I've said here before that I don't think electric cars will truly catch on with mainstream car buyers until recharging becomes as fast and convenient as filling a gas tank. This week, Tesla Motors will show off new technology that could address this problem.

Racing fuel is expensive. Electricity is inexpensive. The Tesla Model S uses electricity. And according to some math doings, that makes it one of the cheapest ways to get your ass quickly down a drag strip ever... If you don't count the price of the actual car.

Tesla announced today that it plans to upgrade its current superchargers to charge three hours of driving range in 20 minutes, as well as line the highways with powerdicks from coast to coast before the start of 2014.

The unofficial Most Interesting Car On The Road Today is the Tesla Model S. Here's a truckload of them.

The good news, both manufactured and unplanned, continues to roll in for Tesla. The company issued its first ever profit. Consumer Reports says the Model S is the best car they've ever tested. Now another bit of good news has dropped: The Model S had a better sales quarter than its gas-powered German counterparts.

We know the Tesla Model S is so fast it can whip a BMW M5 and even a Viper, but can the fattie electric luxobarge drift? Yes it can!

Hey, you know that exciting strategy announcement Tesla boss Elon Musk tweeted about yesterday? No, it's not about the Model X or a switch to exclusively using Hemi V8 engines. It's about warranties and loaner cars. But it's still kind of cool.

New York has the Nissan NV Taxi and now it appears that Los Angeles will get a Tesla Model S Taxi. Or at least one LA-based chauffeur company will. Are we looking at the true taxi of tomorrow?

Employees at Google may have just pulled off a prank that is simultaneously brilliant and visually horrifying after they apparently transformed their boss Sergey Brin's Tesla Model S into this pink eyelash-sporting Batmobile monstrosity you see here.