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Tesla to Iceland June 2009
 
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Posted: 27 October 2009 01:20 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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It might be the worst economic times Iceland has seen for decades or more, but it is still the time for the best electric sports car ever made to make in roads to our little volcanic island. http://www.teslamotors.is/ is a part of an EV startup cluster http://www.nle.is/ sharing FTO’s goal of increased electrification of land transport in Iceland.

If the EV plans and announcements of most major auto makers become reality in the next three to five years, increased use of domestic C02 free electricity for transport in Iceland will have a tremendous beneficial impact on emissions, trade balance and people’s cost of running their cars.

These guys have now announced that they have an agreement with Tesla Motors to sell Tesla cars in Iceland and are working on obtaining similar deals with other niche EV manufacturers.

One can hardly expect dozens of the +100,000 USD sportscar to be sold during these hard times, but this entrepreneurial move should definitely be applauded. The FTO team wishes Tesla in Iceland the best of luck, and looks forward to see the car speed through the Icelandic lava fields this summer.

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