Monday, December 01, 2014

Demand For Tesla Is Not The Problem, Switching The World To Electric Cars Is

When Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk says there’s enormous demand for his powerful electric cars, he may not be exaggerating.

We called a Tesla sales center in New York City to ask about delivery of a Model S for Christmas. After some hesitation, the salesperson said he might be able “to dig one up.” There were two Model S sedans in inventory for the entire New York metropolitan area, a sporty black one and a red one. Maybe Santa would like the red one to match his suit, but we wanted the black one equipped with a 85 kilowatt-hour battery .... http://www.forbes.com