justin was slimed this week by KB so i started looking around. the best examples are sited on the last link of this post at the tesla motor club message board. they did a great job of pinning down the bull shit and the aka's - key words: electric car I'd ignore what Kerry Bradshaw AKA Kent Beuchert AKA thebike AKA Tom C Gray has to say. There might be some truth buried somewhere in the bile but, unsurprisingly, there's usually lots of crap as well. Google him and see what I mean.
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Above comments by “tom c gray” and “kerry bradshaw” are actually from the same person. Usually he comments under the name Kent Beuchert and he is the author of literally thousands of cranky anti-electric car comments across these here internets. Google is your friend.
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Kerry beauhrt is a paid hack of the oil companies that frequently puts up false data in support of failed energy policy.
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The Kent Beuchert Affair: Bias and Corporate Lobbying on a Science Blog Energy Blog sponsored by Shell?
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Here's a whole thread about Kent Beuchert AKA Kerry Bradshaw AKA Tom C Gray AKA thebike (etc.) over at the TeslaMotorsClub.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/off-topic/672-ken-kent-kerry-beauchrt-beuchert-beuchrt-biker-rider-krider.html
It's apparent from his thousands of posts that Kent hates the idea of an electric car unless it includes a "range extender" like the Volt. Actually, he's a regular commenter at www.gm-volt.com
He has "electric car" in his google alerts and seems to monitor this quite religiously as his comments are often the first to appear after "electric car" is published somewhare on the net. I personally suspect he isn't so much a shill as just very very lonely and bitter.
May have been in Popular Science circa 1966 that I saw a "range extender" for a pure electric car: a generator on a trailer. Ergo, add a trailer hitch, and Tesla has a range extender.
Given the price of the Tesla, the typical owner will have other cars/planes for longer trips. So the point is somewhat moot.
thanks mark. i was hoping youd get a charge out of this. the tesla mc thread is a good read.
Because the company omitted the car's weight in the specs I figure the batteries make the Tesla much heaver than comprable sports cars. I think it's a cool project regardless.
The hallmark of Lotus (where they got the chassis) is light, light, light. In the early days (before all that CAD stuff) the approach was: "Lighten each part until it breaks, then add a little back".
I'm sure the Tesla will weigh much more (despite a carbon fiber skin) than the comparable Lotus Elise. The wikipedia page claims 2700 lbs. This page lists different weights for the Elise ranging from 1635 to 2019 lbs.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Teslas at the track. Rather than lugging a generator to recharge between sessions, the owners will probably just rent a garage space with power for the weekend.
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- bill 7-24-2008 8:50 pm
May have been in Popular Science circa 1966 that I saw a "range extender" for a pure electric car: a generator on a trailer. Ergo, add a trailer hitch, and Tesla has a range extender.
Given the price of the Tesla, the typical owner will have other cars/planes for longer trips. So the point is somewhat moot.
- mark 7-25-2008 2:50 am [add a comment]
thanks mark. i was hoping youd get a charge out of this. the tesla mc thread is a good read.
- bill 7-25-2008 3:05 am [add a comment]
Because the company omitted the car's weight in the specs I figure the batteries make the Tesla much heaver than comprable sports cars. I think it's a cool project regardless.
- steve 7-25-2008 5:13 am [add a comment]
The hallmark of Lotus (where they got the chassis) is light, light, light. In the early days (before all that CAD stuff) the approach was: "Lighten each part until it breaks, then add a little back".
I'm sure the Tesla will weigh much more (despite a carbon fiber skin) than the comparable Lotus Elise. The wikipedia page claims 2700 lbs. This page lists different weights for the Elise ranging from 1635 to 2019 lbs.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Teslas at the track. Rather than lugging a generator to recharge between sessions, the owners will probably just rent a garage space with power for the weekend.
- mark 7-25-2008 6:32 pm [add a comment]