Moving to make Tesla Model S ownership more affordable, the new financing deal gives prospective Model S owners peace of mind from the certainty of knowing ahead of time the cost of owning an electric car. Buying a Tesla Model S just became a lot easier with an announcement on…
The just-announced Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive has an electric drive train designed by Tesla Motors. But, you wouldn’t know this from the press release because it says nothing about Tesla. Further, you wouldn’t know this from the on-board charging system, because it’s not going to use the Supercharger port, apparently. …
Is the Tesla Supercharger network a big money pit that will sink the company, or is it an uber-cool strategy that will propel Tesla to greatness? That’s a big question we’re pondering, and in the balance hangs not just a scrappy start-up electric car company, but the whole project of…
That wiley Elon Musk and his obtuse tweets have caused a stir of attention today. The tweet said there’d be a big announcement on Thursday (now apparently changed until next Tuesday) in which Elon would be putting his money where his mouth is. And I don’t think he’s talking about…
Tesla’s stock price popped today after an obtuse Elon Musk tweet promised a big announcement and implied a bigger investment in the company. Elon Musk’s obtuse tweets have gone to the next level with a promise, on Monday, of a big announcement on Thursday. The tweet gives us less to…
What does Tesla Motors’ CTO JB Straubl think about the future of batteries and charging protocols? The SAE published a recent interview with him which in part is interesting because Tesla uses a non-SAE-standard protocol for electric vehicle charging. Battery format: Tesla is still using 18650 size cells in their…
Now that Tesla Motors is producing the Model S, that car has passed from the realm of hype to reality. It means we can now start judging the Model S and Tesla Motors based on the actual results rather than on what we hope they’ll be building in the future. …
Tesla Motors’ management expects to immediately shift from massive losses while preparing for Model S sales, to immediately become profitable due to Model S sales. On Thursday, Tesla Motors released their fiscal year 2012 SEC filing, after having to delay that report after accountants discovered errors in presenting financial results…
We’ve been patiently, or not so patiently, waiting for Tesla Motors to announce Q4 2012 sales figures. A lot is riding on those sales figures (see Tesla Motors will either fly high or crash in 2013 depending on Model S sales) in that the fate of Tesla Motors hangs in the…
The first Supercharger stations outside California have been spotted in Connecticut and Delaware giving Model S owners along the Washington DC to Boston corridor the freedom to drive far. Tesla’s Supercharger network isn’t just for Californians any more. The first Supercharger location outside California has been spotted in Milford Connecticut,…
Because of other manufacturing delays, the 40- and 60- kilowatt-hour versions of the Tesla Model S will be delayed by 2 months, but in the grand scheme the company still intends to reach a 20,000 car/year manufacturing rate for 2013. Some Tesla Model S reservation holders will have to wait…
Quietly released today was the EPA certification of the 60 kilowatt-hour Tesla Model S, showing it to be more efficient than the 85 kilowatt-hour model. On Friday the EPA quietly released the EPA certification of the 60 kilowatt-hour Tesla Model S, giving the middle car in the Model S range…
While Tesla Motors is revolutionizing the automobile, the company itself is transforming a from visionary role to that of a mass production automobile manufacturer. As Tesla Motors transitions from electric vehicle visionary to a mass production automobile manufacturer, many are wondering whether the company will make it financially. It has…
In a grant program totaling over $20 million, the California Energy Commission is supporting clean green transportation projects from Better Place, Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles and other companies. The California Energy Commission announced on Wednesday grants supporting projects at Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles, and several other organizations meant to move…
In tonight’s Presidential Debate, Romney pulls out the ‘Solyndra’ card and names off a list of supposed failures, including Tesla Motors, a company nearly any observer would call a success. In tonight’s Presidential debate it wasn’t surprising that Romney, the Republican candidate, would drag that Solyndra story out of the…
