La Dolce Veloce

Tesla unveiled their Model S electric powered sedan today, with a projected price of just under $50k. That price gets you a battery pack good for around 160 miles; optional battery packs are good for 230 miles and 300 miles – thus highlighting one of the issues with electric cars, the cost of the batteries. That’s OK though, it’s a smart way of bringing this to market. If all goes well, it’ll go into production at the end of 2011, but that’s a big IF. Tesla is a small startup and building a car like this is going to take some work…let’s hope they can pull it off! Read more over at Autoblog.