Driving a Tesla Roadster is an unforgettable experience. To be fair, perhaps driving any car with acceleration from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds is unforgettable. But the fact that all the Tesla's torque comes from 6,831 lithium-ion laptop cells powering an electric motor--and the relative...
Automakers have had it tough over the past few years. An economic downturn, consumers looking for ever-fuel efficient vehicles and everyone clambering to make it to... September 7, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
If someone pointed to a Tesla Roadster and said, “That thing is the worse polluter on the road,” most people would take exception to it. Okay, okay, we will concede that... August 30, 2010 by Jonathan McGrew
We wrote about the 2011 Coda Sedan and Coda's EV cost calculator not too long ago, and described the cars as a "Chinese-built sedan" with a battery pack "containing... August 4, 2010 by John Voelcker 5
We've been watching it roll closer for years, and now it's all but here: A new era of electric cars. Just three or four months from now, the first highway-capable electric... August 4, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
Super sexy Silicon Silicone Valley darlings Tesla Motors might be feeling a little motion sickness after the ups and downs of its first two weeks on the stock market, but its... July 12, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 20
Remember the bright yellow Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell prototype we wrote about back in June? Equipped with a four-motor, all-wheel-drive system the SLS AMG E-Cell is capable of... July 8, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Tesla have taken cues from the world of software design as it announces the latest set of upgrades to its world-famous Tesla Roadster. But unlike a minor software upgrade... July 1, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
