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Green Hero: Tesla Motors

Green Cars News

It’s been a breakthrough year for Tesla Motors. While many electric car start-ups have fallen by the wayside during the year, Tesla finally posted profits during the first quarter of 2013 (see article): its first profits after 10 years in business. Tesla Motors Green Hero'

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High Gear Media and Tesla Motors Announce Automotive Writing Contest; Win a Tour Road Test of the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport

Green Car Congress

High Gear Media , the publisher of 75 targeted consumer automotive websites, and Tesla Motors are launching an automotive writing contest to win a tour and test drive of the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport in California. An afternoon to test-drive the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport.

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Life With Tesla Model S: Thoughts On '10 Things I Hate' Article (Really Only Seven)

Green Car Reports

It was a classic click-bait headline: “Ten Things I Hate About My Tesla.” ” The article appeared last week on The Drive, a new "automotive culture" website from publisher Time Inc.

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Tesla To Offer Supercharger As Fast-Charging Standard? Free To Drivers, Yes

Green Car Reports

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors, and more specifically its CEO Elon Musk, has been dropping hints for a while now that it proposes to open up the specifications of its Supercharger DC fast-charging standard for use by other manufacturers.

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Tesla Model S Double-Pedal Behavior Still Inconsistent: A Safety Plea To Elon Musk

Green Car Reports

Last summer, I wrote an article patting Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on the back for being so responsive to Model S electric-car owners. I ended that article with a plea to Musk for a safety upgrade on the Model S: a firmware change to cut off power to the wheels if the driver inadvertently presses the. Of whom I am one.

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Tesla Not Disruptive, Future Is Tiny Electric 'Golf Carts': Harvard Scholar

Green Car Reports

It's an article--actually a handful of articles--covering research by a scholar of "disruption" who argues that Silicon Valley startup carmaker Tesla Motors isn't disruptive. Instead, he.

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What Goes Into A Tesla Model S Battery--And What It May Cost

Green Car Reports

In his recent interview with Barron''s, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk hung up on the reporter who was interviewing him.

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