Silicon Valley automotive company Tesla Motors has been making a name for itself with the Tesla Roadster which essentially takes the basic chassis, dashboard, and front wishbone from a Lotus Elise and wraps it around a high-performance, battery-powered electric car. And the Roadster does perform as befits a car that looks like a Lotus Elise: it’ll rev up to 14,000 rpm and push from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. And it runs on the same battery technology that powers notebook computers: it might take 16 hours to charge, but drivers can get up to 244 miles out of a single charge. And because Tesla is located in Silicon Valley—and is effect
