Teaser Photo of Tesla's 'Model S' Electric Sedan
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada 
on 10.28.08
Update: We removed the photo that was here at the request of its copyright owner. You can still see it here. For a less official photo, but of the whole car: Here's a photo of what the Tesla Model S might look like. It's probably official, but not 100% certain yet.
Tesla Model S Electric Sedan Teaser Picture
These are not the best times for Tesla Motors. As we recently reported, Elon Musk is back at the Helm, the Model S has been delayed and some of the firm's workers will be laid off. Because of the credit crunch, capital is harder to come by, and car companies are very capital-intensive...
So to have some positive news, Tesla decided to give us a peek at their Model S prototype.
To Tease, You Have to Reveal Something...
Unfortunately, as you can see above, it's a pretty meaningless teaser. It does confirm that the the electric sedan isn't complete vaporware, but we see so little that it could be the back of some random Mazda sedan.
Seems like Tesla took a page off Toyota's book with its 2010 Prius teasers that are basically photos of random buttons in the car (meanwhile, pics of the whole car have leaked).
With the extra 6 months delay, the Model S electric sedan (seats 5 adults) should be on the market around mid-2011. Target price is $60,000. Lets hope that it works out according to plan and that the extra 6 months allow Tesla to give the car extra polish.
Via MotorTrends Blog
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Must be a slow news day... non-descript images of a car that will sell for $60K in 3 years. The development cycle is painfully slow, isn't it?
Note to Tesla: Show the prototype, then say that this may not be the final design.
Quite a few people said the Tesla Roadster was vaporware, too. They have been proven wrong. Now we get vaporware comments on the sedan. A delay in making it to market doesn't make it vaporware. I believe it will come unless Tesla goes public and a major automaker or oil company buys them out.
We've seen entire pictures of the EV-1 and General Motors never sold one of them to the general public. The Volt is said to be coming, too. Are we going to call that vaporware too?
Isn't this the whole car? http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=10&article_id=7201
Its an Infiniti G35! Not really, but it does look to have similar styling from that peak photo.