# Tesla launches electric car production **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 17, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-launches-electric-car-production/45174 "2008-03-17T17:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-launches-electric-car-production/45174/14 "2008-03-19T06:24:56Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > Does anyone else think the 3.5 hour charge time might cause some issues. > If you are using it to drive to work every day you can easily recharge it at night, but if you plan on driving somewhere more than 125 miles (250 mile range) or parking it in a hotel parking lot for the night that could cause some issues. Not a problem if it’s your toy, which was my point. The future for electric cars is promising, with two big if’s. 1. The car will need a tiny hybrid gas/diesel powerplant to charge the battery should it’s range be exceeded. 2. We need a good cheap way to produce electricity. Without that you’re just shifting the CO emissions and fossil fuel usage from the single car to the big power plant. Wind is fun for the greenies to have parties about, but farms big enough to really put a dent in our national consumption would use a whole lot of land and create enough noise that they’d need a decent buffer zone around them. Solar has some real potential, especially with the recent breakthroughs using nana-technology, but currently the initial install is way too expensive for a reasonable ROI. More than likely our best option in the near future will be nuclear but with that you have get people past the fears. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tesla-launches-electric-car-production/45174)._