Tesla Outlines More Models, Including a Cabriolet
Elon Musk has hit the road to sell Tesla Motors’ impending IPO to financial types, and the roadshow presentation includes a glimpse of some models that might — might — be coming, including a gorgeous cabriolet.
Musk, clearly nervous, extols the virtues of his company in pitching the initial public offering — which Tesla hopes will raise $178 million — and says it is “closer to an Apple or a Google than a GM or a Ford in the way we operate the company.” It is, he says, lean and nimble and sure to succeed.
“We will prosper and grow rapidly,” Musk promises.
There’s not much new information for anyone who’s followed Tesla, and Musk repeats his promise that we’ll see the Model S sedan in 2012. He says the biggest battery available in the car will offer a range of 300 miles and a DC quick-charge time of 45 minutes. The platform underpinning the car will be used for a cabriolet, a crossover utility and a van, of all things.
“The Model S is a platform,” he says. “We’re designing it to be readily accessible to a wide range of cars, and each one of these cars is going to be freakin’ bad-ass.”
By the time the S is available, Musk says Tesla plans to have a dealership in each of the 50 largest metropolitan markets in the world.
The rendering of the cabriolet is gorgeous, no doubt about it, and Musk outlines an ambitious plan for growing his company. But we’ll wait until the S is built before we get excited about anything that may come after it.
Check out the roadshow here.
Image: Tesla Motors
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Fuente: Autopia
