On: Keeping Tesla Roadsters Alive Is Serious Work

[olivermarks]

the Roadster is a Lotus Elise with an EV drivetrain installed by Tesla, there is good parts supply for the original Elise. https://www.elise-shop.com/original-lotus-parts-c-17.html

The EV conversion made the car a lot heavier and was a pretty complex conversion https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/09/18/elon-mu...

[wumpus → olivermarks]

That's not very accurate. The "sled" is completely different, not just the drivetrain.

[olivermarks → wumpus]

The EV conversion made the car a lot heavier and was a pretty complex conversion https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/09/18/elon-mu....

[tyingq → olivermarks]

"Only the windshield, the dashboard (complete with the airbags and the wheel), the front wishbones, the rear-view mirrors...and the removable soft top were carried over from the Elise"

[nguoi → tyingq]

It's a very similar looking car, even down to the T E S L A matching the L O T U S. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'new' parts had conspicuously similar mounting points.

[tyingq → nguoi]

It does look similar, but the article says every body panel is different.

[olivermarks → tyingq]

Tesla had to fettle very similar modified components and panels to make it all work is my understanding

[olivermarks → olivermarks]

https://youtu.be/_w9vB8V8mII Great video about gen 1 roadsters