SubscribeElsewhere on Autolust: Toyota RAV4 | Toyota Camry | Mitsubishi Motors | Honda Insight | Lotus Cars | Chevrolet Volt | Nissan 370Z | Fisker Automotive |
# 5 Blogger
The Business Insider
The Business Insider (businessinsider.com) has great Tesla Motors news, photos, videos and more
Monday, Jun 15
Tesla CEO Musk: Gas Should Be $10 A Gallon
NY The low price we're currently spoiled with doesn't factor in "the true cost of gasoline at the pump," said the Tesla CEO (via CNET), "since nobody's explicitly paying for the CO2 capacity of the oceans and atmospheres, it's getting consumed. ...
Wednesday, Jun 10
Lamborghini Says It's Building A Hybrid
NY Bloomberg] Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, who was tossed by Elon, is making mobile chargers for Tesla Roadsters. [Edmunds] China's big alt-energy push--20% of energy from renewables by 2020. [Guardian] Small nuclear reactors to be announced today? ...
Monday, Jun 1
The Next Tesla Roadster Will Be A "Roomier Porsche"
Musk envisions building another sports car like the Roadster, but with enough room to put the kids in the back seats. WebRidesTv: It's well known that Musk isn't 100% thrilled with the current Tesla Roadster — after all, it's a gutted Lotus with lotso ...
Wednesday, May 27
GM: Startups Aren't Better At Making Electric Cars Than We Are (GM)
NY There's no reason to think that pishers like Tesla and Fisker are going to be better at making electric cars than GM. At least not in GM's opinion, anyway. Frank Weber, GM's Global Electric Vehicle Development Executive, took to the blogosphere to ...
Tuesday, May 26
Chrysler Seeks $224 Million For Electric Cars
NY The applications for matching funds were made as part of two initiatives at the Department of Energy that are designed to speed up the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Startups like Fisker and Tesla, that are pure ...
Miles EV Taking The Wraps Off Its Electric Car On June 3
Yet another electric car is getting its Ps and Qs in line to debut for the public. On June 3rd, Miles EV, will unveil its highway capable electric sedan. Unlike the exotic fare delivered by startups like Tesla and Fisker, Miles wants to play it bland. ...
Saturday, May 23
Daimler's Tesla Deal Doesn't Help Either Company
NY Once Tesla burns through its back order of those Roadsters, the demand picture isn't looking pretty. And there's more competition down the road. Tesla's cars look a lot less exotic now that the government and auto makers are pushing hard to develop ...
Thursday, May 21
Bob Lutz: We've Got A Tesla Roadster, We Call It The Corvette CR-1 ...
NY The people selling the EV-1 would vociferously protest that last claim. Lutz also said the battery technology wasn't ready on the EV-1. Letterman asked if Tesla can make the all electric Roadster, why can't GM do the same? Lutz said, "We can, ...
Wednesday, May 20
Musk Makes Out In The Daimler Deal
NY The last two times Tesla raised money for itself was through convertible debt financing. Musk led each of those $40 million raises. Someone familiar with the terms of the convertible debt tells us there was a trigger in place that stipulated the debt ...
Tuesday, May 19
Tesla's New Valuation Is $550 Million
NY Daimler was very careful not to specify how much it paid for its 10% of Tesla, only saying that it was "double-digit millions." Luckily for those of us interested in the specifics, Elon Musk is not quite as careful. He told reporters the amount ...
Monday, May 18
Will Daimler Announce An Investment In Tesla Tomorrow? (DAI)
NY Possibly. It would make sense as the two are already working together. Tesla is providing batteries for Daimler's Smart car. Daimler has been rumored to be investing in Tesla in the past. Tesla sure could use the investment, as it is running low on cash.
Wednesday, May 13
Coming Soon To Dubai, Utopia For The Greens
NY Inhabitat] Tesla now has 1000 reservations for its Model S. [Tesla] Dell revs up an aggressive plan for electronic waste. [Greentech] Alpha Natural Resources is buying, Foundation Coal Holdings for $1.4 billion in stock. [AP] Oil, gas, coal industry ...
Thursday, May 7
General Motors Burning $113 Million A Day (GM)
NY Just give the money to Musk at Tesla, at least he can get an alternative technology up and running. The only reason these behomoths are still going is to keep the union rank and file (aka voters) happy, cause if the "patient", as in the car companies, ...
Saturday, Apr 18
Used Tesla Roadster For Sale, Just $135,0000!
NY The same potential for tiny arbitrage exists with Tesla's Roadster. It appears from this ad on Tesla Motor Clubs that someone is taking advantage. Here's what the ad says: The 2008MY Roadster (#246) can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.9 seconds, ...
Thursday, Apr 16
Elon Musk Says Tesla Doesn't Exist Without The Rich
NY Now that so many people have quit or left GM , they have revealed that the EV1 (Who killed the electric car) was recalled and crushed because the battery pack was shown to cause cancer. When Musk was told the Tesla battery pack could also cause cancer, ...
Monday, Apr 13
Jaguar To Join The Electric Bandwagon
NY At that price, it's just as expensive as a Fisker Karma, and much pricier than the $57400 Tesla Model S. The Karma will roll out at the end of the year, and if Tesla gets a loan from the DOE, production of the Model S will start in late 2011. ...
Friday, Apr 10
How A123 Secured The Chrysler Contract
NY To prevent this in the much larger and potentially more dangerous battery packs in electric vehicles, companies such as Tesla Motors have designed elaborate cooling systems that carry coolant past each of the thousands of cells in the pack. ...
