Less than a month ago we brought you news that the Tesla Roadster was starting production in Right-Hand drive and Tesla’s monthly newsletter has unveiled that the company will now bring the car to Australia.
The Tesla Roadster which is based on a Lotus platform has been at the forefront of Electric sport cars, proving that [...] - Tags:
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It’s a sad day for lovers of electric cars all around with news this morning of three Tesla Motors employees being killed when their private plane crashed near Palo Alto, California.
The twin-engine Cessna 310 was owned by Doug Bourn, a senior electrical engineer for Tesla and it’s still unclear if he was on board. [...] - Tags:
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Residing in Australia, we always live in hope. Hope that the “next big thing” in cars will be made in right-hand-drive, so we don’t have to miss out. Already we’ve learned that Ferrari’s Enzo successor has had any RHD plans nixed by Fezza CEO Amadeo Felisa. However the only highway capable electric vehicle for sale [...] - Tags:
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Tesla, manufacturer of the Roadster electric vehicle, will cease production of its halo model to focus on a yet-to-be-shown mid-sized, four-door sedan and its larger Model S (pictured).
“We do not plan to sell our current generation Tesla Roadster after 2011 due to planned tooling changes at a supplier for the Tesla Roadster,” Tesla said in [...] - Tags:
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On a recent visit to the United States, which included a spectacular drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles via Highway 101, the first landmark I saw in LA was the Tesla Motors showroom on the corner of Santa Monica and Sepulveda boulevards.
It’s a super busy and often-grid locked location, which incidentally, was on [...] - Tags:
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Electric sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors is expected to file an IPO (initial public stock offering) within days.
The move would provide the six-year-old Silicon Valley-based company with capital to invest and expand in the future, hoping to attract attention from those enthusiastic about green technology.
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While the HSV Maloo may have claimed top honours, another stand out entry in the 2009 Global Green Car Challenge has been the Tesla Roadster which set a new distance record for an electric vehicle.
The Tesla Roadster, piloted by owner Simon Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas, completed 501km on just a single charge between Alice [...] - Tags:
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Aston Martin has hired ex-Tesla executive Mr Michael van der Sande as its new chief commercial officer.
Mr van der Sande previously served as head of Harley-Davidson’s European operations before taking over as Tesla’s senior vice president for marketing, a job he held for less than a year.
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Tesla has today revealed pics of its sleek 2012 ‘S’ sedan showing the four-door in motion.
The Tesla S is set to rival other EVs such as the Fisker Karma as well as conventionally powered luxury rivals including the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class.
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Tesla, manufacturer of the exciting electric Roadster, has from Friday of last week achieved profitability for the first time.
The month of July saw the US company make $1 million in earnings on revenue of $20 million.
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The administration of President Obama in the United States has today announced that Ford, Nissan and Tesla have secured ‘green’ government technology loans to promote the development of more fuel-efficient vehicles.
The trio were made eligible for part of the US$25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program by legislation passed in December 2007 which approved monies [...] - Tags:
“Tesla Motors has just revealed its Model S Sedan at the SpaceX rocket plant in Hawthorne, California”
SpaceX is also owned by Tesla’s Chief Executive and co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk, who although said to be worth more than A$500 million, is a keen champion for a greener world.
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“Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and named as one of Time Magazine’s top 25 most influential people on the web in 2008, has leaked photos of what may be Tesla’s new Model S electric car”
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Tesla Motors delivered its 250th car last Saturday to an academic and entrepreneur who created the first index on Wall Street for energy efficiency and zero-carbon solutions.
The “very orange” roadster marks a symbolic milestone for Tesla which is now producing approximately 20 cars a week. Production will increase to 30 a week in the coming [...] - Tags:
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