For one hundred years automobiles have been powered primarily by smelly, noisy, inefficient internal combustion engines. To be sure there have been some brief forays into alternative power sources. Steam and electric engines have been experimented with but never had any real success. It took major advances in battery technology to finally bring us to the point where electric cars could be produced that are useful and efficient. Current lithium-ion technology has made the all electric car not only possible, but even superior to those that burn gasoline and diesel fuel.
Tesla's' Model S is their second all electric vehicle and their first 4 door sedan. Their previous Roadster sold over 2100 vehicles that have collectively logged more than 18 million miles. To say the Roadster has been a success would be an understatement. This isn't a novelty, it's a full-blown automotive revolution. I think Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and Space X, one of today's most progressive private industry space technology corporations describes it best:
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/revealing-model-s-beta
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