Pictures of Tesla 2012 Model S On-Road

So far the story of the Tesla Model S electric vehicle has been a give and take of Tesla providing specs and looks and customers ponying up the funding in the form of down payments. Over 1,000 future Tesla owners have made the $5,000 commitment. Pushing it one more step from vaporware to the car in your neighbor’s driveway, Tesla has released some on-road pics of the car in action with Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen behind the wheel. While video would have been a tad more telling, the stills demonstrate that the car has some lively chops in addition to saying all the right things on paper.  [via Motor Authority]