This electric car is that rare thing – a piece of technology that is both utterly desirable and good for the planet. Elon Musk has built the nicest automobile in history and singlehandedly created a new market for electric cars. When you consider the environmental and geopolitical consequences of our remaining dependent on oil – from rising sea levels to our funding both sides of the “war on terror” – it is amazing to see a solution arising out of brilliant and sexy engineering.