E.J. Alcantara

"Actually Tom I’m able to get 200 miles on a charge fairly easily with my Tesla Roadster. My commute is five miles a day, and with another trip or two thrown in a day (i.e. lunch,dinner, meeting, movie, whatever) that means I can charge it every 4-5 days. I just had my charger put in yesterday and with the low speed charger it takes 6-8 hours for a full charge and with high-speed charger it takes 3-4 hours. I actually think I’ll never have to buy/drive another car since I only do two or three road trips a year (i.e. San Diego), and when I do I can us my old Mini Cooper. 95% of folks drive less than 100 miles a day… so the Tesla 2.0 at 60k and 3.0 at 30k would do the trick. Additionally, battery life is getting better and better, so my guess is they will be able to get the range from 220+ to 350-400+ in two years. When the car gets to 400 miles a charge and under 50k then it really starts to make sense because the gas savings of 2-3k a year pays for the additional 15k of the car (or..." - Jason Calacanis

200 miles on a charge is pretty good already for a car you use daily. I wonder if they can make cars for harder climates like Northern Europe. We have snow here already so the current model might actually have trouble over here in the winter. I postponed buying a new car as I hope that within 2 years there would be more hybrid/electric alternatives in the market. Only option currently is the Toyota Prius. I am not a big fan of that car. - Davide D'Incau

Yeah, bring on a version designed for harder climates, at 50k-60k and I'm there.! - Juho Tunkelo

This was what I thought Mahalo should be doing ages ago. - J T. Ramsay