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more about #whitestar more comments → engineerd: I know Tesla doesn't have the resources to design a new car from the ground up. HOWEVER, you can at least license a chassis from someone then design ... more » Boosted Lego Wagon: No. See, the deal is that the CLS is a real car that you can actually buy. As far as I can tell, the Tesla S is based on the Easter bunny, Santa Claus... more » Franzouse: I think the guy who made this is Dutch and I want to taste his weed /Munchies more » Dr. H. F. Danger: crack pipe more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I'd prefer that Lotus continue to get the checks. I'm with Graverobber on this one, until proven wrong. more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): I don't know why she's covered in tattoos, though (none visible in THAT particular pic). She oughta be arrested for grafitti. more » Graverobber: Actually, I think that it is very likely based on this: [jalopnik.com] more » layabout: Since she's now been mention in two threads in a row,& just because..... more » pauljones: I doubt it. There is no way that they could have used a platform as expensive as the CLS to develop an even more expensive electric drive train and st... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): Seems like a longshot. Different front dam, totally different lower door sheet metal. Sure, they might have the same wheelbase and general profile. more » layabout: I thought the styling looked more like that of Maserati, so i'd say no it doesn't look like a CLS. more » Jo Schmo: I think if you overlayed an appropriate image of Megan Fox I wouldn't car about the car more » Maxichamp: I think it's more VW CC. more » -
#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] -
#teslamotors
A Peek Inside The Soon-To-Be-Dead Tesla Motors Detroit Office
Given the situation with Tesla Motors lately, you know, Ze'ev Drori getting the boot and Elon Musk taking the reins as CEO, word of firings of "25-30% of their total staff of 300 employees and contractors" and the closing of the Detroit location (more accurately, the Metro Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, MI) via blog post, it's no wonder an anonymous reader decided to head out to their Rochester Hills office and take a look. The Rochester Hills facility was opened at the end of January 2007, and was to be the development facility for the Tesla Model S electric sedan, so the closing is a foreboding indicator of the future direction Tesla is heading on that project. Let's take a look inside this essentially doomed location... More » -
