was driven by a huge prick and equally rude girlfriend, but that's another story. of course, i asked archana if she'd be buy me one, and in our fanciful world, her objection is that it's not very eco-friendly. point taken ... "how about a tesla?"

if you don't know, the tesla is an electric car being manufactured by a startup in the bay area. tesla motors is one of the first new american car manufacturers in decades. the car is based on the design of the lotus elise and is estimated to go from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds. they car will set you back $109,000 though.

anyway, they recently opened the first showroom in los angeles and another in the bay area. the first few cars have rolled off the production lines and to customers. they say around 8 to 10 of the vehicles have been delivered already.

and already someone has crashed theirs! good job buddy. way to crash one of ten of THE hottest cars out there right now. you can read the article from wired.com here, but people are speculating that the crash was probably caused by aggressive driving and the fact that it's low profile and almost silent engine makes it hard to notice.

once/if they fix the car, they should not let that guy have it back (and give it to me, of course).