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  • Martin sues Elon

    In an unfortunate turn of events, Martin Eberhard , founder of Tesla Motors and initial force behind the company has chosen to sue current CEO Elon Musk accusing him of slander whilst calling for unspecified damages. Sighting events around Martin’s...
    Posted to News by MPT on 06-11-2009
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  • OnCars.com features the Model S

    OnCars.com Rick Graves features the Model S and interviews with designer Franz Von Holzhausen and CEO Elon Musk in a three part look at the Model S. A puff piece? Totally! But well worth the watch for some Model S road show.
    Posted to News by MPT on 06-10-2009
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  • Tesla delivers 500th Roadster

    Marty Tuchman bagged the 500th Roadster; Full story at the Green Car Connection .   NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - A New Jersey philanthropist was the 500th person to take ownership of a Tesla Roadster, an important milestone for the world’s leading...
    Posted to News by MPT on 06-03-2009
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  • ClipperCreek to Supply Power Control Stations for Tesla Motors

    BusinessWire: ClipperCreek announced today that it is supplying Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSEs) to support the Tesla Motors Roadster. ClipperCreek will be supplying its newly designed and UL listed TS-70, which will enable the Roadster to charge...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-26-2009
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  • Daimler takes 10% stake in Tesla

    At a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany Elon Musk and Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Daimler AG announced the strategic alliance to accelerate the commercialization of electric drives globally. "Daimler has set the benchmark for engineering...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-19-2009

  • Obama calls for more M’s per G.

    Ahead of an official announcement expected next Tuesday and under condition of anonymity, administration officials spoke of a 30% improvement mandate starting in 2011 and reaching a deadline in 2016. Full story at MSNBC
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-18-2009
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  • How far can I go?

    Mystery man ‘AbstractLogic’ has created a ‘ Drivable radius map ’ that produces images like this: Instead of simply drawing a circle around a point it looks at the roads to evaluate the true distance. Not a bad reach for the Tesla Roadster shown in the...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-15-2009
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  • Model S - 1000 orders

    Rachel Konrad, Communications Manager, Tesla Motors has announce that they have now taken more than 1000 orders for the Model S. Add your order to the list > here < MPT
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-14-2009
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  • Who killed the hydrogen fuel cell car?

    It gives me great delight to paraphrase Chris Payne’s movie “ Who killed the electric car? ” and now “ Revenge of the Electric Car ” because the answer is {drum roll please…} Nobel Prize winning Physicist and 12th...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-09-2009
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  • Do I have to pay premium rate to charge my car?

    Today I received a letter from Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) in support of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities regarding Governor Corzine’s Energy Master Plan to place a premium on Basic Generation Services (BGS)… lost yet...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-09-2009
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  • Corn as a fuel? Sure, just burn it to power your BEV; forget converting it to Ethanol.

    Science magazine has just published an article (Vol. 324 no. 5928, p. 818) and podcast comparing bioelectricity versus bio-ethanol; basically; take biomass such as corn or switch grass and simply burn it to create electricity rather than converting it...
    Posted to News by MPT on 05-08-2009
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  • Our turn in the Model S

    A party atmosphere greeted us at the IAC Building in New York last night for the East Coast launch event of the Tesla Model S Prototype. On show was the Roadster, the showroom model of the S and the Smart-E. Plenty of attention was lavished on the roadster...
    Posted to News by MPT on 04-30-2009
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  • Volt Beta coming to a close, expect RC1 in June

    Wired Autopia had an opportunity to drive one of the test mules that GM have built out of Volt parts. The mules are based on a hollowed out Chevy Cruze that's re-filled with Volt bits to test out the technology. The good news is that it works, the...
    Posted to News by MPT on 04-29-2009
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  • LA Times, Dan Neil on the Model S

    Always a good read, Dan Neil has a round-up of what we know about the Model S; full story Dan Neil - LA Times .
    Posted to News by MPT on 04-29-2009
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  • It's like discovering I've got my own private oil well at the bottom of the garden

    Evo Magazines Harry Metcalfe describes powering the Tesla Roadster (he’s been playing with) from his own wind turbine as “… like discovering I've got my own private oil well at the bottom of the garden. ” He erected a GBP12,000 wind turbine that is...
    Posted to News by MPT on 04-26-2009
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