What kind of performance would the Tesla have

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Few more things, the price obviously is somewhat due to the 8 trips or whatever.. the chassis makes across the Atlantic. Lotus ships off a carcass, goes to Tesla, gets a stupidly complicated power system, back to Lotus for some blinkers, etc.

IT IS OBVIOUS by now, to anyone on RCM at least, that we could have a substantial market segment of 100% electric vehicles. Designed for 'sane' highway speed, with the right power system, they could get 600-800 miles OR BETTER.

With a composite chassis, the RIGHT batteries, and a real-world motor, they could be NO more expensive than a Camry. I'd say even less actually when you think about just how few parts there are compared to any standard vehicle.

Yeah, why is none of this happening? We're destined to drive iron bulldozers until the end.