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2008 Tesla: This Electric Sports Car Is the Real Thing

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He was tall, looked fit in his spandex bicycling gear and — the reason we were a bit nervous — he was glaring at the little silver roadster with distaste. Had we inadvertently forced him off the road on one of our passes while photographing the electric-powered 2008 Tesla Roadster? No. His problem, it turns out, is that the car is “too quiet.” The Tesla, clean and silent but for the hiss of tires on asphalt and the whine of the electric motor’s cooling fan, disturbed him because he didn’t hear it coming as we scooted by him on a twisty section of Skyline Boulevard in the mountains above Tesla’s headquarters in San Carlos, California.

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How to Race RC Cars : RC Cars & Electric Motors

Learn some tips on the different types of RC electric motors (brush and brush-less) and choosing the best one for you in this free hobby video clip on remote control car racing.

Expert: Robbie
Contact: www.rchqonline.com
Bio: Robbie has been Racing RC cars for 7 years. He has also owned and operated his store and RC track for 4 years.
Filmmaker: julio costilla

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