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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 departure in late 2007, he claims that Elon orchestrated...
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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.
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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 electric vehicle manufacturer. Martin Tuchman, former...
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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 at the highest continuous rates in the industry...
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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 excellence and vehicle quality for more than...
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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
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05-14-2009
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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 with many seeing it for the first time. The...
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Always a good read, Dan Neil has a round-up of what we know about the Model S; full story Dan Neil - LA Times .
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04-29-2009
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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 producing enough power each year to drive a Roadster...
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Doug over at our friends TeslaMotorsClub grabbed a quick ride today in the Tesla powered Smart forTwo Check out his video at flickr But who's going to buy one... except me? The British Police force says Scotland Yard; nice.
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Sarah Lacy of Yahoo Finance talks to Elon Musk about the recent New York Times slamming the efforts of Tesla and their request to be included in the low-interest loan program signed into law last year. The New York Times retracted the inflammatory article as they often do but it’s no doubt that the damage...
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49-51 Cheval Place, London, England is to be the home of the first European Sales office for Tesla Motors this summer; right in the heart of Knightsbridge. Follow up stores in Germany and Monaco are on the cards. “We expect that Tesla sales will eventually be split evenly between the US and Europe...
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04-09-2009
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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 official photos are out and can be found in the Gallery at http://www.planettesla.com/media/g/tesla/default.aspx Enjoy! Model S Slideshow: http://planettesla.com/media/g/tesla/slideshow.aspx
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As the Model S pictures come in we’re compiling a roundup: Doug King; Tesla Motors Club Jalopnik Jason Calacanis and more And, some video on YouTube: