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Tesla Motors says it will start building its Model 3 sedan sometime between July and December next year, and it's targeting production of 100,000 in that period. That's beyond a tall order, and many advocates, analysts, and owners are skeptical that the company can do it. But if you accept the premise that it can, CEO Elon Musk and his 10,000 or more employees have a staggering amount of work in front of them. DON'T MISS: All our Tesla Model 3 news The Tesla Model 3, its third-generation vehicle, only debuted in March. Musk has promised two more sets of announcements about the car before...
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Want a solar panel with your electric car? Tesla bets you do in SolarCity bid
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is betting that electric car buyers want home solar panels in addition to batteries. In fact, he’s betting nearly $3 billion on the idea. On Tuesday, Musk announced that Tesla [NYSE: TSLA] would acquire SolarCity, one of the nation’s largest residential and...
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Tesla Model S can float, for short periods: Musk (video)
It's a grainy, jittery 44-second mobile-phone video, with the Blue Danube Waltz in the background. And it's suddenly relevant because that master of publicity, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, tweeted that the Model S "floats well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time." It shows a...
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Apple will build electric cars by 2020: Tesla's Elon Musk
Elon Musk believes Apple will build electric cars by 2020.
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Tesla Model X door-control software to be updated, Musk says
Given Elon Musk's habit of revealing snippets of information when he talks, electric-car advocates, owners, and industry analysts pore over any live event at which the Tesla Motors CEO presents. On June 1, the Silicon Valley carmaker held its annual shareholder meeting, which clocked in at a...
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Elon Musk vs Warren Buffett: how two titans see carbon-free electricity
Companies backed by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett battle over solar power in Nevada.
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Tesla Motors has a history of delays in bringing its cars from the design and prototype stage all the way to normal production. Its Roadster was delayed about nine months from its original anticipated launch, while the Model S was delayed more than six months. And then the Model X was delayed by more than 18 months. Musk has called the Model X a special case, emphasizing that the company tried to put too many new features and technologies into the product from the start, while it perhaps should have introduced some of those features as improvements over time. ALSO SEE: Tesla says it will...
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Tesla says it will build 500K cars a year by end of 2018; can it?
When Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said two years ago that the electric-car maker planned to be building half a million cars a year by the end of 2020, it seemed an ambitious stretch goal. When he said on last week's quarterly earnings call that the company was pulling that goal two years ahead to...
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After Model 3, what will Tesla's 4th electric-car line be?
Elon Musk says Tesla's fourth-generation electric car will be more affordable than the Model 3.
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Elon Musk's Hyperloop idea: 'real, happening' says CTO of 1 of 3 companies vying to build it
One of three companies looking to build a full-scale Hyperloop is recruiting engineers.
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Tesla Model 3 demand startled everyone, even Musk; now what?
To say that the auto industry has been startled by the volume of deposits on the Tesla Model 3 would be an understatement. The number of potential buyers worldwide who have sent Tesla Motors $1,000 to reserve a place in line to buy the car is now approaching 400,000, said longtime executive...
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Would Tesla want a former nuclear plant as a French factory? Government offers it up
The French government wants Tesla to use the site of a nuclear power plant for a European factory.
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At a launch event held in Hawthorne, California, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk introduced the Model 3 sedan, the company's highest-volume, lowest-priced effort yet. The Model 3 quite closely follows the style of the Model S sedan and Model X crossover, and it’s unmistakably a Tesla. Yet at a far more affordable $35,000 starting price, it should help break past dismissals that Tesla is a brand only for the rich. And the Model 3 is a crucial step toward the company’s goal of 500,000 annual sales. Just over the past couple of days, the company has made great strides toward seeing that...
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Next top-level Tesla Model S to be P100D, says software hacker
Perhaps no car company today is as good at the extended tease as California electric-car maker Tesla Motors. Whether it's tweets from CEO Elon Musk, fervent fan speculation on few facts, or mainstream-media coverage based on incomplete knowledge and misunderstanding, the tiny carmaker gets huge...
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Koch Brothers Go To War Against Electric Cars, Elon Musk Sighs
The Koch Brothers of Texas have long been bêtes noires to the progressive side of the political spectrum. Now, it appears, the dynamic duo are taking on what they perceive as a threat to their fossil-fuel interests: electric cars. And Elon Musk, CEO of highly visible electric-car maker Tesla...
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Tesla Model 3 Unveil On March 31, Deposits Accepted That Day
Tesla Motors held its quarterly conference call yesterday for its fourth-quarter and 2015 full-year financial results, and some of the numbers weren't great. But for eager buyers and Tesla advocates, the most important news concerned the upcoming Model 3, the company's third generation of electric...
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Tesla Model 3 March 'Debut' May Not Be A Car, But...Pictures?
Much of the electric-car world has been waiting--eagerly, avidly, with bated breath--for next month's unveiling of the Tesla Model 3. The third-generation electric car from Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors is promised to offer a 200-mile range at a sticker price of $35,000 before incentives...
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Tesla Model 3: What We Know About Its $35,000, 200-Mile Electric Car
There are now 100,000 Tesla Model S electric cars on the roads, and its Model X crossover finally struggled into production last fall. Since that time, long-range plans by Tesla Motors for a third, smaller, and much less expensive range of electric cars continue draw huge interest. Little bits and...
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Three companies all plan to build test tracks for Elon Musk's Hyperloop.
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Is Chevy Bolt EV's Main Mission To Marginalize Tesla Electric Cars?
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV may be the most eagerly awaited electric car since the original Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt (plus everything Tesla). Its claimed 200-mile range and pre-incentive price of $37,500 will make it unique if it launches this December as expected. And there's been much press...
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Test Track For Elon Musk's Hyperloop To Start Construction This Year
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies says it will break ground on a test track this year.
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Apple's Making An Electric Car: Tesla's Musk Calls It 'Open Secret'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is certain Apple is trying to make its own electric car.
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Environmental Justice Groups: Not So Fast, Musk--VW Diesels Must Be Fixed!
A group of environmental leaders disputes a proposal to forgive Volkswagen's diesel transgressions.
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Elon Musk On Climate: Tax Carbon Appropriately, Tesla Founder Says (Full Transcript, Video)
The COP21 climate summit in Paris is now in its second week. Presentations, conferences, trade shows, and probably thousands of individual meetings are being held among attendees from almost all the countries of the world. Last week, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk spoke to a group of college students...
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