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more about #tesla more comments → Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: So, now they're hunting in packs? #tesla more » Novaload: The green-eyed monster that doth mock the flesh it feeds on. I got nothing. #tesla more » Novaload: The green-eyed monster that doth mock the flesh it feeds on. I got nothing. #tesla more » IronicalBalls: Sure the Toureg just didn't come in and rock climbed the Tesla/Prius accident for douchebag lulz? #tesla more » skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: What ludicrous speed was the Prius going? #tesla more » LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: After an ugly night on the bottle (and fuck knows what else) even the cars get into the spirit of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi-Gras after-party. #tesla more » alexander_the_car_salamander: Stop the green on green violence! #tesla more » HoonThatFerrari: Ten bucks says this was actually an art piece constructed by the same guy who built the Traffic Barrel Monster. #tesla more » duurtlang: Since when is a diesel guzzling overweight SUV a green alternative? A Toureg is a cockmobile, exactly like a new BMW. TDI is irrelevant the fast major... more » bmoreDLJ: This is excellent work...but I hope no one was seriously injured. #tesla more » -
#carcrashes
Prius, VW Crush Tesla In Green Car Violence
Volkswagen is pushing TDI as a green alternative, and Toyota is pushing the Prius. Both of them pushed this Tesla into a useless box in Demark. Better move to Colorado, dude. [Autopia]
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#industrynews
Colorado Tesla Buyers Get $42,000 Tax Credit
To encourage residents to buy cars with less emissions, Colorado is offering huge tax credits on such vehicles. The biggest winner is the Tesla Roadster, which comes with a $42,000 credit. How cheap is it after the rebate? More » -
#customcars
Crazy Tesla Taxi Takes Customers On Delusional Journey
A New York taxi company owner makes enough money to not only live near Monaco but also to buy a Tesla Roadster. More shocking? He wants his neighbors to actually know how he made his money with a taxi-liveried Tesla. More » -
#frankfurtmotorshow
It's a Hard Day's Night for Tesla Roadsters
This little bunch of Teslas was parked outside one of the exhibition halls here in Frankfurt. The cars were sipping juice from portable power stations to recover from the second day of the motor show. More » -
#industrynews
Tesla Raises $82.5 Million, Will Build More Dealerships
Right after shipping their 700th car, Tesla has announced an infusion of $82.5 million from Daimler, Fjord Capital, Aabar, and undisclosed others, which will be used in constructing new dealerships in Monaco, South Florida, Toronto, and Washington, DC. [TechCrunch] -
#adwatch
Tesla Tea Party: Cups Hold Up Heaping Helping Of Tesla
Remember the William Ashley china shop? They put a Lamborghini Superleggera up on tea cups outside their shop in Toronto. Before that, a plain-Jane Lamborghini Gallardo. Now, a Tesla roadster. Apparently, their china is going smug and green. Gallery below. More » -
#teslamotors
Martin Eberhard randomly drops his lawsuit against Tesla. By "randomly" we mean "no-shot-in-hell-of-winning." [Autoblog]
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#carstars
Elon Musk And His Tesla Model S Design Team
Tesla's Elon Musk, pictured with his children for a New Yorker photo shoot in front of a clay model of the not-anywhere-close-to-production Tesla Model S sedan. [New Yorker] -
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#jalopnikreviews
Tesla Roadster Sport: First Drive
The Tesla Roadster Sport's steering column doesn't move, I can barely sit in it even with the top open and it makes me look silly when I get in and out. Who cares? It's got a 3.7-second 0-to-60 time. More » -
#ifeelgassy
Daimler Sells 4% Of Tesla Stake
Months after Daimler bought a 10% stake in electric carmaker Tesla Motors, they've turned around and sold 4% to Aabar, an Abu Dhabi wealth fund, the same fund that recently bought 9.1% of Daimler itself. It's a vicious circle. [AP] -
#carstealsanddeals
Millionaire Matchmaking Service Offers Tesla Roadster With Purchase Of Date
Are you a lonely multi-millionaire who needs a classy date and a new Tesla Roadster? For only $250,000, dating service "4M Club" offers both in one place. What a screaming deal! More » -
#ifeelgassy
Tesla Gets Full $465 Million In Federal Loans
The Department of Energy just announced electric automaker Tesla will get the full $465 million in Federal loans it asked for. Ford will receive $5.9 billion and Nissan will get $1.6 billion. America will get three I.O.U.'s. [AP]
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#autoslapfight
Elon Musk Smacks Down Eberhard, Predicts Tesla Profitability Next Month
Tesla-cofounder Martin Eberhard's lawsuits and smack-talking of the electric automaker's got current CEO Elon Musk deciding to set the record straight in a ginormous blog post. Bottom line: He expects the company to be profitable next month. Also, Eberhard sucks.
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#teslamotors
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Wants $10 Gas, To Build A Kabillion Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is speaking right now at Wired Live. What's he saying? For starters, he wants to buy a car factory from a Detroit automaker so he can produce 100,000 cars per year. More craziness below. More » -
#teslamotors
Tesla Co-Founder Eberhard Sues Elon Musk, Tesla
Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard, ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk, has now filed suit in Califonria Superior Court against both Musk and Tesla Motors alleging slander, libel and breach of contract. More » -
#recalls
Tesla Roadster recalled for faulty steering mounts, blames Lotus. [Fresnobee]
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#carpocalypse
Tesla Motors Is Not Worth One Half Of GM
In the most ludicrously irrelevant valuation metric ever, Bloomberg's quoting former Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard saying Tesla's worth one half the value of GM. Well, it's actually Tesla's "implied value" versus GM's "market value." Bloomberg, however, seems more interested in the claim's "shock value." We love it. [Bloomberg] -
#electriccars
No Chevys For Old Men: Lutz Vs. Letterman
After Tesla fan-boy Dave Letterman brought Tesla's Elon Musk on the Late Show and both of them ripped into GM, CBS called Letterman, saying, "Hey, jackass, don't you know GM advertises with us?" The result: outgoing product czar Bob Lutz brought the Chevy Volt to last night's show. Blow-by-blow below. More » -
#electriccars
Tesla Now Worth Less Than Twitter
Daimler's 10% stake in Tesla for "double digit millions" pegs Tesla's value at less than a billion dollars and probably closer to $100 million. That means Tesla's likely worth less than Twitter! -
#electriccars
Daimler Takes 10% Stake In Tesla
Daimler and Tesla Motors announced today they'll partner to manufacture electric cars. As part of the agreement, the German automaker says it's acquired an equity stake of nearly 10% in the electric car maker.
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#overthebackfence
Dodge Pulls Plug On Circuit EV Electric Sports Car?
Autocar's sources claim the Dodge Circuit EV program has been put on hold indefinitely, meaning the Tesla Roadster-competitor got unplugged before ever seeing the light of day. More » -
#tesla
Tesla's Elon Musk Continues War Of Aggression Against Volt, REVs
We thought Tesla's Elon Musk decided to give up anti-Detroit not-so-Big-Three rhetoric, but he's gone on the attack again against GM's Chevy Volt and Range-Extended Vehicles. Oh, that rapscallion! More » -
#models
Tesla Model S Sedan Concept: First Live Driving Shots
Here's Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk driving the Tesla Model S Sedan concept around the SpaceX parking lot. Look, Ma! No gas!
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#tesla
Tesla Model S Sedan Concept: $49,900 Seven-Seater Electric To Hit Streets In 2011
Here are all the details. The Tesla Model S Sedan will have a 300-mile range, 45-minute fast charge capability, a 0-to-60 time of 5.5-seconds and seat seven. Production supposedly starts 3rd quarter of 2011. More » -
#tesla
Live From SpaceX, It's The Tesla Model S Sedan Concept... Under A Sheet
Yup, the same Tesla Model S Sedan concept we've just seen leaked shots of is now right in front of the press... under a sheet. We'll have more coming shortly live from the event. [posterous]
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#models
Tesla Model S Sedan Concept: First Official Pictures!
Digg co-founder Kevin Rose has accidentally broken the embargo on the Tesla Model S Sedan concept set to be revealed in Los Angeles in mere hours on his flickr account. Developing! More » -
#tesla
Obama Drives Past Tesla Showroom, Doesn't Crack Automaker Special Olympics Joke
Yes, that is "Cadillac One" driving past Tesla's West Los Angeles showroom yesterday and no, President Obama did not stop in for a test drive. [Green Car Advisor] -
#teslamodels
Tesla Model S To Start At $57,400, Undercut Fisker
The all-electric Tesla Model S sedan will start at only $57,400, or $49,900 after a federal tax credit. This is half the Roadster's $109,000 price and lower than the Fisker Karma Hybrid. More » -
#tesla
Tesla To Open Chicago Dealership
Presumably targeting the wealthy wives of disgraced hair-centric former governors with difficult-to-pronounce names, Tesla's third dealership will open in Chicago this Spring with plans for six more in US and Europe later this year. More » -
#spyphotos
Tesla Model S Revealed... By Wired?
The fancy-pants magazine attached to cords has whipped up a rendering of the Tesla Model S sedan based on the teaser shots of the four-door concept Tesla reveals next month. What do you think? [Wired]
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#lolcars
Tesla: The Roadster Vs. Tesla: The Band
The folks at TheCarConnection have put together a great comparison graphic to finally put to rest the misplaced belief that the Tesla roadster is the same as Tesla, the band. Thank you. [TheCarConnection] -
#teslamodels
Is The Tesla S A Prettied-Up Mercedes CLS?
The Dutch boys at Autoblog.nl think the Tesla Model S could be based on the Mercedes CLS. One of their commenters put together this overlay image of the two. What do you think? [Autoblog.nl] -
#teslamodels
Tesla Model S Electric Sedan Mostly Revealed
Tesla once again teased the Tesla Model S, an electric sports sedan with a 225-mile range and a $60,000 price, which we heard yesterday will debut March 26 and get built — maybe, eventually.
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#teslamodels
Tesla Model S Coming March 26, But Where's The DOE Funding?
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk sent an announcement-filled email to customers today, including a March 26th date for the Tesla Model S reveal, a profitability promise, new stores and a curious statement about government funding. More » -
#overthebackfence
Tesla Roadster One-Make Electric Vehicle Racing Series In Discussion?
Two separate Middle Eastern groups are looking at starting a Tesla Roadster one-make racing series. If it actually happens, it would be the first all-electric vehicle racing series. More » -
#whatcelebritiesdrive
Will.i.am Drives A Tesla Roadster
When he's not hanging out with Anderson Cooper as a hologram on CNN election night coverage, Will.i.am drives a Tesla Roadster. Yes, he's one of the few who's actually been able to get one. More » -
#tesla
Tesla Increases Prices On Already-Ordered Roadsters
Tesla's informed customers who've placed $50,000 deposits down for their Roadsters, the price of options they ordered has gone up. Now they need to fork over more money or lose a shot at owning one. More » -
#tesla
Tesla Roadster Sport: More Charge For More Change
If you want an electric sportscar but worry the Tesla Roadster isn't as fast or expensive as it could be, the Tesla Roadster Sport is for you. But what does an extra $20K get you? More » -
#smartev
Tesla To Supply Battery Packs For The Smart EV
We've just learned Tesla will support its troubled business by building 1,000 Smart EV battery packs and chargers for Mercedes. More » -
#topgear
Clarkson Ignores BBC's Carefully Worded Response, Responds To Tesla On His Own
When Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson reviewed the Tesla Roadster he was shocked to have the brakes fail on him. Tesla protested, saying it was just a fuse, and drew the ire of Clarkson.
