Tesla Model S News

  • Photo of Tesla Model S battery swapping versus 'fastest gas pump in LA' tweeted by Elon Musk

    Exactly a year ago, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk presided over a flashy demonstration in which the battery pack of a Tesla Model S electric car was apparently swapped from underneath within 90 seconds and replaced with a fresh pack. The event generated a huge amount of press, and subsequent coverage explained why battery swapping was important despite the company's expanding network of Supercharger DC fast-charging sites. DON'T MISS: California Hands Loss To Tesla In Proposed ZEV Credit Changes Offering the ability to swap battery packs and "refuel" the car in less than 10 minutes earned Tesla...

  • 2014 BMW i3 cars in Los Altos, California, June 2014 [photo: Anton Wahlman]
    Stock Commentator Jim Cramer Caught Off Guard By Tesla-Fan Ferocity

    Fans of Tesla Motors, its CEO Elon Musk, and the Tesla Model S electric car are some of the most ... errrrmmmm ... dedicated advocates for the company and its products that you'll find. And loud, well-known stock commentator Jim Cramer learned that, apparently to his dismay, when he recently ran...

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    Rumor: Long-Wheelbase Tesla Model S Coming Later This Year?

    The Tesla rumor mill is never quiet for long, and the latest one suggests that the company is developing a long-wheelbase version of its Model S sedan, specifically for the Chinese market. Tesla Motors just recently launched in China, obviously a key market for it and every other automaker, and one...

  • Elon Musk plugs a Tesla Model S into a Supercharger (Image: deanslavnich on Twitter)
    RHD Tesla Model S Electric Cars Delivered To First U.K. Buyers

    Tesla Motors has some busy years ahead of it. There's the continued roll-out of the Model S in global markets, such as China and Europe. There are two new models on the horizon. And there's the enormous battery gigafactory. To that long list, Tesla has added U.K. sales--as the first cars made their...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S on Chilcotin Highway, Canada [photo: owner Vincent Argiro]
    Tesla Annual Meeting Yesterday: What We Learned That Was New

    Tesla Motors held its annual shareholder meeting yesterday afternoon, and as always, a few nuggets of news emerged from CEO Elon Musk. You can read a complete transcript here, but here are some quick bullet points on items that struck us as newsworthy: Tesla electric cars have now covered 344...

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    Aerodynamic Tesla Model S Electric Car Wins The Wind-Tunnel Wars

    Aerodynamics are a vital component of automotive efficiency. The more air you have to push out of the way to reach or maintain a certain speed, the more energy you're using. And the more energy you use, the less efficient your journey will be. ALSO SEE: Solar Roadways Smashes Crowdfunding Target...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S in old-growth forest, Bella Coola Valley, Canada [photo: owner Vincent Argiro]

    Regular readers of Tesla forums will recognize the name of Nick J. Howe, whose hundreds of astute comments recently earned him accolades for "best forum postings over time," according to a reader poll. A Florida chemical engineer and owner of a Tesla Model S P85, Howe has technical savvy, dogged curiosity, and some inside Tesla contacts. He may know more about the Model S electric luxury sedan than anybody outside the factory. MUST READ: Carbon Fiber In Cars: More Energy To Make, Lower Lifetime Emissions Howe recently published a book based on his voluminous postings, called Owning Model S...

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    Largest Auto-Industry Employer In California: Electric-Car Maker Tesla Motors

    Tesla Motors is one of the youngest U.S. automakers, but has made a disproportionately large impact in the automotive media's headlines over the last few years. It's also, amazingly, become California's biggest auto-industry employer--edging out even Toyota. When Toyota makes its move to Texas...

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    Tesla's Elon Musk Should Stop Making Electric Cars, Focus On Batteries, Bond Trader Says

    Elon Musk has probably been given a lot of advice during his time at Tesla--some good, and some bad. Bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach is the latest to offer his own take on the business to Musk though--and it isn't what you might be expecting. According to Bloomberg, Gundlach has suggested the Tesla...

  • Opening graphic on The Oatmeal cartoon describing the joys of owning a Tesla Model S electric car
    Tesla Model S: 'Intergalactic SpaceBoat Of Light And Wonder'

    The Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan can be described many ways, and its owners generally use glowing superlatives in doing so. But we've never seen it called an "intergalactic spaceboat of light and wonder" before. Nor an "Electric CruiseBeast," for that matter. ALSO SEE: Next-Generation Tesla...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S at Supercharger station on NY-to-FL road trip [photo: David Noland]
    Life With Tesla Model S: New Northeastern Superchargers Now Live

    As the owner of a Tesla Model S in New York's Hudson Valley, I've long lamented the puzzling dearth of Superchargers in the Northeastern U.S. But in the last few weeks, the official opening of two of Tesla's superfast (120-kilowatt) free DC charging stations in New Jersey and upstate New York--both...

  • 2014 BMW i3 (German-market version), Amsterdam, Oct 2013
    Do The BMW i3 And i8 Electric Cars Pose A Threat To Tesla?

    With the 2014 BMW i3 battery-electric car now being delivered to its first buyers, and the range-extended i3 REx version to follow within several weeks, BMW is at last in the business of selling electric cars in volume. And that, argues one financial analyst, may pose the most direct threat yet to...

  • Tesla Store opening in Westfield Mall, London, Oct 2013

    Tesla Motors released its first-quarter earnings this afternoon, logging revenue of $713 million on deliveries of 6,457 Model S electric cars. That's essentially the number it had said it would sell in the quarter, but the total is slightly down from the record 6,892 sold in the prior quarter. It built 7,535 Model S cars in the quarter, however, building inventories as it began shipping cars to China--where sales started last month--and continuing to roll out sales in various European countries. DON'T MISS: Tesla Model S Sets Record For Single-Month Sales In Norway The number of Tesla...

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    Want To Rent A Tesla Model S P85? It'll Cost You $900...A Day

    A California exotic-car rental company has a Tesla Model S electric car in its fleet.

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    How Many Cars Is Tesla Selling In U.S.? Pace May Be Slowing

    This Wednesday, Tesla Motors will release its first-quarter financial results--one part of which will be its electric-car sales total from January through March. If the usual practice holds true, Tesla will provide a single global sales total, not breaking it down by market or month as other...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S with owner Bruce Sharpe in Canada
    Good Luck In Getting Tesla Owners To 'Give Back' Electric Cars! (Hilarious Paranoia Alert)

    Oh, awesome! Someone is leaving fliers on Tesla Model S electric luxury cars parked in San Francisco, claiming...well, claiming all sorts of hilarious and bizarre things. Folks in SF are leaving anonymous flyers on Teslas exposing the "truth" about the company. Mind-blowing. cc @elonmusk...

  • 2013 Tesla Model S on Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies [photo: owner Vincent Argiro]
    Tesla Model S: Yes, Writers, Higher Speeds Use More Energy In Electric Cars

    Just when you thought it might be safe to assume no more journalists would do silly, uninformed things with electric cars...comes proof that blissful ignorance knows few bounds. In this case, a writer for the respected print and online outlet The Atlantic took a Tesla Model S for a test drive--and...

  • Slide showing Tesla Motors gigafactory statistics, from Feb 2014 presentation
    Tesla Gigafactory Site Choice Due Soon--Or, Maybe Two Sites

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't just planning one site for the company's future battery gigafactory--he's actually looking at two. As a way of avoiding "last minute issues" on a possible site for the factory, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] will break ground at two sites, reports Bloomberg. Tesla announced its...

  • Jens Kratholm with two of his six Tesla Roadsters (via the Tesla Motors blog)

    Meet the Norwegian opthalmologist who owns a Tesla Model S and six Roadsters.

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    FTC Comes Out In Favor Of Tesla Direct Sales, Against Dealer-Backed Bans

    The ongoing fight between Tesla Motors and car dealers across the country has spilled from the headlines into the legal system, but so far, the outcome is far from certain. Will Tesla be allowed to sell its cars directly to consumers? Or is there some state interest in forcing Tesla into the dealer...

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    Tesla's 100th Supercharger Electric-Car Charging Site Now Open

    The audacious plan by electric-car maker Tesla Motors to install its own network of free, high-speed charging stations for owners of Tesla cars is starting to pay off. This morning, it announced that its 100th Supercharger site is now open, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey--east of the state...

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    Tesla Will Build Electric Cars In China; Model S On Sale There This Week

    We've expected it for some time, but now it's been confirmed: Tesla will build electric cars in China in the next three to four years. While Chinese production won't replace the company's facilities in the U.S, it will give Tesla a foothold in an ever-growing market--and help it avoid China's hefty...

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    U.S. Head Of Mercedes-Benz Savages Tesla, Saying It Has 'Limited Potential'

    "Don't bite the hand that feeds you" is a popular saying, but perhaps "don't criticize the company you're sharing technology with" should be another. The latter would apply to Mercedes-Benz, whose U.S. boss Steve Cannon criticized Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] at the New York Auto Show. Perhaps Cannon...

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    Famous Tuner Saleen Releases Tesla Model S Hot-Rod Sketches

    No matter how fast a car is, there's always someone who'll want to make it faster. That's why you'll find as many companies tuning high-end cars as there are modifying pony cars or basic subcompacts. And it's why Saleen is developing its own hot-rodded version of the Tesla Model S electric sedan...

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