Hyatt Puts Tesla Roadster Recharging Stations in 3 Hotels

Hyatt will install Tesla Roadster recharging stations at three hotels, stretching in an arc from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe. The two companies announced the agreement Wednesday at Hyatt's Fisherman's Wharf hotel, where a handful of surprised tourists watched Mayor Gavin Newsom take one of the gleaming, all-electric sports cars for a spin.

Hyatt chose to work with Tesla because the roadster will probably attract the same customers that the hotel chain wants - affluent people who don't mind spending money for high-end anything.

Despite the sizable price, Tesla has already received nearly 600 orders for its sleek and low-slung cars, the first of which will be shipped this fall.

All Tesla owners will have two options. They can plug the roadster into a standard wall socket and wait six or seven hours to juice up. Or they can use a recharging station designed by Tesla, one that an electrician must install in the garage. Those are the stations that Hyatt will use at its three hotels, and they take three to four hours to recharge the roadster.

[source: SFGate ]