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		<title>Tesla shows off the new Roadster Sport</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/14/tesla-shows-off-the-new-roadster-sport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tesla-roadster-sport1-620x375.jpg">Maybe the 0-60 mph in 3.9-second Tesla Roadster isn't quick enough for some folks. Maybe some trust fund babies want to spend an extra $20k to improve that time to only 3.7-seconds. Well, <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/tesla/">Tesla</a> unvealed the Roadster Sport today at the companies first NYC dealership just for them. This model will cost $128k. We already knew that this model was coming - <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/tesla-to-open-seven-new-dealerships-this-summer/">along with the NYC dealership</a> - but how about a quick recap?]]></description>
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<p>Maybe the 0-60 mph in 3.9-second Tesla Roadster isn&#8217;t quick enough for some folks. Maybe some trust fund babies want to spend an extra $20k to improve that time to only 3.7-seconds. Well, <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/tesla/">Tesla</a> unvealed the Roadster Sport today at the companies first NYC dealership just for them. This model will cost $128k. We already knew that this model was coming &#8211; <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/04/tesla-to-open-seven-new-dealerships-this-summer/">along with the NYC dealership</a> &#8211; but how about a quick recap?</p>
<p>The <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5314441/tesla-roadster-sport-first-photos/gallery/?skyline=true&amp;s=x">new Sport model</a> features a a hand-wound stator and the winding density was increased. The hand winding allows more wires to be used within the electromagnet, which in turns allows for more current to hit each segment increasing the current. The higher current then spins the attacted rotor faster and sends the Tesla Roadster Sport to 60MPH faster than a $194k Porsche 911 GTS. And remember, the all-electric Tesla doesn&#8217;t use any gasoline while kicking the pants off of a Porsche.</p>
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		<title>Bill Clinton misses out on Tesla ride</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/27/bill-clinton-misses-out-on-tesla-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/clinton.jpg">Apparently Bill Clinton was mere moments away from <strike>picking up chicks</strike> experiencing the finest in green transportation all over Burbank, California in a Telsa Roadster. Jeremy Snyder, general manager of the Los Angeles Tesla Store, handed a set of keys to Mr. Clinton at the end of a President’s Day luncheon after the former president expressed interest in driving a Roadster.]]></description>
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<p>Apparently Bill Clinton was mere moments away from <strike>picking up chicks</strike> experiencing the finest in green transportation all over Burbank, California in a Telsa Roadster. Jeremy Snyder, general manager of the Los Angeles Tesla Store, handed a set of keys to Mr. Clinton at the end of a President’s Day luncheon after the former president expressed interest in driving a Roadster. </p>
<p>At that point, however, secret service agents informed Clinton that it was time to leave. Come on, Secret Service – it was President’s Day! That’s like your bonus birthday if you’ve ever been the president before. Let the guy have a little fun, eh? Apparently during lunch “President Clinton announced he was eager to take the Roadster for a ride around the block.” </p>
<p>Around the block – come on! </p>
<p><a title="Tesla Motors - feel" href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog3/?p=89">President’s Day with a President</a> [Tesla Motors Blog via <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/bill-clinton-electric-car-tesla-roadster-ride-secret-services.php">TreeHugger</a>]</p>
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		<title>BRABUS manages to tune the Tesla Roadster with virtual enhancements</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/13/brabus-manages-to-tune-the-telsa-roadster-with-virtual-enhancements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Burns</dc:creator>
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BRABUS is big in the car tuning scene and generally installs some spectacular performance mods, squeezing the utmost ability out of a particular vehicle. This time around though, the BRABUS boys claimed to have produced the world&#8217;s first tuned Tesla Roadster but all they did was add a &#8220;space sound generator&#8221; that simulates the sound of a V8 [...]]]></description>
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<p>BRABUS is big in the car tuning scene and generally installs some spectacular performance mods, squeezing the utmost ability out of a particular vehicle. This time around though, the BRABUS boys claimed to have produced the <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5085473/brabus-creates-first-tuner-tesla-roadster-mates-star-trek-sound-effects-to-electric-car">world&#8217;s first tuned Tesla Roadster</a> but all they did was add a &#8220;space sound generator&#8221; that simulates the sound of a V8 engine, race car, or even a Treky warp sound; no engine, brakes or suspension upgrades. Yeah, it&#8217;s somewhat neat and adds some virtual balls to the pansy-sounding electric motor, but let&#8217;s call it what it is.</p>
<p>BRABUS installs the ultimate poser sound system into the <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/telsa/">Tesla Roadster</a>.</p>
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		<title>Former Chrysler executive joins Tesla Motors</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/08/former-chrysler-executive-joins-tesla-motors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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Tesla Motors has hired former Chrysler Executive Michael Donoughe to oversee the company’s engineering and manufacturing processes as executive vice president. 
The 220 miles-per-charge electric Tesla Roadster that sells for more money than most people make in a year will soon be joined by a more consumer-friendly four door sedan. Donoughe should be well-suited for [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/tesla">Tesla Motors</a> has hired former Chrysler Executive Michael Donoughe to oversee the company’s engineering and manufacturing processes as executive vice president. </p>
<p>The 220 miles-per-charge electric <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/roadster">Tesla Roadster</a> that sells for more money than most people make in a year will soon be joined by a more consumer-friendly four door sedan. Donoughe should be well-suited for his new role, as he “previously headed the global mid-size vehicles program at Chrysler,” <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9818342?source=rss">according to San Jose Mercury News</a>.</p>
<p>Tesla also announced that it’ll build a new production factory in the San Francisco area instead of New Mexico, citing tax incentives offered by California.</p>
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		<title>HUGE NEWS: Tesla electric Roadster popular with the rich</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/huge-news-tesla-electric-roadster-popular-with-the-rich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Biggs</dc:creator>
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Greenwich Time, the newspaper for denizens of Greenwich, Connecticut, got to look at the Tesla Roadster and came away awed, if a little empty. Greenwich is a town famous for being the home to many New York millionaires who wish to lay their red, pulsating egg sacs under stately old oaks. Colin Gustafson, a &#8220;special [...]]]></description>
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<A HREF="http://www.greenwichtime.com/ci_9792043">Greenwich Time</A>, the newspaper for denizens of Greenwich, Connecticut, got to look at the Tesla Roadster and came away awed, if a little empty. Greenwich is a town famous for being the home to many New York millionaires who wish to lay their red, pulsating egg sacs under stately old oaks. Colin Gustafson, a &#8220;special correspondent&#8221; (read: someone related to one of the editors) rode along with a rich man named Gary Patrick on his first test drive of the Tesla Roadster.</p>
<p>What did this rich man have to say about the car? He was impressed enough to put down $108,000 to buy his own and he really enjoyed going fast while still helping the &#8220;environment.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in a wealthy area,&#8221; Patrick added, &#8220;so, while gas prices aren&#8217;t as much of an issue, you can still feel like you&#8217;re fulfilling your green responsibiltity [sic] and reducing your carbon footprint with a car like this.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
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He then proceeded to suck the intestines out of the reporter&#8217;s gut and before the Roadster flew into a ditch he unfurled his dark wings and flew into the air towards Hartford. He is now unavailable for comment although he did dropped a gardener&#8217;s severed head onto the roof of the Greenwich Post Office, which presumably signifies buyer&#8217;s remorse in his dread language.</p>
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		<title>Can-Am Spyder Roadster: Poetry</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/07/can-am-spyder-roadster-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Biggs</dc:creator>
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I saw two guys riding Spyder Roadsters last night &#8212; it was too dark to get pictures &#8212; and I was amazed. These are three-wheel motorcycles with two articulated wheels up front and a powered wheel in back. They were hitting about 60 MPH running alongside us and when they went to pass they literally [...]]]></description>
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I saw two guys riding <a href="http://www.can-am.brp.com/">Spyder Roadsters</a> last night &mdash; it was too dark to get pictures &mdash; and I was amazed. These are three-wheel motorcycles with two articulated wheels up front and a powered wheel in back. They were hitting about 60 MPH running alongside us and when they went to pass they literally looked like Storm Troopers on Speeder Bikes. The entire frame articulates slightly at high speeds, giving them an incredible boost. Has anyone ridden one? Care to share the experience?</p>
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