Tesla Model S News
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You can say a lot of things about South Park -- it's crude, it's offensive, it's predictable -- but you can't accuse creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone of being clueless about pop culture. Given the topics that the show covers, the duo are obviously big news junkies. And thanks to South Park's insanely fast production schedule, Parker and Stone can turn headlines into plot lines in just six days. Which makes us wonder: why the bejeebus did it take them so long to crank out a Tesla joke? Seriously, they lampooned the Toyota Prius (and the entire city of San Francisco) way back in 2006 in an...
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Better Place Obit Asks: Has Tesla Done What Israel Couldn't?
Why is Tesla succeeding where Better Place failed?
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Tesla Model S Desk Greets Visitors At Draper University Hero City
The Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sedan is now close to ubiquitous on the streets of Silicon Valley. But you might not expect to see one walking into a building. Or at least part of one. But the side of a Model S, used as the front of a receptionist's desk--compete with two Tesla front...
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Life With Tesla Model S: Pushing the Range Limits In 60-kWh Car
In the eight months I've owned my 60-kWh Tesla Model S, I've never had occasion to drive it more than 120 miles, comfortably within the car's EPA-rated 208-mile range. The phrase "range anxiety" was not in my lexicon. But last week, I got an invitation from Don Sherman, Technical Director of Car...
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GM EV1 & Tesla Model S: Looking At 20 Years Of Electric Cars
Last week, we were struck by a single photo that captured electric cars across two decades. The image, showing a GM EV1 and a Tesla Model S on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute campus, was posted on Facebook by Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]. More than anything we've seen in a while, that photo showed...
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Owner Of Tesla Model S That Burned Still Loves Car, Will Buy Another
Tesla Motors is responding to media coverage of the first Model S fire with information and a testimonial from the car's owner.
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Tesla Model S drivers will be able to access the network of CHAdeMo quick-charging stations with the new adaptor.
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First Tesla Model S Fire Caused By Collision With Road Debris
It had to happen sooner or later: a fire in a Tesla Model S. And indeed, as first covered by Jalopnik, Tuesday's fire in one example of the luxury electric sedan outside Seattle, Washington, generated a remarkable amount of media coverage. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] issued a statement on the accident...
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Tesla Model S Was Best-Selling Car In Norway For September
Well, here's a first: The best-selling car in Norway is the Tesla Model S. Not the best-selling electric car. Not the best-selling car with a plug. For the month of September, the Tesla Model S was the best-selling car, period. Silicon Valley startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] sold...
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Tesla Model S Electric Car Available From Hertz As Rental Car
Always wanted to drive a Tesla Model S? Well, now you can now rent one. The wonder car from Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] will be offered for rental from Hertz in (very) select U.S. markets, as part of the company's "Dream Cars" program. Right now, the Model S all-electric luxury sedan is only available...
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California Car Dealers Slam Tesla For Website Pricing Tricks
State and national auto-dealer groups have been battling Tesla Motors for four years now. The dealers want to stop Tesla from selling its electric cars directly to buyers, and are working to change state laws so Tesla will have to conduct all sales through independently-owned third parties--which...
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Sorting Out The Superchargers: Doing Tesla Math For Forbes
Business publisher Forbes released a piece yesterday that it couched as a rebuttal to a Green Car Reports article published last week. We reported on Tesla's efforts to install 18 new Superchargers by the summer of 2013, a goal it announced months ago. The Forbes piece claims that Tesla had met its...
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Last spring, a map on Tesla's website promised that 18 new "Superchargers"--the ultra-fast charging stations for its Model S electric luxury car--would be activated around the U.S. during "Summer 2013." Though summer's not technically over until September 21, most of us have put away the sunscreen, sent the kids off to school, and transitioned to Fall mode. As the equinox looms, only nine of those 18 promised Superchargers have materialized. (Two additional stations have appeared that were not promised on the Summer 2013 map.) A .500 batting average is really good in baseball. But it's pretty...
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Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, Aug 2013: Volt Charges Ahead
In July, we tentatively crowned the Tesla Model S as the top-selling plug-in electric carmaker in Canada, reasoning that the Muskmobile would top the 42 nationwide sales reported by the Volt and the Leaf. And we were right -- by the skin of our teeth. Government registration records showed 43 new...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Electric Car Cross-Country Road Trip Finalized
Earlier this year, Tesla Motors founder and CEO announced his intentions for a cross-country Tesla Model S road trip. In the past, such a trip would have been the work of much planning, countless hours charging and multiple stops along the way. But in these days of Model S electric cars and free...
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Life With Tesla Model S: Three Days Of Service Nirvana
A few months ago, some minor glitches in my 2013 Tesla Model S were fixed at the Tesla service center in White Plains, New York. It was a perfectly satisfactory experience, pretty much like any other service visit: Drive to the shop, read magazines for a couple of hours, get the car back, drive...
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Europe's First Six Tesla Superchargers Now Live In Norway
The first Tesla Supercharger fast-charging stations are now up and running in Europe's capital for electric cars, Norway. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] announced via its Twitter feed that 90 percent of Norwegians now live within 200 miles of a Supercharger station--well within the 265-mile range of a...
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Why Men Love Their Tesla Model S Electric Cars
A new study finds that Tesla has more male owners than other plug-in nameplates, and that those owners love their cars. Why? Because they have a need for speed.
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As Nissan has discovered with sales of its Leaf, Hawaii is well suited to the daily duties of running an electric car. It's something Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is discovering too, as sales of the Model S sedan are ramping up in the island state, and taking a healthy chunk of the market's electric car sales overall. The Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association reports (via Pacific Business News) that Tesla sold 94 Model S vehicles from January through June, around a quarter of the 388 electric cars sold in the state over the same period. Those sales are accelerating too, as 72 of those were sold...
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2013 Tesla Model S Crash Tests: What Cars To Compare It To?
Earlier this week, trumpets were blown for Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], whose Model S luxury electric sedan attained the highest-ever rating in the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration's crash tests. It's an impressive achievement, particularly for such a young automaker. And while the feds...
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Dutch Drivers Cover 388 Miles On Single Charge Of Tesla Model S
When Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] first announced a 250-300 mile range estimate for its top-spec 85 kWh Model S, it suggested that 400 miles could well be a possibility for some drivers. Owner David Metcalf was the first to prove that theory last December by extracting 423 miles of range on a journey...
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NHTSA Rebukes Tesla Over Non-Existent "5.4-Star" Safety Rating
Small and startup companies often resort to attention-getting publicity to further their causes. Occasionally they get their wrist slapped for overreaching. And that's what happened to Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] yesterday. In a statement both on its website and the SaferCar.gov site, the National...
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Tesla Models S Gets Highest Safety-Test Score Ever Awarded By NHTSA
The Tesla Model S is no stranger to awards and high scores, but its latest accolade could be its most important yet. Its five-star National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test rating was revealed a few weeks back, but Tesla Motors (NSDQ:TSLA) has now revealed the car's score is...
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Shai Agassi Weighs In On The Lessons Of Tesla & Electric Cars
Shai Agassi, founder of the now-defunct Better Place electric-car service in Israel, hasn't been in the public eye much of late. But on the business network LinkedIn this morning, he emerged to weigh in on the lessons of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and what the auto industry at large could learn from...
John Voelcker