Tesla Roadster: The Electric Sports Car Is Now Available!

Tesla’s first store (dealership) will be opening this week and selling the new electric powered sports car for around $109,000. The first Tesla store is located in Los Angeles, California near the University of California which is basically at the intersecting point of Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Brentwood. Being in a prominent location, the Tesla store is in a good position to spark decent sales figures from those who can actually “afford” the new roadster. With a price tag of just over $100K you can own pretty much the cleanest vehicle on the road.

I know what you are thinking, who wants to spend that kind of cash for an electric car, why not suck it up and pay $4.00 a gallon. You may also be thinking that this “sports car” is a “slow car”. Not so and not so. The Tesla electric sports car will do 0-60 in just under 4 seconds and tops 125 mph. Yes, that can beat your car, at least until you hit 125mph… but who wants to go faster than that on USA roads? Okay, maybe you do want to go faster BUT, it’s one of the first electric cars available at an actual dealership and you will be doing more than your part in saving our mother earth.
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Tesla announces their first store/dealership

Tesla Motors announced several months ago that they would eschew the traditional franchise dealer approach of most car companies in favor of company owned retail and service outlets. The plan was to launch with five stores located in New York, Chicago, South Florida, Los Angeles and the Bay area.

They’ve just announced the details on the Bay Area store which will be in Menlo Park just up the road from the Stanford University campus. The property they are leasing is actually owned by the university and was formerly home to a Chevrolet dealer that closed last year. The first production Roadsters are due off the line in early October and the store is targeted to open by the end of the year as long as construction goes smoothly.

[Source: Tesla Motors]