With lots of fancy footwork and in some cases, heavy government goodwill, GM, Ford and Chrysler are reinvigorated and ready to take on their global competitors and deliver cars that consumers have been asking for. But the auto industry landscape is very different now than just a few months ago.
Yesterday we posted Top Gear’s segment of Clarkson’s Tesla Roadster test drive. From what started out as Clarkson falling in love with not only an electric-car - but an American made electric-car (yes, at that point we felt like hell froze over), fell apart later on in the segment when Clarkson claimed that his Tesla’s battery depleted after 55 miles of driving.
Well, the wait for the super electric Tesla Roadster is coming to an end soon. The company, which operates out of San Carlos, said it will be releasing the speedy rockets in October or November.
The unnamed owner (for now because of shame) of the Black Tesla Roadster #6 was back at the Menlo Park dealership awaiting news from his insurance company after rear ending a Mercedes Benz C-Class as well as being smoked in ass by a Camry following to close at the corner of Geary Boulevard and Gough Street in San Francisco.
So, the wait is over. Tesla Motors' web-site has officially pulled the cover from the heavily hyped luxurious roadster, powered by an AC motor. The vehicle, capable to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in about 4 seconds and to travel 250 miles per charge at a cost of just 1 cent per mile is now open to your eyes.
Kevin Yu's photos from this past weekend's Concours in Monterey, CA. Some nice photos of some real classics and some exotics, plus a few photos of the Tesla Roadster.
Internet entrepreneur and business rockstar (CEO of Mahalo.com) Jason Calacanis is probably sitting at the edge of his chair everyday counting down the days until he takes delivery of his Orange Tesla Roadster - Production model #16 in the Signature 100 collection!!
Yesterday, Chrysler/Fiat’s new CEO Sergio Marchionne presented the 5-year business plan he hopes will save Chrysler, and bring Fiat back to the US market for the first time in nearly 30 years. The company presented its plan during a live, seven-hour-long marathon webcast, which was notable for two things: first, a virtually unprecedented willingness to discuss future product, and, second, the conspicuous absence of New Chrysler’s much-ballyhooed ENVI electric-vehicle division.
The Tesla Roadster was beginning to look like vaporware. Silicon Valley failed to deliver its first car on time. The traditional auto industry was sniggering. But let's cut Tesla some slack
This fully electric car wont smoke the hyped Tesla Roadster, but it does have a decent range of 70-150 miles on the stock battery pack and up to 300 miles on the optional lithium-ion pack. Keep in mind these numbers will vary depending on the driving habits of your lead foot.
Tesla Motors, a San Carlos start-up that is building a high-performance electric sports car, has raised $40 million in a third round of venture capital from a group of investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners and Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal.
Finally, the wait is over. Tesla has just rolled out, debuted and shown (finally- finally- finally) it’s much hyped Model S sedan. No, it’s not that I’m really into this car that much (although it IS nice), it’s just that I’m glad it’s out so I can avoid all the rampant speculation and hype about it.
Tesla, which has created an all-electric sports car, has already booked deposits for its first 100 cars, according to Martin Eberhard, Tesla's CEO. The $100,000 deposits guarantee that the buyers will get the cars, which will come out next year.
The Tesla Roadster that caught the world's attention last year because it is an all-electric sportscar. This year it was seen by UK auto mag CAR undergoing onroad testing near Lotus Headquarters in England.
Tesla is quite smart in that it is reaching the enthusiasts of the market. If you like sports cars and you want to be green, this is the only way to go. The Tesla is a car that you can live with, drive and enjoy as a sports car. I had a brief drive in the car and it was quite impressive. This is an electric car that is fun to drive. Prior to this, most electric cars were driven by people with earth shoes.
American ZAP company plans to show-off its conceptual ZAP-X crossover electric vehicle during the upcoming NADA annual meeting and exhibition, February 3 to 6, 2007.
Tesla is making some big moves, literally. The company is planning to relocate from its current headquarters in San Carlos, California, to a $250 million facility in San Jose, California, the construction of which will begin in the summer of 2009
Official word from Tesla concerning their upcoming, and highly anticipated (if not over-hyped) Model S sedan is out. For all of the eco love sent Tesla’s way over their sportscar, a lot of greens have expressed more interest and hopes on the Model S, due to a couple of very well founded concerns.
BOOM! That sound you heard was Tesla getting vindication and Mercedes announcing what could be the most important automotive partnership in a very long time. Today, Daimler, parent company of Mercedes, announced that they have acquired a stake in Tesla motors, darling of the EV car set, and that they will also be exchanging technologies.
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