i make cars for a living.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an American company that specializes in electric automotives, energy storage and solar panel manufacturing based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2003, the company specializes in electric cars, lithium-ion battery energy storage, and residential photovoltaic panels (through the subsidiary company SolarCity). The additional products Tesla sells include the Tesla Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels and solar roof tiles. CEO Elon Musk said that he envisions Tesla as a technology company and independent automaker, aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer. The company was named after the Serbian-American electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla by company co-founders Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. The company's Model S was the world's best-selling plug-in electric car in 2015 and 2016. Global sales of the Model S reached the 200,000 unit milestone during the fourth quarter of 2017. In September 2015, the company released its Model X, a crossover SUV. The Model 3 was released in July 2017. Tesla global sales passed 250,000 units in September 2017. Tesla operates multiple production and assembly plants, notably Gigafactory 1 near Reno, Nevada and its main vehicle manufacturing facility at Tesla Factory in Fremont, California.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Have you been in a Tesla? I'm a BMW guy but OGM. Fast and Class all in one."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No but I would like to test-drive one some time. Tesla is an American automotive company."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yea, my old roommate used to work for them. Strangely enough they sold them the same place as the Fiat."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla was founded in 2003. They specialize in electric cars and lighium-ion batteries."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know how much they cost?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The Model S is the world's best-selling plug-in electric. They start at $74,500 but many upgrades are available."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yikes, they are very popular in my area but I can't imagine spending that. I wonder how far they can do on one charge."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The EPA rated the 2017 Model S energy consumption at 2009 watt-hours/km which gives a fuel economy of 104 mpg gas equivalent."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'd have to pass. I commute 100 miles a day. That's cutting it to close. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is the miles per gallon equivalent. The range on Model S with 85 KwH battery is 265 miles."}]