Son of Tesla? How a silicon Valley startup and its $529,000 battery-powered supercar sneaked onto Pebble Beach

摘要

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Back in 2006, with the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? still in theaters, an obscure Silicon Valley startup brought its first product to the Concours d'Elegance here, along with a message: The electric car is very much alive. That company was Tesla Motors, and the car was its battery-powered Roadster, a modified Lotus Elise that raced from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds.