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Radio Flyer, founded in 1917, is the Chicago-based manufacturer of tricycles, scooters, and most classically, little red wagons.
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Tesla Motors, incorporated in 2003, is the Silicon Valley automaker leading the innovation of electric cars.
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Put them together and what do you get?
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The Tesla Model S for Kids, a battery-powered ride-on toy for kids between ages three and eight, which brings us to our test driver.
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My name's Felix and I’m 5 years old.
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I live in Brooklyn, New York.
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One recent Saturday, I led the lad over to Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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It's a little less than a mile down the road from the local Tesla showroom, and it seems like a great spot to put the car through its paces.
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Assembly was quick.
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And the operation so intuitive that I could condense a driver's ed class down to a minute.
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The toy has two modes: drive and reverse.
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One pedal to accelerate and it sport side view mirrors, a lithium-ion battery, and headlights much like its full-scale counterparts.
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It also has an auxiliary port and speakers for cruising with some tunes.
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The real Model S goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in two and half seconds.
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And in about same span of time, this one went from 0 to 6, its top speed.
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It can also be set to a lower maximum speed of 3 mph (miles per hour), by accessing a child-resistant switch at the rear.
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The kid seems to be enjoying himself, that's what I expected.
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He's one of those kids thrilled just to sit in the front seat of a parked rental car and pretend to drive.
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The toy also proved to be educational, quickly broke the boy of the habit of oversteering that has led to so many crashes in arcade racing games.
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So, what about the bottom line?
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The vehicle's base price is 500 dollars, which maybe sounds like a lot of money until you consider that, in this neighborhood, that buys you about 20 hours of babysitting.
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At first, all Felix had to say was, it was fun.
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Then we went out for a cup of hot cocoa and he took out his colored pencils and drew me a picture.
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The young man's self-portrait as a motorist told me that his Tesla ride left a truly lasting impression.