Governor Richardson Announces Tesla Motors Assembly Facility for Albuquerque; 400 New High Wage Jobs
Tesla press release February 19, 2007
... Tesla Motors will build a new automobile assembly facility in Albuquerque, bringing 400 high wage jobs and a total capital investment of $35 million. Construction on the 150,000 square foot plant will begin in April 2007, at the latest.
Tesla Motors, based out of San Carlos, Calif., will use the plant to produce its “WhiteStar” car, a four door, five-passenger sports sedan, which is 100 percent electric. The New Mexico plant will be the company’s first assembly facility in the United States. ...
The first cars will roll off the assembly line in the fall of 2009, and Tesla Motors will produce at least 10,000 cars each year. The vehicles will cost $50,000 for the standard model or $65,000 for a premium model with greater performance and range. Tesla Motors begins production of its first vehicle, a zero-emission two seat Roadster, at a facility in England owned by Lotus Cars later this year.
$100k for the roadster and $50k-ish for the sedan. Maybe car three will hit $30k so us mere mortals can buy one?
Posted by: The Anonymous Poster | February 20, 2007 at 10:17 AM
That's the plan. Can you wait until 2011?
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog1/?p=8
Posted by: Kir | February 20, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Donate some free ones to Imus' ranch Tesla. Valuable publicity and the tie in with jobs for New Mexico.
GM donates vehicles to the ranch, big flex fuel guzzlers, to match Imus' energy hoggish, lavish private jet travel.
But if Imus has ANY trouble with you or the product? Look out!
Posted by: amazingdrx | February 20, 2007 at 11:15 AM
I guess I can drive my 2k6 HCH2 for another 4 years.
Posted by: The Anonymous Poster | February 20, 2007 at 11:36 AM
I can't believe I have to wait 'til 2009. But, what I'd really love to know is, how does this vehicle compare to something of similar value... say a BMW 5 series? If it performs anywhere near their Roadster, I'd considering it more in-line with an M5 than a regular 5 series.... which would make it one hell of a deal.
Posted by: Chad K | February 20, 2007 at 02:37 PM
BEVs are elsewhere emission vehicles (EEV). If you live in a big dirty city, you may like the idea of shifting pollution to rural areas.
Posted by: Kit P. | February 21, 2007 at 09:31 PM
BEVs are elsewhere emission vehicles (EEV). If you live in a big dirty city, you may like the idea of shifting pollution to rural areas.
Well duh, but the amount of emission varies with the power source, and can be essentially zero(PV, nuke, hydro, geo, wind...) Given our present mix of electric generation, BEVs emit less CO2 than ICEs. Further, cars are usually operated in close proximity to people, so there is value in moving their emissions elsewhere. Maybe not to the person who lives downwind of a coal plant, but I am talking of the greater good. BTW, I live downwind of a lot of coal plants.
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Some of these orders are for the Signature Series Model S. These reservations require a $40,000 deposit and previous Tesla Roadster owners were offered an opportunity to reserve these even before the March 26, 2009 reveal. It is unclear exactly what features will be offered on the limited edition Signature Series (2000 units maximum).
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