Tesla News
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By now, it's well known that the German prestige brands--Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche--will all offer at least one battery-electric luxury sedan or crossover utility vehicle sometime between 2017 and 2021. It's all in response to the startling success of Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Motors. Now another piece of evidence has emerged: Mercedes has confirmed its all-electric luxury car. DON'T MISS: Audi Q6 Concept For 'Tesla-Fighter' To Appear At Frankfurt Show: Report The news came last week in a comment by the company's development chief, Thomas Weber, to German auto...
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Tesla And Panasonic: Partners In Electric Cars, Foes In Home Energy StorageTesla and Panasonic may soon compete in home energy storage.
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Tesla Roadster 3.0's $29,000 Battery Upgrade: 330 Miles Or More Of RangeElectric-car maker Tesla Motors has a lot on its hands right now, with deliveries of its Model X electric SUV at the end of the month, a battery gigafactory under construction, a mass-priced electric car to unveil next spring, and so forth. So it's encouraging to learn that the company is now...
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Tesla Model 3 Unveil Comes In March, Pre-Orders Start Then, CEO Musk SaysElon Musk says Model 3 production will start in "about two years."
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Tesla Model X Configurator Now Live; Signature Series Starts At $132,000 (UPDATED)Tesla owners who reserved the top Model X Signature Series can now configure their cars.
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Tesla Model X Electric SUV: Ultimate Guide To Electric Luxury SUVHere's everything you need to know about the Tesla Model X electric SUV.
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One of the most contentious points in coverage of electric-car maker Tesla Motors is its financial performance. On the one side, analysts and naysayers note that the company continues to lose money. CEO Elon Musk himself has admitted that the company won't turn a profit using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) until 2020 or later. DON'T MISS: Tesla Model S P85D Lauded By Consumer Reports, 'Breaks' Rating System That requires Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] to raise more capital periodically, as it said two weeks ago it would do again: It plans to offer up to $640 million in new stock to...
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Tesla Model S P85D Lauded By Consumer Reports, 'Breaks' Rating SystemThe Tesla Model S P85D, the highest-performance and most expensive version of the all-electric luxury sedan, has earned even more plaudits and compliments from Consumer Reports magazine. The P85D, in fact, "performed better in our tests than any other car ever has," the publication said this...
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Norwegian Drivers Set New Tesla Model S Distance Record: 450 Miles (Video)A pair of Norwegian drivers claim to have traveled 452.8 miles in a Tesla Model S on a single charge.
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Tesla Tweaks Store Design To Explain Company, Electric Cars, Model XTesla plans to update its store designs twice a year from now on.
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CR Tests Tesla Model S P85D, Skeptical Of P90D Ludicrous Mode ClaimsThe Tesla Model S P85D electric car is breathtakingly quick, and quietly forceful in a way that makes it simultaneously a tailpipe-free counterpoint and a serious rival to some of the world’s top performance cars. You won’t need to search hard to find video footage of this...
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Tesla Model X Prepped For Delivery: Spyshots And VideoA Tesla Model X is spotted on public roads with protective plastic wrapping.
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Tesla is partnering with parking garages to install charging stations in Manhattan.
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Tesla Letter To Rein In Local Supercharger Use Goes WrongLast month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a change in Tesla’s Supercharging philosophy. Instead of “free forever” (the phrase the company has used since the beginning), Musk said the Supercharger promise is now “free long-distance travel forever” Superchargers, the...
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Tesla Motors Announces New Stock Sale Of $500 MillionIt had to come, and it did: Tesla Motors is selling more stock to bolster its cash position as it prepares to launch its second high-volume electric car. The California company announced this morning it would offer $500 million in new common stock And, the company noted, CEO Elon Musk "intends to...
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Tesla Delivery Goal Fell Due To Slower Model X Production Ramp: SourcesThe quarterly financial results issued by electric-car maker Tesla Motors, plus the ensuing conference call with CEO Elon Musk, are eagerly followed by fans and analysts alike. Some of its most scrutinized numbers are the Model S production and delivery numbers, and the projections for how many...
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Could Tesla Add Autonomous Electric Car-Sharing As New Business?The quarterly earnings conference calls held by Tesla Motors are always intriguing, and so it was with last week's second-quarter update. Financial analysts focused on the company's numbers--it's still losing money as it invests, and a fresh capital raise seems inevitable--but another topic raised...
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Tesla Must Alter Electric-Car Buyer Bounties, State Law SaysVirginia will not allow a promotion that pays Tesla owners for referring others.
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Tesla CTO JB Straubel appeared at the Def Con hacker convention to thank researchers that exposed vulnerabilities in the Model S.
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Tesla Releases Video Of Snake-Like Charger Plugging Into Electric Car AutomaticallyTesla built a prototype charging station that automatically plugs into an electric car.
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Are These Tesla Model 3 Prototypes Under Those Sheets? (Video)Footage of the Tesla design studio proves intriguing.
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Tesla Model S Hacked In Low-Speed Driving; Patch Issued, Details Tomorrow: UPDATEDFiat Chrysler Automobiles has come under intense public scrutiny after a pair of hackers took control of a Jeep Cherokee remotely through its Uconnect infotainment system and disabled certain features, including its brakes and transmission. Publicity around that vulnerability quickly led the...
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Tesla Doubles Down On Fight For Direct Sales In Michigan, Detroit Three's Home TurfTesla plans to lobby for direct sales in Michigan.
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Even The Oil Industry Asks: Does Tesla Mean The End Of Hydrocarbon Fuels?A new book predicts massive growth in the electric-car battery industry.
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