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Is Tesla Motors A Carmaker.Or Really A Grid-Storage Company?

Green Car Reports

Many among the Detroit auto media were skeptical of Tesla Motors for years, correctly noting just how hard it is to start a car company and build a genuinely appealing product--electric car or not.

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Desperate coal company CEO slammed Tesla electric cars as 'fraud'

Green Car Reports

energy policy took a dramatic turn last month when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk squared off against the CEO top privately-owned U.S. In an interview for the CNBC show "Squawk Box," Robert Murray called Tesla and its electric cars a "fraud." The debate over U.S. coal producer Murray Energy.

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Used Tesla Electric Cars: Certified Previously Owned (CPO) Program Coming, Company Confirms

Green Car Reports

Historically, auto dealerships have made as much or more money selling used cars as new ones. Since electric-car maker Tesla Motors doesn''t have dealerships, but sells cars online directly to buyers, that has left the question of buying used Teslas to owners who may want to sell.

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Future Ford Electric Vehicles Will Be Equipped With Tesla Charge Port

Electric Cars Report

Ford Motor Company said on Thursday it reached an agreement with Tesla Motors that will provide Ford electric vehicle customers access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, doubling the number of fast-chargers available to Ford EV customers starting spring 2024.

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Tesla Motors To Be Profitable Selling Electric Cars By April, It Says

Green Car Reports

Tesla Motors announced its fourth-quarter and full-year results late yesterday, and offered some good news to the company's shareholders. That would be the projection that Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] will operate at a profit in the current quarter, which ends March 31. "We

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The History Of Tesla Motors And Its Electric Cars, In Only 2 Minutes Of Video

Green Car Reports

Electric-car startup Tesla Motors attracts huge interest, lots of controversy, and truly passionate customers and followers. For a company that's been around only a little more than 10 years, it's got a lot of history. DON'T MISS: Tesla Not.

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Tesla Motors Buys 35-Acre Test Facility In Fremont, CA

Green Car Reports

As Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] faces the obstacle of obstreperous dealer organizations, rides the wave of its strong production figures, and quietly welcomes recent evidence that its batteries in the Roadster are lasting longer than predicted, another development: the electric car company has purchased a 35-acre tract adjacent to its Fremont, CA.'