Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Wrightspeed, founded by Ian Wright, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors, is growing rapidly. In June, the company was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Wrightspeed CEO Ian Wright was an invited presenter to the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.

Commercial 150

Commercial Companies Las Vegas Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2013

Electrically-powered vehicles that match regular combustion cars for performance are no longer a surprise, many of those barriers eroded thanks to companies like Tesla Motors.

Mitsubishi 114

Mitsubishi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 114

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2015

It had to come, and it did: Tesla Motors is selling more stock to bolster its cash position as it prepares to launch its second high-volume electric car.

Tesla Motors 60

Tesla Motors Motor Motors Motoring 60

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Tesla Motors confirmed today that it expected to start production of its crucial Model 3 electric car in July, and claims that it will boost production to 5,000 cars a week by the end of this year. The news was contained in Tesla's latest letter to its shareholders, and it started with the third sentence.

Tesla 132

Tesla Tesla Motors Cars Motor 132

Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2016

For a decade now, Tesla Motors has been the "black swan" of the auto industry. It's a California company startup, founded from scratch, using a new powertrain, that against all odds has sold more than 100,000 electric cars and created a brand known worldwide.

Electric Cars 60

Electric Cars Plug-in Future Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2017

How quickly can Tesla Motors put its Model 3 electric car into production? How many cars can it build this year? At a promised starting price of $35,000, the Model 3 is not only Tesla's latest moonshot but the car that. It's one of the most fascinating sets of questions in the auto industry.

Building 60

Building Electric Cars Tesla Companies 60

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2016

Tesla still isn't allowed to sell its electric cars in Michigan, owing to a ban on direct sales signed two years ago. All carmakers in the state must sell new cars solely through franchised dealers, something Tesla has fought against with no success so far.

Michigan 60

Michigan Tesla Dealers Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 26, 2016

Tesla Motors regularly releases new features for its electric cars via over-the-air software updates. The system allows Tesla to upgrade its cars quickly, without inconveniencing owners, while sidestepping the traditional model-year updates used by other carmakers.

Tesla 113

Tesla Tesla Motors Cars Motor 113

Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2016

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors said it delivered 14,370 vehicles from April through June, made up of 9,745 Model S sedans and 4,625 Model X utility vehicles. That number means the company missed its second-quarter production target of 17,000 cars. DON'T MISS: Tesla.

Electric Cars 108

Electric Cars Tesla Tesla Motors Cars 108

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2015

For the past few years, Tesla Motors has sold its electric cars directly to customers through stores that resemble high-end retail outlets more than traditional car dealerships. The current.

Store 60

Store Electric Cars Design Companies 60

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.

Lithium Ion 158

Lithium Ion All-Electric Batteries Battery 158

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is not a man to mince his words. We already know he''s not a fan of other electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf or Chevrolet Volt, he doesn''t really like plug-in hybrids, and he''s quick to step in and defend his company whenever there''s a hint of negative publicity.

Waste 154

Waste Fuel Hydrogen Tesla 154

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2017

Today, we cover coal plants in China, plug-in hybrid tests in London, and hybrid sales right here in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla Motors has bought battery cells from Panasonic for 10 years; now the Japanese company wants to tighten the partnership.

Coal 60

Coal China Hybrid Sale 60

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

A major contributor to electric-car sales is the program under which buyers of new electric cars qualify for a federal income-tax credit of up to $7,500. Once a manufacturer reaches sales of 200,000 plug-in electric cars (after December 31, 2009), the credits start to phase out for that company's cars.

Tax Credit 108

Tax Credit Tax Electric Cars GM 108

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2013

It may be the most eagerly sought piece of information in the plug-in electric car world. And Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] ain't talking. The company has a set policy of not disclosing monthly sales figures or production figures until it has to by law.

Electric Cars 119

Electric Cars 2012 Tesla Tesla Motors 119

Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2012

Both companies have struggled mightily with delayed rollouts of their first plug-in electric cars. But Tesla Motors just nailed its promised late-June first delivery date for the Model S electric luxury sedan, so we expected more. You would.

Electric Cars 114

Electric Cars Sale Fisker Tesla 114

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2016

The Nikkei Asian Review reported that Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said that the company has trimmed its China EV sales target for this year to 5,000 units, down from last year’s target of 10,000. Tesla has reported that it had sold 3,025 cars in China through the first nine months of 2015.

China 150

China BYD 2015 Tesla Motors 150

Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

In reports on FoxNews.com, America's Newsroom, and Your World, Fox News repeatedly advanced misinformation about Department of Energy loans recently granted to Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors to support development of fuel-efficient vehicles, suggesting that those funds would be ill-spent.

Fisker 113

Fisker Plug-in Plug Cars 113

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Daimler AG has restructured its cooperation with Tesla Motors. Daimler has terminated the share-price hedge it initiated in 2013 and has sold its stake in Tesla of approximately 4%. Development work for the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive ([link] is completed, and the partnership with Tesla remains in place, Daimler said.

Price 291

Price Mercedes Tesla Sale 291

Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2016

Tesla Motors was the first carmaker to branch out from selling electric cars to offering standalone battery packs for energy storage, but others have followed the company's lead. Mercedes-Benz and Nissan have stated their intentions to enter the energy-storage market, and now BMW is jumping on the bandwagon as well.

Energy Storage 100

Energy Storage BMW Energy Electric Cars 100

Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2023

There’s no question in my mind that with a pure vision solution, we can make a car that is dramatically safer than the average person,” Musk said during the Q1 2021 Earnings Call. However, there are still Model 3 and Model Y cars out there that have radar equipped and active. This is — and processing it at a speed that is superhuman.

Tesla 110

Tesla Tesla Motors Personal Building 110

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year.

2014 346

2014 Global Sale Motorcycles 346

Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2015

Tesla Motors hasn't been able to meet any initial production deadlines so far, which raises continuing questions about the timeliness of its planned 200-mile Model 3 electric car. But in disputing what turned out to be an erroneous report of a delay, Tesla yesterday confirmed that the car is on track for its planned 2017 launch.

2017 60

2017 Production Companies Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2017

Is there no middle ground in discussing electric-car maker Tesla Motors? The challenge of reading large volumes of Tesla coverage is that it tends to be either rabidly positive or sharply negative. DON'T MISS: Tesla.

Electric Cars 60

Electric Cars Tesla Tesla Motors Sale 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2016

To date, Tesla Motors has offered its buyers the company's Supercharger DC fast-charging standard, which presently charges more quickly than the CHAdeMO or Combined Charging Standard (CCS) systems used by other carmakers. In China, though, Tesla is now on board with a new national standard for electric-car charging.

Standards 60

Standards Electric Cars Charging Chinese 60

Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2015

Like any startup company, Tesla Motors has had crises where the electric-car maker came very close to financial collapse. One was in 2008, when its Roadster model was late in delivery and its two-speed transmission proved unable to handle the car''s power.

Google 60

Google Tesla Motors Financing Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2015

The Tesla Model X should be arriving in buyers'' driveways within six months, if the company keeps to its latest schedule and starts delivering the all-electric SUV in the third quarter of this year.

Tesla Motors 60

Tesla Motors Tesla Plug-in Plug 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2016

Tesla Motors projects sales of 80,000 to 90,000 electric cars in 2016, and now believes it will produce 500,000 cars per year by 2018, rather than 2020. Those two goals were revealed during Tesla's first-quarter earnings call last Wednesday, and would take the company a long way from the 50,000 cars it delivered in 2015.

2016 60

2016 Sale Electric Cars Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2016

There's no shortage of companies trying to replicate the success of Tesla Motors. Startups such as Faraday Future, Lucid Motors, and NextEV have all announced plans to build long-range electric cars aimed pretty much directly at the Silicon Valley automaker's electric cars.

Austria 60

Austria Electric Cars Cars Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2015

Almost as soon as it announced plans to build its lithium-ion cell "Gigafactory," Tesla Motors began to hint that it could be the first of many. After beginning construction at its first site near Reno, Nevada, the company is now showing interest in an additional gigafactory--this one located outside North America.

Lithium Ion 60

Lithium Ion North America Nevada Tesla Motors 60

Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2016

Tesla Motors has received high praise not just for its electric cars, but also for its high standard of customer service. Customers have been as impressed with the company's service centers and Tesla's swiftness in responding to problems as they have with the cars themselves.

Tesla 60

Tesla Tesla Motors Cars Standards 60

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Today, if the news cycle cooperates, ABC News will air a segment on its Nightline program that looks at Fisker Automotive--makers of the 2012 Karma plug-in luxury sport sedan--and the low-interest loans it and Tesla Motors have been granted by the U.S. Full investigations into government support of any private company--from.

Fisker 121

Fisker Karma MPG Electric Cars 121

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is on a mission to show positive cash flow in the third quarter of 2016.

Companies 60

Companies Tesla Motors Tesla 2016 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2015

After the New York financial markets close this afternoon, Tesla Motors will release its first-quarter financial results and its quarterly letter to shareholders. The company announced last month, just after the close of the quarter, that it had delivered about 10,300 Model S electric cars.

Electric Cars 60

Electric Cars 2015 Tesla Motors New York 60

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Seems like starting an electric car company making luxury vehicles is all the rage in Silicon Valley these days. Tesla Motors, of course, is now well-established, although its Southern California counterpart Fisker Automotive declared bankruptcy and is now hoping for resurrection under a new owner.

Electric Cars 60

Electric Cars Fisker Tesla Motors Tesla 60

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Since it first began taking online orders from customers, It has been Tesla's policy to not offer discounts on its brand-new cars. But as the company pushes to meet aggressive delivery targets, reports have recently surfaced indicating that Tesla is wavering. DON'T MISS.

Tesla 60

Tesla Tesla Motors Cars Motor 60

Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2016

There is now a second company named after inventor Nikola Tesla—and it too plans to build electric vehicles. Unlike Tesla Motors, though, the first products of the newly-revealed Nikola (pronounced Neek-oh-la) Motor Company won't be a sports car or a luxury sedan.

2000 138

2000 Gas-Electric Gas Tesla Motors 138