Last week was a tough one for socialising - in addition to the Indian Summer at the Dorchester I also attended the launch party for the Tesla, electric car at their swanky new showroom in Cheval Place - yes, that's right, former home of Segrave Club. (Let's hope they don't suffer the same fate of their investors pulling the plug on them.)
By now I think most people have seen this car at various shows all over the place so it was mainly an excuse for a few glasses of bubbly.
At £98k for a car with a range of only 200 miles, I cannot see a market for this car at all - except perhaps for the first 50 as 'collector's items'. On the other hand, I think it is a must have for a supercar club - it is such a novel car that everyone will want to try it out so I was going there to buy one of the early release cars for this Summer. To my surprise they announced that they will be launching a right-hand drive version in 2010 - so I kept my money in my pocket (so to speak) and will talk to them at the end of the year.
The guy with his hands up in the picture is CEO Elon Musk.
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