Your going to have to wait a long time to get one now.

The first 100 are gone. For the cars sold after that, its looking like a late late next year for delivery... (oct-nov 08')

Basically the Tesla is a Lotus elise in disguise. Lotus will actually be manufacturing the cars in England... The secret to its speed is how light the car is as-well as the fabulous torque right off the line thanks to the electric engine...