Have you ever thought about buying an electric car?

Let’s see, I estimate that 50% of you readers rolled your eyes, and the rest snickered.

Electric cars have a bad reputation among enthusiasts who crave speed and performance. Why? Well, they look silly, they barely move, and you have to charge them every hundred miles or so.

Well, I suspect that once you’ve taken a gander at today’s Family First site, your opinions just might change.

The site is the official offering of Tesla Motors. It has created (and has already sold out of the first run of) an electric roadster that is not your grandfather’s electric car.

Are you ready for some amazing statistics?

Zero to sixty in FOUR SECONDS!

A range of 250 miles.

Cost to operate: ONE CENT per MILE!

Price? A surprisingly affordable $100,000.

I sincerely hope that there are OPEC members feeling a little sweaty under the collar about now.

Not only that, but the two-seat roadster is one hot car to look at!

I have to tell you, I’m impressed. If these babies prove reliable, the price will likely go down as production is increased. Imagine: a vehicle that is nearly silent. That is pollution-free. That makes you much less concerned with what happens to gas prices every time a firecracker goes off in the Middle East. And that looks good enough to impress the opposite sex!

Check it out for yourself.

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