Tesla Offering to Buy Back Roadsters as Credit for Model S
19 Oct 2012, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There’s nothing not to love about the Tesla Roadster, as it is a unique offering, on a market where most manufacturers claim their cars are green, when in fact they are not. The Roadster is a ...
Tesla Model S Needs $600 Annualy to Maintain Warranty
16 Oct 2012, 07:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Talk about hidden costs... Apparently, Tesla Model S owners and a few of those currently on the waiting list, are reportedly not pleased with the company’s $600-per-year service program. T...
Tesla Gets $10-Million Grant for Model X Production
12 Oct 2012, 12:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that Tesla has so far failed to reach its intended production capacity for the Model S sedan, they have not forgotten about the Model X crossover. Now, they have received a $10-mill...
Tesla Model S Shows Muscles Against BMW M5 F10
10 Oct 2012, 08:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We know that the Tesla Model S is a very quick car - one of the quickest cars in its class, that is. Exactly the same description could be used for the new BMW M5, and the two cars are actually very...
Tesla Selling Stocks to Raise an Additional $225-Million
2 Oct 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite having already raised $226- (€175-) million in their first public shares offering, back in June of 2010, Tesla has been constrained by the Department of Energy (DOE) to increase the spe...
Tesla Less Optimistic About Sales Expectations for 2012
26 Sep 2012, 12:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Creating a new automaker out of nothing is one of the most difficult types of business one could get into. However, Elon Musk seemed to have what it takes to pull it off, and while we still have fai...
Tesla to Create 100-Strong ‘Supercharger’ Fast Charging Network in US
25 Sep 2012, 11:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Elon Musk has recently announced that Tesla Motors will be opening over 100 ‘Supercharger’ fast charging station, throughout the US, by the year 2015. Six of them are already active, in ...
Rafael de Mestre’s Successfully Completes EV Trip Around the World
24 Sep 2012, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After starting off in Barcelona, a few months back, Rafael de Mestre and his Tesla Roadster arrived in the Spanish city yet again, only this time after having traveled around the entire world, in or...
Software Update Will Allow Tesla Model S to ‘Creep’
19 Sep 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / People who are used to driving a car with an automatic gearbox are also used to it ‘creeping’ when stationary, in drive, when the brake is released. Creeping is the norm among convention...
Monster Tajima Drives and Loves the Tesla Model S [Video
17 Sep 2012, 08:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When it comes to opinions which should matter and should be taken into consideration, concerning car handling and more recently EVs, is that of Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima, nine-time winne...
Tesla Roadster EV Trip Around the World Back on Track!
6 Sep 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After an unfortunate event which took place in Germany, less than 1,000 km (600 miles) before reaching its final destination, Rafael de Mestre’s second round-the-world trip is back...
Tesla EV Trip Around the World Ends Badly with Under 1,000 Km to Go
4 Sep 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember Rafael de Mestre’s effort to take his Tesla Roadster EV around the world, to prove that such a feat can be done. Well, sadly for him and EV advocates around the world, his tri...
Tesla All-Electric Supercar Coming in 2017
31 Aug 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tesla has proved to everybody that they can build very good and well engineered cars which genuinely work and can be used with little-to-no compromise, when it comes to range and usability. We are n...
Elon Musk Calls Fisker Karma ‘Mediocre’ and Overpriced
20 Aug 2012, 12:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, has officially started a tense and negative future relationship with Fisker and its founder, Henrik Fisker. He recently said, in an interview with Automobile Magazine...
VW Touareg Really Hates Green Cars - Crushes Tesla Roadster and Prius
9 Aug 2012, 10:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some pictures couldn’t be more eloquent even if they had the message written all over them, and, in a way, this one kind of does. It shows an accident that took place in Denmark, a few years a...
Real Estate Developer Suing Tesla Over New Mexico Production Facility
3 Aug 2012, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Before Tesla were sure they were going to use the old NUMMI plant in California as their main (and so far only) production facility, back in 2007, they signed an agreement with Rio Real Estate, for ...
George Clooney's Tesla Roadster to Be Auctioned Off for Charity
31 Jul 2012, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / George Clooney will auction off his Tesla Roadster on August 19, during the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, with proceeds from the sale set to go to the Satellite Sentinel Project, a no...
Elon Musk To Lead Tesla for ‘Several More Years'
30 Jul 2012, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Being so busy both with Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Elon Musk may, at some point, be forced to choose one over the other, in order to dedicate himself fully to one of the causes. According to Plug-In C...
Tesla Reports Promising Financial Situation for Q2 and the Future
27 Jul 2012, 12:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tesla is officially off the ground as a ‘real’ car manufacturer, despite having only one ‘commercial’ model in its range, the newly-launched Model S sedan. Despite posting...
Tesla Reduce Model S Q3 Production Levels by Half!
21 Jul 2012, 08:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While everything seemed to be going well for Tesla, as they had successfully launched a great car, the Model S. While they had fallen short of their goal of building ‘the best car in the world...