Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Three workers have suffered burns in an accident at the Fremont, California assembly plant, where Tesla Motors builds its Model S electric car. All three employees were immediately taken to Valley Medical Center in.'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2015

Tesla Motors started deliveries of its all-electric Roadster more than six years ago. Since then, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has released its sales data in various ways at various times, usually only during quarterly earnings reports. Green Elon Musk New car sales Tesla Motors plug-in cars sales'

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 31, 2013

All eyes are on Tesla Motors and whether the companies sales live up to expectation. Tesla has made a big bet they can sell 20,000 electric luxury cars a year when the likes of Nissan and General Motors.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

You will do no better than the recent road test of the Tesla Model S P85D, published on Monday by Motor Trend. That''s the new dual-motor all-wheel-drive version of its signature electric car, revealed last month by Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

Tesla Motors has introduced the new entry-level Model S 70D, an all-wheel drive electric car with a 70 kWh pack, a 0-60 time of 5.2 Model S 70D dual motor drive. All-wheel drive is standard on Model S 70D and available as an option on Model S 85. Performance All-wheel. Starting price is $75,000.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2011

If Tesla Motors had a single message to convey at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, it was this: We're a real car company. Rather than show a completed prototype of its Model S all-electric luxury sports sedan, scheduled to launch by the end of 2012, the company showed the car's shell.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Tesla Motors is adding a two-motor all-wheel drive option for its electric Model S as well as a standard set of forward-looking camera, radar and 360? For the lower two models, the 60D and the 85D, Tesla is basically maintaining similar total motor output—i.e., Total motor power (hp).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2012

After an hour in a 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sport sedan, one thing became clear: It's a viable car. The Model S gives Tesla Motors a shot at turning into a real car company.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

In its letter to shareholders reporting Q1 2012 results, Tesla Motors Chairman, Product Architect and CEO Elon Musk and Deepak Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer, said that the company had recently signed an agreement with Daimler to create an entire electric powertrain for a new Mercedes-Benz. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Well, add one more name to the queue of luxury carmakers planning to compete head-to-head with Tesla Motors and its electric cars. According to Britain''s Autocar, Range Rover is now in the planning stages for a crossover vehicle that could target the upcoming Tesla Model X electric SUV.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 17, 2012

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has an enthusiastic base of fans who consider him a visionary. And with Paypal in the past, and SpaceX as well as Tesla today, Musk has an impressive track record. So ears perked up when he recently predicted that in 20 years, half of all new cars sold would be plug-in electric cars.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2024

Tesla has been very silent about the successor to the Model 3 Performance, arguably the electric vehicle maker’s most fun car to drive. But while Tesla’s public communication about the new Model 3 Performance is almost zero, all signs are pointing to the new vehicle being released soon.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We finish off the week with a look at where Tesla Motors can legally sell cars directly to customers, examine how dropping gas prices could impact impending Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules, and the Lit Motors C-1 electric motorcycle goes for a test run in a new video. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

By now, it's well known that the German prestige brands--Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche--will all offer at least one battery-electric luxury sedan or crossover utility vehicle sometime between 2017 and 2021. It's all in response to the startling success of Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Motors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

While problems with driving experience are flat year over year, quality declines in all other categories. Owners are having issues with high-tech approaches to this basic function; seven of the 10 most problematic models in this area are battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Nissan Motor Co., PP100), followed by infotainment (+2.3

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2016

The success of Tesla Motors has made quite an impression on the main German luxury carmakers, all of which plan future products that can compete with the automaker from Silicon Valley. Now it appears Jaguar may be planning to target Tesla as well.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The news emerged late last week: Tesla Motors is recalling all 90,000-plus Model S electric cars it's built to check that their seat belts were properly connected.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The 210,000 plug-in electric vehicles sold around the world last year used a lot of lithium-ion batteries. But if startup automaker Tesla Motors has its way, it will soon need as many lithium-ion cells (of the 18650 format it uses) as are now built worldwide.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 12, 2015

The upcoming Audi Q6 e-tron electric crossover could become a direct competitor for the Tesla Model X, but both vehicles may soon have another all-electric German utility vehicle to contend with. Apparently BMW may be the next German luxury brand to challenge Tesla Motors directly, by launching an electric SUV of its own.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2016

Tesla rocked the German luxury makers a couple of years ago when it became clear that its all-electric Model S sedan was truly appealing to a wide swath of enthusiastic luxury-car buyers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2014

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced in a blog post that the company is opening up access to its patents; Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use the company’s technology. Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport.

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Teslarati

APRIL 19, 2024

It appears that Tesla is about to start customer deliveries of upgraded Model 3 sedans that were ordered with a black and white interior. This was hinted at in posts from Tesla watchers and Model 3 buyers online. The lack of Model 3 deliveries with the paid interior option was a holdup in Q1, after all.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2014

We''ve also got stories on Tesla''s expanded drivetrain warranty, and the delivery of the first 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrids. All this and more on Green Car Reports. From electric boats to "rolling.' The 2014 Accord Hybrid is still in short supply, and the Japanese carmaker is planning an efficient 1.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2015

Over the next few years, the German luxury establishment--including Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche--is expected to launch a barrage of electric car models in a belated attempt to take on startup Tesla Motors. For some time, it's been understood that one of those models will be an all-electric SUV from Audi.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2015

It's still hard to explain to outsiders just how disruptive Tesla Motors and its electric luxury cars have been to the established German prestige automakers.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 31, 2013

All eyes are on Tesla Motors and whether the companies sales live up to expectation. Tesla has made a big bet they can sell 20,000 electric luxury cars a year when the likes of Nissan and General Motors.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 25, 2012

On Friday, Tesla Motors delivered its first production Model S electric sedans to retail customers, an event the company webcast live. Watch the 26-0minute video above if you want to relive the glorious event.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2013

A study of Tesla Roadster user data published by plug-in vehicle advocacy organization Plug In America (PIA) projects that the battery packs in the Roadsters will retain 80-85% of capacity after 100,000 miles (160,934 km) driven. As of 4 July 2013, Tesla Motors reported that 2,100+ Roadsters have been driven more than 35 million miles.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Tesla V4 Supercharger details: Charging Speed and Cable Length However, a new Development Proposal submitted by Enzygo (via u/RealPokePOP on r/Tesla Motors ) shows Tesla has officially confirmed the V4 Superchargers to have a power of 350 kW, as many cars were still topping out at 250 kW. EV charging units (16no.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The new electric WIV from FCCC and Morgan Olson. Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Morgan Olson LLC launched the next generation vehicle with new exterior and interior body styling for the all-electric walk-in van (WIV). FCCC first introduced its plug-in, all-electric WIV chassis earlier this year.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2016

Spurred by Tesla Motors and competitor German luxury brands, Mercedes-Benz is planning a handful of new electric cars. The first is likely to be a crossover, to be previewed by a concept that will debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show this fall, set to be followed by another crossover and two sedans.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

Tesla Motors reported Q1 vehicle deliveries of more than 4,750 Model S units—exceeding the 4,500-unit Q1 target provided in the mid-February shareholder letter. As a result, Tesla is amending its Q1 guidance to full profitability, both GAAP and non-GAAP. Supercharger is Tesla’s quick charging technology.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 5, 2011

Tesla Motors, [NSDQ:TSLA] the company behind the Roadster electric vehicle, might look for additional funding from equity sales to help pay for development of its third electric car — the sport utility vehicle styled Model X — according to the company’s CEO Elon Musk.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2012

Ever since it was founded, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has followed a ‘trickle-down’ business model, developing its technology in premium luxury cars before using that technology to develop ever more affordable models.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

The NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM) is debuting as part of the Tesla Motors Model S electric luxury sedan. inch all-digital instrument cluster. Energy-efficient NVIDIA Tegra module powers infotainment, navigation and digital instrument cluster system in Tesla Motors Model S electric sedan.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 25, 2011

It may have major shareholders in the form of automotive giants Toyota and Daimler, but the Californian electric car automaker known for its super sexy Roadster is going to stay independent for the foreseeable future.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

The all-electric WIV chassis. Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) presented the preproduction plug-in all-electric walk-in van (WIV) chassis at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show. All-electric walk-in van. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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