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This Post Is Not Brought To You By Toyota

Toyota: The automaker moving you forward... into a Tesla electric roadster... at a high rate of speed... and beyond your control. [Twitpic via AnnoyingTweeple]

02/09/10

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By Ray Wert

#carpocalypse

Tesla To Kill Electric Roadster In 2011

Who killed the electric car? Well, a closer evaluation of today's Tesla's IPO filing with the SEC reveals Tesla will. They plan to kill the Tesla Roadster after 2011. No, seriously. More »

01/29/10

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By Ray Wert

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Tesla Files IPO Paperwork, Plans To Go Public

Tesla Motors filed paperwork Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering hoping to raise as much as $100 million. Oh, good, because they lost $31.5 million in the first nine months of 2009.

01/29/10

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By Ray Wert

#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]

09/16/09

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By John Krewson

#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 »

09/11/09

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By Ray Wert

#teslamotors

Martin Eberhard randomly drops his lawsuit against Tesla. By "randomly" we mean "no-shot-in-hell-of-winning." [Autoblog]

08/20/09

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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]

08/17/09

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By Ray Wert

#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 »

07/14/09

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By Ray Wert

#newcars

Tesla Roadster Sport: First Photos!

At an event today in New York City dedicating Tesla Motors' first store on the East Coast, we had the opportunity to see the $128,500 Tesla Roadster Sport up-close and take the very first shots of the speedier Tesla. More »

07/14/09

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By Ray Wert

#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]

07/14/09

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By Ray Wert

#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]

06/23/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#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 »

06/15/09

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By The Auto Insider

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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 »

06/10/09

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By Ray Wert

#carpocalypse

Tesla Motors Is Not Worth One Half Of GM

05/22/09

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#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 »

05/21/09

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By Ray Wert

#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!

05/19/09

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By Ray Wert

#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. More »

05/19/09

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By Ray Wert

#tesla

Tesla's Elon Musk Continues War Of Aggression Against Volt, REVs

04/06/09

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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 »

03/26/09

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By Christopher Mascari

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Obama Drives Past Tesla Showroom, Doesn't Crack Automaker Special Olympics Joke

03/20/09

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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]