Tesla: Elon Musk on Gavin Newsom’s Radio Show
Unless you were sleeping, you should know that last week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom challenged Portland Mayor Sam Adams to the Great Electric Vehicle Race. It took no time for Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to get into the game. So it comes as no surprise that on Saturday, July 13th, Gavin had Tesla founder, Elon Musk as a guest on his show.
California based Tesla produces the only highway legal electric vehicle on the road. Last month, Tesla secured $465 million in federal low interest loans through the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the administration’s plan to have one million plug-in electric cars on the road by 2015.
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The Mayor and Elon talked about the future of the car industry and the role of electric vehicles and how much Newsom loves his Tesla Roadster. He was also a driver of the infamous EV1. If you’re not familiar with the EV1, this was a GM program in California to launch electric vehicles, and GM killed the program due to lack of “consumer support”. The story was told in a now famous documentary, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Also, pretty cool, Tesla is sold out on their Roadster through October, and Elon mentioned that they are working in installing charging stations at rest stops. Now, why didn’t I think of that?
You can listen to Mayor Newsom’s Green 960 radio show online or subscribe to his weekly policy discussions on iTunes.
Is the Myers Sparrow highway legal as well?
TESLA S with 300 miles range + SOLAR ENERGY = FREEDOM !
shame on you Honda, in 1989 I had a civic crx hf model that got 52 MPG city, 65 hiWay. They stopped making them. Can’t find one anywhere. Gas Company and Auto Makers are sweethearts, guess who pays?
Battery powered cars won’t really make it mainstream. Why? You still need to plug it in. The next generation of motoring that is intended to replace petroleum-based cars should also be able to provide the freedom the petroleum-based automobiles have given us over the years and be able to let us live the life we already have. And that is the drive, fill-up, drive-some-more behavior. 300 miles is still limited. If you run out of charge in the middle of nowhere, then that’s technically the end of your journey. Yes, solar power can be added to keep the car going, but what if you run of charge in the night during a long drive? That’s still not the same freedom that we enjoy with petroleum-based cars. What we truly need is automobiles using hydrogen fuel cell technology and hydrogen fuel stations.
I think plug tech hybrids can solve that problem and bio fuel can use instead of petroleum. I all realy feel the electirc cars and infrature are just around the corner.