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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 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

#ces

Jalopnik, Gamers Toss Tesla Roadster Sport Around Racetrack

Click here to read <i>Jalopnik</i>, Gamers Toss Tesla Roadster Sport Around Racetrack

By far the best piece of consumer electronics we tried at CES was the all-electric Tesla Roadster Sport brought to the show for winners of a Dark Void contest. Not quite as cool as a jetpack but certainly less dangerous. More »

01/10/10

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By Curtis Walker

#cartwits

Web Nerd Promotes Self, Offers Not-Yet-Real Car Prize For Impossible Goal

Some guy who sold some minor blogs to AOL's giving away a Tesla Model S if his new Twitter account gets more followers than Ashton Kutcher. Since he won't, he'll at least have a bunch of new rubes following him.

01/01/10

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By Ray Wert

Miscellanea 11/12/09, 08:21 AM

West Philly high school beats out MIT in race for automotive x-prize. Impressive story how an underfunded urban after-school high school program has been shortlisted for the auto x-prize competition. The only high school involved in the competition is going against teams like Tesla and Tata.

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#tips #mit #tesla #tata #x-prize Reply

#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] More »

10/22/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#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 »

10/22/09

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By Matt Hardigree

#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 »

10/13/09

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By Wes Siler

#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 »

09/17/09

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By Peter Orosz

#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

#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

#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 »

06/25/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

#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

#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. More »

06/22/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

#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

#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 »

06/10/09

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By Ray Wert

#recalls