Although many people hate the environment for its smug megalomania, and frequent natural disasters, most celebrities seem to love it. While most celebrities phone-in support by wearing t-shirts and wristbands for charitable causes (also known as “slacktivism”), a select few walk-the-walk and drive-the-drive. The following celebrities rock environmentally friendly automobiles in support of polar bears [...]
Tesla announced today that it is recalling 439 Roadster 2.0 and 2.5 models due to a risk that a power cable could short and catch fire. According to Tesla’s techy explanation: “The recall involves the 12v low voltage auxiliary cable from a redundant back up system that provides power to various systems, including the headlamps, [...]
Celebrity and a really big car enthusiasts Jay Leno has driven countless cars over his life. The Tonight Show host recently got behind the new Tesla Roadster 2.5 and has given his opinion on the updated version of the electric-roadster. Hit the jump for the video. Refresher: The new Tesla Roadster 2.5 gets its power [...]
Tesla Motors has announced that its Roadster electric sports car has been approved for the Japanese government’s Clean Energy Cash Rebate Program. Japan’s Clean Energy Cash Rebate Program is aimed at promoting the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. Besides the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid, the Tesla Roadster is only standard-sized car to [...]
For those of you laughing at hybrid drivers and soon-to-be electric-car drivers, this Tesla Roadster owner is here to shut you up. Here is a California owner of the fully-electric Tesla Roadster with a license plate that reads “LOL OIL.” Creative and funny – we give it two thumbs up. Click here for more news [...]
Hot on the heels of Tesla Motors making headlines with its initial public offering, the electric-car maker decided to unveil the Tesla Roadster 2.5, and updated version of its popular Roadster electric sports car. “Although development of the Model S is our main focus, this shows that we still care a great deal about improving [...]
The revolutionary world of electric-vehicles is generating a lot of buzz in the technology world and now, in a sort of a TMZ way, is generating a lot of buzz in celebrity divorce cases. Co-founder Elon Musk and his wife Justine Musk have filed for divorce, a move that could complicate plans by Elon to [...]
Tesla Motors will be bringing its right-hand drive all-electric Roadster to Japan. The company said that it will ship a dozen Japan Signature Series Roadsters from Port Hueneme, California to Yokohama in early May for delivery to select customers throughout Japan. “With its combination of high-level car enthusiasts and interest and appreciation of cutting edge [...]
In an amended Securities and Exchange Commission filing posted on Monday, Tesla Motors said that it has extended its agreement with Lotus to help bridge a gap in production of the electric Roadster. Tesla, which filed for an initial public offering worth $100 million in January, has been facing up to an year of shutdown [...]
Tesla Motors announced today that it will launch its worldwide partnership with TAG Heuer at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show this week. Both companies teamed up to produce a one-of-a-kind collector’s Tesla Roadster with a unique interior designed by Tesla’s Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen. The design contains TAG Heuer avant-garde design elements and a [...]
