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Tesla launched the new car prototype just yesterday and now the full specs and press release are out; this article directly from Tesla: Just moments ago, we took the wraps off the Model S, an all electric family sedan that carries seven people and travels 300 miles per charge. We also launched a web...
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The Detroit auto show has opened and it’s clear that EV is the new SUV. Chrysler is showing the Dodge Circuit EV, Jeep Patriot EV, Chrysler Town & Country EV and Jeep Wrangler EV. Toyota has the Urban Commuter FT-EV, a mini bev. Tesla announces the Sport Edition of the Roadster; 0-60 in 3.7 seconds...
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In this mornings Times on Sunday Jeremy Clarkson softens on the Tesla review; he lays out the facts in a longer more detailed manor but still concludes that the Tesla is impractical; still concludes that Hydrogen is the future, still doesn’t get that Hydrogen is already over. Fill article at http...
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Conscious Choice today interviewed Chris Paine on the up coming sequel to Who Killed the Electric Car? and his thoughts on ev life plus the bait and switch nature of hydrogen... Rock on Mr. Paine! Article at http://consciouschoice.com/2009/01/conversations0901.html Chris Paine's blog: http://revengeoftheelectriccar...
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In an interview this weekend with the UK's Daily Mail DiCaprio talked about his new movie Revolution Road and about his new Roadster. Revolution Road is a tale of the disintegration of a a marriage; it stars Kate Winslet, but is a based in the 50's and is on dry land this time; " Kate and...
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Tesla Motors outgoing VP Darryl Siry certainly thinks gas prices are too low in his blog here: http://darrylsiry.blogspot.com/2008/12/cheap-gas-is-big-problem.html ... And I for one agree. Only a few months ago the office where I work was awash with stories of fuel-efficiency and of downsizing out of...
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MSN is running its annual car of the year; put a tick by the Roadster! http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/Top_ten_article.aspx?cp-documentid=11955974 Merry Christmas to all of you that celebrate Christmas, to all others I wish you an enjoyable day off! MPT
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Thanks to the Register for picking this up: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/22/bbc_top_gear_tesla/ MPT
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Tesla employee Nick Kalayjian left set-top-box maker Universal Electronics in 2005 to join Apple before joining Tesla Motors as Engineering Manager but has been named as one of three ex. Universal employees that had allegedly taken knowledge of technology that would be included in Apple TV. Kalayjian...
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A short piece from the Standard on the Roadster's appearance in the UK: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23605368-details/Electric+carmaker+feeling+flat/article.do
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In an uncharacteristically 'Boot free' article, the reg. questions the truth around the testing of the Tesla on Top Gear. Interestingly too, the comments section remains generally supportive of the Tesla's plight in the review with a couple of shoes going Hydrogen's way. Article: http...
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Tesla's own Rachel Konrad wrote a very interesting response about the show on John C. Dvorak's Blog: "For the record: Thanks to The Stig’s impressive turn behind the wheel, the Tesla Roadster gets a higher ranking in Top Gear’s performance board than a Porsche 911 GT3. Jeremy...
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Californian columnist Robert Price writes " But the failure to innovate — or, rather, to sell innovation — is right up there." in support of the push to see the Detroit three bring realistic low emission vehicles to our roads. Full story in the Bakersfield at: http://www.bakersfield...
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Tesla's in there... and something called an FCX Clarity? Full story at: http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/GreenCentre/article.aspx?cp-documentid=15891027 MPT
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SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Dec 15, 2008 -- With the opening of the Pearl Avenue Branch Library in San Jose, the City has became the first municipality in the United States to install permanent public art that combines photovoltaic cells and art glass in an architectural application. "This...
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