... should my wife feel our marriage is in jeopardy...? No no, I just fell in love with a new car... Bye bye, Mercedes CLS, you're old news... And here comes Model S... Never heard of it...? So go ahead and read...
Today I went to Tesla Motors (for Czechs, this company is in no sense related to the funny old manufacturer of TV sets and "popular" walkmans - although it still exists, and is owned by my dear friend Enda O'Coineen), it's a car manufacturer... Why did I then go to Tesla Motors, a car manufacturer - during my fellowship I am not very interested in corporations or "old" businesses (not to mention those who receive governmental subsidies)...?
Well, truth is that these days the hottest startup in Silicon Valley is just not another Internet or software company, but this San Carlos-based startup... Yes, right, unlike the Detroit guys, Tesla Motors is not even 6 years old and it already raised about $ 170 million in equity financing from guys like Elon Musk (founder of PayPal), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (founders of Google), Jeff Skoll (former President of eBay), plus numerous VCs like DFJ or VantagePoint... Now you're probably starting to see why this company is soooo sexy... But that's not all - part of the magic is that Tesla is the first manufacturer that only builds fully electric cars - no hybrids, just electric cars which are environmentally clean, quite, friendly, and yet they make it to a range of over 240 miles without charging and can do 0 - 60 miles in less than 4 seconds... It even made it to the TIME Magazine's cover page and Best Inventions in 2006 and 2008...
And actually, I went to Tesla Motors showroom in Menlo Park (just minutes from Sandhill Rd.) in a Tesla Roadster - as Richard Pivnicka has one (# 209) and yes, he was the one to introduce me to Tesla...
So when did the magic happened and how I fell in love...? Well, in Tesla's Menlo Park showroom I saw the new model they are working on - Model S... And immediately I new I wanted it... The design is just so brilliant and clean... And it will have even better range and efficiency... And it will seat 7 people... Just perfect...
Today I went to Tesla Motors (for Czechs, this company is in no sense related to the funny old manufacturer of TV sets and "popular" walkmans - although it still exists, and is owned by my dear friend Enda O'Coineen), it's a car manufacturer... Why did I then go to Tesla Motors, a car manufacturer - during my fellowship I am not very interested in corporations or "old" businesses (not to mention those who receive governmental subsidies)...?
Well, truth is that these days the hottest startup in Silicon Valley is just not another Internet or software company, but this San Carlos-based startup... Yes, right, unlike the Detroit guys, Tesla Motors is not even 6 years old and it already raised about $ 170 million in equity financing from guys like Elon Musk (founder of PayPal), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (founders of Google), Jeff Skoll (former President of eBay), plus numerous VCs like DFJ or VantagePoint... Now you're probably starting to see why this company is soooo sexy... But that's not all - part of the magic is that Tesla is the first manufacturer that only builds fully electric cars - no hybrids, just electric cars which are environmentally clean, quite, friendly, and yet they make it to a range of over 240 miles without charging and can do 0 - 60 miles in less than 4 seconds... It even made it to the TIME Magazine's cover page and Best Inventions in 2006 and 2008...
And actually, I went to Tesla Motors showroom in Menlo Park (just minutes from Sandhill Rd.) in a Tesla Roadster - as Richard Pivnicka has one (# 209) and yes, he was the one to introduce me to Tesla...
So when did the magic happened and how I fell in love...? Well, in Tesla's Menlo Park showroom I saw the new model they are working on - Model S... And immediately I new I wanted it... The design is just so brilliant and clean... And it will have even better range and efficiency... And it will seat 7 people... Just perfect... The only downside really is that they will start delivering them in 2011 and they already have over 800 reservations - I better be quick or I won't make it into the first 1,000...!
No comments:
Post a Comment