New Book Tells the Story of Tesla Motors and How Elon Musk Made Electric Cars Cool
11 Aug 2014, 12:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When it comes to Tesla Motors, most fans of the company know how it all started and how the electric vehicle manufacturer is doing these days. The unrivaled Model S, the upcoming Model X crossover a...
Tesla Model X Praised by Morgan Stanley
11 Aug 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When one of the biggest investment banks around claims that the upcoming Model X will outsell the Model S luxury sedan and take the biggest pie of the premium SUV market, you know that something big...
Tesla Model S Updated for Summer 2014
10 Aug 2014, 18:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ever since the Tesla Model S started production in 2012, the pure electric drive luxury liftback sedan has grown to be a favorite among eco-friendly drivers. Although the options list is already pre...
Tesla Model R and Model C In the Pipeline According to Insider Information
8 Aug 2014, 14:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In recent months, the electric vehicle world's sweetheart brand has been hard on the offensive with supplementing the Supercharger network, partnering up with Panasonic for making the Gigafacto...
Tesla Trademark Dispute in China Settled Out of Court
6 Aug 2014, 17:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Like many other trademark disputes, the one that made Tesla's China expansion difficult has been solved recently. What was the threat that might've made the automaker's offensive prob...
Tesla Model S Long-Term Test Exposes the Good and the Bad Sides of Owning the EV
1 Aug 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in February 2013, the guys over at Edmunds decided to spend $105,005 on a Tesla Model S of their own and see how the electric luxury sedan fares on the long run. 17 months or so after the momen...
Tesla Posts $62 Million Net Loss, Revenue Almost Doubles in Q2 2014
1 Aug 2014, 08:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Tesla Motors may be on a roll lately with the Model S sales success and the expansion of the Supercharger network, but its net loss has reached $61.9 million in the second quarter of 2014 because of...
Tesla Delivered Almost 1,000 Model S Vehicles in China Since April
1 Aug 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the second quarter alone, Tesla Motors has managed to deliver 7,579 examples of the Model S and built 8,763 units of the EV. Based on the way things are going from very good to even better, the c...
Icon Helios to Use Tesla Model X Chassis and AWD Drivetrain
31 Jul 2014, 15:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Originally known for its tricked out Land Rover Defenders and Chevy Thriftmaster pickup trucks, Icon is now planning to do an outlandish car that seems to be penned by Brunel and Jules Verne. Baptiz...
Tesla and Panasonic Partnered For the Gigafactory Battery Plant
31 Jul 2014, 11:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After a report was published by a large media corporation from Japan two days ago, Tesla Motors has officially confirmed that Panasonic joined the Gigafactory bandwagon. According to the agreement, ...
The Simpsons to Feature Tesla's CEO in "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" Episode
30 Jul 2014, 08:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Al Jean, the executive producer of The Simpsons, has announced that an episode of the hit animated sitcom that depicts the middle class American lifestyle in a unique satirical way will feature a co...
Tesla Gigafactory Nearing Green Light, Panasonic Joins In With Money & Tech
29 Jul 2014, 18:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it's still a mystery where Tesla will build its Gigafactory, we know that it will be somewhere in the United States and that Panasonic will chip in $1 billion worth of battery manufact...
Tesla Model S Receives 22-inch ADV.1 Wheels
28 Jul 2014, 10:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Until somebody, who might just be Saleen, decides to come up with a serious aftermarket job for Tesla’s Model S, various developers keep fitting the electric performance sedan with attention-g...
Tesla Fremont Plant Idled for Model X Retooling
22 Jul 2014, 20:31 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As Tesla looks to increase output of the Model S and introduce its third model ever, the Model X SUV, the automaker has idled its Fremont, CA assembly plant to allow for a $100 million upgrade, acco...
Watch a Tesla Model S Lap the Nürburgring
22 Jul 2014, 05:44 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The Green Hell just got a little greener as a Tesla Model S gave the legendary Nürburgring a go earlier this month. Rather than being a Tesla-sanctioned stunt as we might imagine, this was setu...
Tesla's CEO Says 500-Mile Range Car Is Possible
21 Jul 2014, 15:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Elon Musk has revealed last week that the upcoming BMW 3 Series-rivaling sedan will be called the Tesla Model III. Expected to be about 20 percent smaller than the Model S and to hold a $35,000 sti...
Tesla Model S Hacked by Qihoo 360 at Security Conference
18 Jul 2014, 13:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A team of Chinese hackers managed to break into the electronic brain of the Tesla Model S and control various core functions of the electric vehicle. This first documented successful hack of the EV ...
Tesla’s Model III Will Be Rivaled by BMW’s 3 Series in More than One Way
17 Jul 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / With the recent announcement of the new Tesla Model III, the company run by Elon Musk is looking to strike gold in the near future and further build on the success recorded by the Model S in the pas...
Tesla Model S Accident: Son Crashes Father’s Car
16 Jul 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This month hasn’t been the best for the Tesla Model S, with drivers all across the world acting in the worst ways, from running from the police to confusing the two pedals, causing one Model S...
Tesla Model III Confirmed, Coming in 2016
16 Jul 2014, 07:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In a recent post on the automaker's official Twitter account, Tesla Motors reveals that it has been "confirmed: our Gen III car," which is due to be launched after the Model X crossov...