THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE
Sunday July 30th 2006, 6:11 pm

1) Tesla Motors is accepting pre-orders for its amazing electric sports car, which will be built in partnership with Lotus, and delivered by next summer for between 80K and 120K. For a video of the Tesla at its debut, click here. I highly recommend “Who Killed the Electric Car,” a documentary produced by Chris Paine about the GM EV1, by the way.

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2) Terrafugia is accepting pre-orders on a flying car/airplane hybrid. A prototype is currently being constructed and deliveries are projected to start in 2009. Mike Elgan has an interesting critical analysis of the “mythical” flying car here.

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3) Jim Carroll has an awesome prediction for the future of the automobile – a “Google car” (a prediction not too far fetched, given Larry and Sergey’s involvement with Tesla), and Mike even concedes a flying car for the masses might be possible, if it is computer controlled…




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