Elon Musk arrived at an evening event hosted by the Churchill Club at Microsoft in Mountain View in a dark blue Tesla Roadster. The Roadster is Tesla Motors' first fully electric sports car, which can travel 350 km on a single battery charge and accelerate from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Elon Musk spoke as CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX about Tesla's new Model S car, the performance of its single electric powertrain, characteristics of the oil market, and other topics. The document recaps the event and includes photos from a Tesla showroom in Menlo Park showing the cars and facilities.

1. photo album
by cliveboulton.com
TESLA MOTORS TRIBUTE

4. Evening event @ Microsoft Mt
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5. The bosses Telsa Roadster
 Elon arrived in a dark blue Roadster
 The Roadster is a fully electric sports car, and
is the first car produced by electric car firm
Tesla Motors.
 The car can travel 220 mi (350 km) on a single
charge of its lithium-ion battery pack and
accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.9 sec

8. Event by the Churchill Club
 Speakers:
Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors; CEO & CTO,
SpaceX; Chairman, SolarCity
 Moderator:
Michael Malone, Author; Columnist, The
Economist, Wall Street Journal, and New York
Times
 http://www.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=810

10. Talking points
 New Tesla model S
 Single electric power train performance
 Characteristics of oil market
 Many more points

18. Recap
 Model S – “a huge iPhone on a skateboard”
 Entrepreneurs – learn to live cheap to startup
 Oil price will rocket up, as economy recovers
 Many lap top batteries in a Tesla roadster
 Improving battery is about half the battle
 Improving design of motor, transmission is
other half

19. Following Sunday: Tesla show
room Menlo Park

24. Glare!
 About the glare, all show room pictures taken
via show room window.
 Camera, Sony DSC-W80 Carl Zeiss 3X 7.2MP
 Notice the reflections, I was not alone
 Good until the security guard appeared!

41. Tesla parking lot, Menlo Park
 Car carriers
 Chevy 2500 HD hauler
 And , the security Dude!

46. Stopped by next Saturday
 Showroom open, security guy still busy
 Photo at a distance, need more zoom!
 Facility was a Corvette showroom 4 years ago
 Times change, new technology disrupts
 Tesla Motors innovated, Detriot?

48. Thanks for viewing
 Dreaming about a Tesla:
 http://www.teslamotors.com/