General Motors Sides With Michigan Governor to Sign Anti-Tesla Bill 5606
22 Oct 2014, 08:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you aren't a hardcore General Motors fanboy then you might remember that the automaker is hit by its biggest crisis yet: 30+ million vehicles recalled and people that were seriously or fatal...
Girl Buys Tesla Roadster Scale Model for Boyfriend after He Promised He’ll Marry Her
20 Oct 2014, 10:11 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A big fan of Elon Musk’s EV cars told his girlfriend he’d marry her instantly if she bought him a Tesla vehicle. Instead of showing off with a Tesla Model S, she did gifted him a Tesla R...
Dual Motor Tesla Model S, Autopilot Feature Explained
12 Oct 2014, 21:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Elon Musk wowed the world a few days ago when he debuted the D variant of the Model S. But there's something more to the dual electric motor luxury sedan than a 3.2-second acceleration to 60 mp...
Tesla Model S P85D, 85D, 60D Pricing, Tech Package with Autopilot Detailed · Video
10 Oct 2014, 07:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Last night Elon Musk shut the automotive world in one fell swoop by introducing the dual motor, all-wheel drive Tesla Model S P85D. While Musk man was still on stage, the manufacturer's site wa...
Say Hello to the Tesla D
2 Oct 2014, 08:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just a few hours ago, Tesla Motors numero uno Elon Musk tweeted this mysterious teaser photo with the following caption: "About time to unveil the D and something else." Exciting, huh? Fur...
Buy a Brick To Raise the Tesla Museum
26 Sep 2014, 15:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Nikola Tesla was a man well ahead of his time, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system as well as several other major projects incl...
Boeing and SpaceX Win the $6.8 Billion Race for NASA's Flights
17 Sep 2014, 14:23 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / After a pretty tight competition, NASA has decided that Boeing and Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be the companies to develop the agency’s future two-human spaceflight vehicles. Boeing has won ...
This Is How You Ride a Spaceship Back to Earth without Leaving the Planet
8 Sep 2014, 14:56 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While Elon Musk’s Space X Falcon rocket just lifted off with communications satellite and Virgin Galactic keeps getting reservations, it’s pretty obvious the 21st century is all about sp...
Tesla Inaugurates New Supercharger Stations in London and Birmingham
13 Aug 2014, 12:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With the addition of the two new stations, Tesla Motors' Supercharger network now numbers 168 locations worldwide, making it the largest and fastest-growing grid of fast-charging stations. The ...
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...
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'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...
Oatmeal Receives $1 Million From Elon Musk for the Nikola Tesla Museum
13 Jul 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As some of you may remember, The Oatmeal published his wacky impressions of what it's like to own a Tesla Model S back in May. Matthew Inman isn't just an enthusiastic owner of the electri...
FireFly Alpha Is The Cheap Space Ride For Lightweight Satellites
9 Jul 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Private aerospace company FireFly Space Systems has revealed the design of their newest creation, the FireFly Alpha. The next generation vehicle aims to launch lightweight satellites for the cheapes...
Tesla Patents Go Open Source
12 Jun 2014, 18:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We've reported a couple of times before that Tesla was considering to giveaway its patents for the greater good of electric vehicle development. Well, the move has been made sooner than expecte...
Tesla Considers Patent Giveaway
9 Jun 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This might come as a pretty surprising bit of news for most of the automotive industry, but the Palo Alto-based EV manufacturer recently hinted that the company may giveaway its patents sometime in ...
Russia’s Plans for 2017 Space Tourism: Trips around the Moon with Soyuz
5 Jun 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While NASA scheduled to launch the first American-made spacecraft in 2017 and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk just unveiling the Dragon V2 shuttle, it seems Russia won’t accept being left behind. ...
Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX Dragon V2 Spacecraft
30 May 2014, 10:22 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Tesla's CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, has just unveiled SpaceX's newest product, the Dragon V2. Designed to be an reusable spacecraft able to transport astronauts into space and back to Eart...
Elon Musk Shares Thoughts On Tesla's Early Days
15 May 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / During the two-day green energy business summit at the American manufacturer's assembly plant in Fremont, California, the Tesla CEO didn't offer any further info on the upcoming Model X fu...
Daimler Doesn't Like Tesla's Selfish Approach to EV Charging Network
26 Mar 2014, 14:18 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Even though Daimler AG is pretty much in bed with Tesla Motors after more or less rescuing the American electric vehicle manufacturer from near bankruptcy, it seems that they are not exactly OK with...