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...Model S, a seven-seater family sedan that will have a base price of $49,900 after a federal tax credit that will [over the longer term] cost the equivalent of a car that retails for $35,000, given the relatively expensive cost of gasoline vs. electricity," says Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business development...
...Model S can be plugged into conventional outlets or be fully quick-charged from a higher-powered system in as little as 45 minutes and the engineering platform will also be used for derivatives including a minivan and crossover utility vehicle, O'Connell notes...
Unlike Detroit's automakers, Fisker and Tesla are also export-oriented. "We already sell EV components to Daimler, which will soon begin marketing an electric version of its popular and affordable Smart car," says Tesla's O'Connell. Fisker says his company stands to benefit immensely as support from countries around the world for clean vehicles increases. Germany recently unveiled an action plan to have 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2020 and Japan wants electric vehicles to make up half of all vehicle sales within a decade, he notes...
...O'Connell also defends the $100,000 Tesla roadster, which debuted last year. "It's twice as energy efficient as a Prius and six times as energy efficient as gasoline competitors, and faster than a Porsche 911," he says...
Certain girls' names, Jasso points out, survive the Spanish-English crossing better than boys' names, since the a ending (Victoria, Cordelia, Diana, Maria) is popular in both languages, while the o ending for boys' names is not. A Spanish Marco becomes an Anglo Mark; Antonio similarly becomes Anthony, and Teodoro becomes Theodore. "If names exert an influence on their own," Jasso says, "then Hispanic girls will be more likely to assimilate, and to assimilate more quickly than boys...