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California locks in Tesla Model S plant with tax deal incentive
In an effort to ensure that Tesla builds its Model S electric-sedan in California, the state has struck a tax incentive agreement with the San Carlos company. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said that a state agency will temporarily hold a title worth of $320 million equipment to be purchased by Tesla and will not pay [...]
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Tesla Roadster goes 313 miles at Global Green Challenge in Australia
If you’re one of the 900 Tesla Roadster owners out there you have to live with a very hard choice – you can either drive efficiently and show off how many miles you traveled on a single charge or you can throw the efficiency part out of the window and show off how you can [...]
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Tesla launches Mobile Service Rangers to service your Tesla at your house
Tesla has announced a new mobile service program featuring house calls for customers in the United States and Canada. Known as the Tesla Mobile Service Rangers, mobile service squad will visit a Tesla owners’ homes, offices or parking garages to perform an range of procedures, including annual inspections and firmware upgrades.
“Customers pay $1 per roundtrip mile [...]
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Tesla Model S platform to spawn electric crossover, minivan and van
In a new article on Tesla’s blog, Diarmuid OConnell, Tesla’s Vice President of Business Development, is “clearing the air” on the company’s Department of Energy loan. The electric-vehicle company received a total of $465 million in low-interest loans from the DOE, $365 million of which it will use for the production and assembly for the Model [...]
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Tesla and Eberhard finally settle legal dispute
Tesla announced today that it has settled its legal dispute with founder and former CEO Martin Eberhard stemming from the company’s early struggles to launch an electric sports car. Eberhard sued Tesla accusing current CEO, Elon Musk, of defamation and planning is ouster.
Musk, who made hundreds of millions of dollars as the co-founder of PayPal, [...]
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Tesla Motors hires former Audi and YouTube executives
California start-up, Tesla Motors, has announced the addition of a former Audi sales exec and former YouTube communications head to its team.
John Walker came over from Audi to head up the North American sales division effective immediately, and Ricardo Reyes, who was the head of global communications and public affairs for YouTube will become [...]
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Tesla to move into mainstream U.S. auto sales in 2016, plans $30,000 EV
Currently, Tesla Motors sells just one car – the $109,000 Roadster. The company has sold just 700 units of the electric sports car and hit profits for the first time in July; No biggie, the Big 3 and other automakers have nothing to worry about… right? Wrong, according to a report by AutoWeek, Tesla has plans [...]
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Brand Spankin’ New Images: Tesla Roadster Sport… why pay the extra $19,500?
The 248-hp Tesla Roadster is an already expensive vehicle with pricing starting at $101,500. However, it allows you to go from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, is 100 percent electric and allows you to travel 244 miles before you need to plug it in.
What’s better than a Tesla Roadster? A Tesla Roadster Sport. The [...]
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Eberhard drops lawsuit against Tesla Motors and Musk
Electric-car fans, or more so Tesla Motors fans, can now rejoice. The electric-car maker’s former CEO Martin Eberhard has voluntarily requested that his lawsuit against the company and its new CEO, Elon Musk, be dropped.
Eberhard requested that the suit be dropped on Aug. 7, according to his lawyer Yosef Peretz. Peretz declined to comment on the [...]
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Tesla to open new powertrain facility in Palo Alto, doesn’t want NUMMI
Tesla Motors announced today that it will use a renovated facility in Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto to produce new electric-vehicle powertrains. The move comes after Tesla was recently awarded a government loan of nearly $465 million to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles.
Tesla will lease an approximately 350,000 square-foot building. The facility will [...]
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