Martin Eberhard Blogs About Getting his Tesla Roadster
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada 
on 07.21.08
Former Tesla CEO Gets his Roadster
We recently reported that Tesla Roadsters had started shipping, and now we learn that Martin Eberhard, co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors, just got his electric Roadster. He blogged about the experience and posted a few photos (more below). It seems to have been an almost religious experience for him:
"The sun had just come over the trees, and its distinct orange stripes lit up the yard. The matching orange panels in the seats screamed Sit Here! Drive me, Baby! Who am I to refuse such an offer?"
100% Powered by the Sun
Trivia: Martin's house is equipped with a 5.2kW solar panel system. This means that he'll be driving around on the sun's power, with some left over to power his house.
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Electric car + solar panels = nice
Plug in hybrids will probably be more realistic for most people first, though, but I'm glad there are companies developing the tech for BEVs. the sooner we do the R&d, the faster it'll come to market at lower prices.
this thing is sexy in so many ways i can hardly contain myself! i only wish i could afford one! are any economy models coming soon?
I once got a ride in a Lotus Elise. It was great!
Tesla picked a super car to start off with and made it even better, way greener, and much cooler to own.
Congratulations to Tesla, Lotus, and the 'backyard engineers' ( T-Zero ) who started this project.
This is now the standard against which other cars will be judged.
I try not to be a "things" kind of person, but I might have to make an exception for this
MUWHAHAHA!!! The anti-Tesla wingnuts are forever silenced. Maybe learn a lesson from this.
It just proves "If you think you can, you can." If you think you can't, you can't." It's apparent who thinks you can versus who thinks you can't.
For Daniel: Tesla has two more BEV's coming at some point down the line. One is expected to be a contender for the Automotive X-Prize.
Super!