The American company "Tesla motors", San Carlos, California, named after one of the famous scientist Nikola Tesla, has already sold all of the first 650 pieces of the electrical "Tesla Roadster" sports cars, for the price of 90,000$.
This car, inspired by the sports two-seated "Lotus Elise", with only one lithium battery charge, can travel 394 km (220 miles). These rechargeable batteries can last for 160.000 km. The car doesn't produce exhaust gases, and the price of the ride is only 2 cents per 1 km.
This rear-drive roadster has two seats and an open top. It accelerates from 0 to 100km (60 mph) in about 4 seconds.
The company plans to present an electrical family limousine in 2009. and 2010., which will be an alternative to cars such as BMW class 5 or Audi 6, and it will cost between 50.000 and 70.000 $.
For the year 2012., they plan to present the third model, known by the working name "Blue star", and it will cost around 30.000 $.
Sports coupe "Tesla" was on the front page of "Time" magazine in December 2006, as the winner for the best invention in the traffic area, for that year.