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Thursday, Nov 19
Video Game Developers Want Authentic Electric Sports Car Sound, Record Tesla Roadster in Action
Photo: Tesla Motors Roadster #203 Got Quite a Workout Making a video game used to be all about a few guys writing code. But as the the industry grew into a mammoth, the production of games turned into huge enterprises employing tons of people and requiring more and more realistic sounds and i...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Nissan LEAF: Instead of Engine Choices, People Might Have Battery Choices
Photo: Nissan Bigger Battery Optional, Instead of Bigger Engine With gasoline and diesel powered vehicles, one of the biggest option choices facing buyers is engine size. 4 cylinders? A V6 maybe? Or even a V8? That's an important decision since the engine is at the heart of a vehicle. But wh...
Monday, Oct 26
Tesla Rear-Ended by Prius in Denmark, Pushed Under SUV
Yeah, It's Totalled Seems like all those crash-tests that Tesla did paid off. The pics (1 above, 2 below) are from a pretty bad crash that took place in Denmark a few days ago. From what we know, the brand new Tesla Roadster (with about 400 miles on it) was stopped because of some construction on...
Saturday, Oct 24
Tesla Roadster Explored: Carpool Interviews Diarmuid O'Connell (Video)
Image credit: Llewtube When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's unique review of the Mitsubishi MiEV electric car, one commenter mentioned that they "couldn't wait to see him in a Tesla." Well we're in luck. Some time back Carpool visited the States to interview Diarmuid O'Connell, Vice Pre...
Thursday, Oct 22
Limited Time Offer: $42,083 Off on Tesla Roadster in Colorado Until Dec. 31st
Photo: Tesla Motors Now *That* Is a Tax Break The state of Colorado is trying to encourage the adoption of "alternative fuel vehicles" by offering tax credits based on the difference in cost between the said vehicle and a comparable non-green version. This means you could get about $3k in t...
Thursday, Oct 1
The Green Future of Mercedes-Benz: The New Electric Smart Fortwo
Fully-electric Smart cars have been zipping around roads in various forms for some time. But now, Daimler AG, Smart's German daddy company, is ramping up to roll out the second-generation of its battery-powered Smart fortwo--this time taking advantage of its ace in the hole: a 10% owner...
Tuesday, Sep 29
Tesla Model S to Have Kids! Electric Minivan, Crossover SUV, and Utility Van
Photo: Tesla Motors Tesla Plans to Recycle its Platform In a blog post where they try to explain how they will use the DOE loan (and make it clear that it's unrelated to the bailout money that went to Detroit automakers), Tesla revealed that the platform of its upcoming Model S electric seda...
Monday, Jun 22
Who wants a Tesla When You Can Drive an Electric '49 Bentley By Tom Dixon?
Tom Dixon is a TreeHugger fave for his work making compact fluorescents elegant; now he does the same for electric cars, converting a 1949 Mk VI Bentley to electric power. He likes it because the body can be easily separated from the chassis. ...
Sunday, Jun 14
From the Model S to the Lawsuit: Recent Tesla Motors News
Photo: Tesla Motors So What's Going on With Tesla These Days? Tesla Motors has been fascinating many greens every since the electric Roadster was unveiled on July 19th, 2006 (but the company was founded in 2003 and spent about three years working in stealth mode). Since then there has been...
Friday, Jun 5
Tesla Motors to Open 7 New Stores in Major Cities
Photo: ABG Tesla Opening more Electric Car Stores in Anticipation of Model S? Those who want to buy a Tesla electric car, or just see one in person and maybe have a test-drive, will be happy to learn that Tesla Motors has announced 7 new stores spread over North-America and Europe. The first s...
Tuesday, May 26
GM Defends the Volt, Attacks Smaller Electric Car Start-Ups (Tesla, Fisker, etc)
Frank Weber. Photo: GM GM Paints Itself as Electric Car Champion Frank Weber, GM's Global Electric Vehicle Development Executive, wrote a piece titled: "How GM is Making Electric Vehicles Relevant" (you can read the highlights below). I'd love to hear your thoughts on this in the comment...
Who's Laughing Now? Tesla Motors Now Worth Half of GM's Value (On Paper)
Photos: Michael Graham Richard "It's sort of amusing," remarked Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard. Last week I wrote about Daimler buying an almost 10% stake in elcetric car maker Tesla Motors. Andrew S. Ross, writing for the San Francisco Gate, made an interesting observation. Based on th...
Thursday, May 21
Bob Lutz Defends the Chevy Volt on Letterman, Talks About EV1 (Video)
The Duel that Wasn't It all started when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk went on David Letterman to show the Tesla Model S electric car. During the conversation, the Chevy Volt was mentioned negatively, so of course Bob Lutz had to come on the show to defend GM's new halo car. That was l...
Wednesday, May 20
Is Daimler Buy-in a Death Knell or Salvation for Tesla?
Image: Daimler Solid Buys Sexy Yesterday, Daimler AG acquired about ten percent of Tesla Motors, Inc. The purchase had been in the works for 18 months, and follows the establishment of a Daimler-Tesla partnership for cooperating on battery technology. Further acquisition ...
Tuesday, May 19
Daimler Buys a 10% Stake in Electric Car Maker Tesla Motors
Photo: Daimler Much Needed Cash and Expertise for Tesla Tesla had already announced a deal with Daimler at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, but this is bigger. The first deal involved supplying battery packs for the Smart Electric Drive, but this new deal, which involves a 10% equity buy by Daim...
Thursday, May 14
Bob Lutz to Defend Chevy Volt on Letterman Next Week
Photo: GM-Volt I challenge you to a battle of wits, to the death... About two weeks ago, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, went on Letterman to talk about electric cars and show the Model S electric sedan. It turned out into a kind of electric car good cop/bad cop, with an angry David Letterman ri...
Tuesday, May 12
Tesla Now Has More Than 1,000 Reservations for Model S Electric Car
Image: Tesla Motors Reservations are $5,000 (Refundable) The Model S launch was on March 26th, so that's about 22 reservations a day (at $5,000 a pop). Not too bad for a $50k car that won't be made until 2011 (I wonder if the David Letterman cameo of the Model S helped?). This compares well to th...
Wednesday, May 6
After the Electric Car, the Electric Plane? Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is Thinking About It
Not Just Any Old Electric Plane... A Supersonic Electric Plane Techcrunch has an intriguing interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. He briefly talks about an interest in nuclear fusion, but also speculates about a supersonic electric plane. The video of the interview above has pretty ba...
Thursday, Apr 30
David Letterman and Elon Musk Play Electric Car Good Cop/Bad Cop
You Can Also Get the "Elon Musk" Fragrance... Below is the video of Elon Musk on youtube, and it's pretty effective as a commercial for electric cars (except the part where Letterman doesn't seem to understand that the Volt's total range is more than 40 miles) with Elon Musk of Tesla Motors pla...
Tuesday, Apr 28
Tesla Model S to Appear on David Letterman, On Display in NYC
April 30th and May 1st at the Plaza Hotel Tesla founder and CEO, Elon Musk, recently announced that the Model S electric car will be on display in New York City on April 30th and May 1st at the Plaza Hotel, 5th Avenue at Central Park South, New York, NY 10019. "Tesla sales representatives will b...
