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    Electric Car Tesla Gets Named Motor Trend Car of the Year

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Motor Trend magazine has named the Tesla Model S its Car of the Year. The magazine's staff selected the all-electric plug-in luxury car out of a field of 11 finalists that included models such as the Ford Fusion, Porsche 911 and Hyundai Azera.

    It is the first time the magazine's Car of the Year award has ever gone to an all-electric car.

    Just being electric wasn't enough to earn the Model S the prize, though.

    Ed Loh, Motor Trend's editor-in-chief on Monday said that, with eleven finalists, it was a strong field this year. But in the end there was no question about who the winner was. "The vehicles that placed second and third didn't get more than three votes. But it was a unanimous decision for the Tesla Model S."

    http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/12/auto...r-of-the-year/

    Whisper quiet, zero to sixty in 4 sec, and 75 mpg...not bad, no bad at all

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    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Motor Trend magazine has named the Tesla Model S its Car of the Year. The magazine's staff selected the all-electric plug-in luxury car out of a field of 11 finalists that included models such as the Ford Fusion, Porsche 911 and Hyundai Azera.

    It is the first time the magazine's Car of the Year award has ever gone to an all-electric car.

    Just being electric wasn't enough to earn the Model S the prize, though.

    Ed Loh, Motor Trend's editor-in-chief on Monday said that, with eleven finalists, it was a strong field this year. But in the end there was no question about who the winner was. "The vehicles that placed second and third didn't get more than three votes. But it was a unanimous decision for the Tesla Model S."

    http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/12/auto...r-of-the-year/

    Whisper quiet, zero to sixty in 4 sec, and 75 mpg...not bad, no bad at all
    I wonder what the WOT sounds like ... if any sound at all.

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    So good that this pays homage to Nicola Tesla who might end up as scientist of the last millennium as his reputation exceeds even that of Einstein .
    Just wait until the anti gravity work is commercialised .

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    Cool Tesla to Mitt Romney: Who's the Loser Now?

    Tesla to Mitt Romney: Who's the Loser Now?

    At an event in New York City Monday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that his company's Model S sedan has been named Motor Trend's Car of the Year. The all-electric sedan, which I reviewed for Slate earlier this year, was a unanimous choice, beating out the Porsche 911, the new Ford Fusion, and the Honda Accord, among others, said Motor Trend Editor in Chief Ed Loh. This is the first time in the award's 64-year history that it has gone to a car without an internal combustion engine. Loh said the award was based on the car's overall excellence, not simply the fact that it's electric. He pointed out to me that it's the fastest American-built sedan on the market, posting 0-60 times as low as 3.9 seconds. Add in its handling, ultra-quiet motor, and the fact that it requires no fuel, and Loh said it was an easy pick for the honor.

    Musk was typically unrestrained at the news, predicting people will look back on it as "a point at which the gears of history moved." He said he hoped "that other car companies will in fact copy us and pursue their own electric car programs with greater vigor as a result of this award." Tesla's own next moves involve developing a more affordable model than the luxurious Model S, which starts at a hefty $57,400 for the base model before a $7,500 federal tax credit.

    In an October presidential debate, Mitt Romney jeered that Tesla, Solyndra, and others were "losers" that had proven bad bets for loans from the Obama administration. Musk stayed silent then, but he couldn't resist a little gloating on Monday. Recalling Romney's remark that Tesla was a loser, he said, "In retrospect he was right about the object of that statement, but not the subject."

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_te...trend_car.html

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