Posts Tagged Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors Just Repaid Entire 2010 Loan, 9 Years Ahead of Deadline

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry on May 23, 2013

Good breaking news today: Tesla Motors repaid its entire loan to the U.S. Department of Energy that it received in 2010. This ends all kinds of malicious talks about them not having money or the government failing to back successful companies in the alternative energy/transportation sector. Here’s an e-mail I got from them a few [...]

How Audi Told the World They’re Afraid of Tesla Motors

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry on May 21, 2013

Last week, we reported that Tesla Motors sales were outselling other luxury automobiles in its class. Audi says “Not so fast!” According to Green Car Reports and CNN Money, the Tesla Model S sold more in the first quarter of 2013 than other luxury sedans in its class, including the Audi A8, BMW 7-Series, Lexus [...]

Tesla Motors Set to Pay off DOE Loans Even Faster, Has to Raise the Cash First

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Green Policy on May 16, 2013

Tesla Motors has become quite a driving force with stock prices trending upwards, great reviews, and steady sales. Tesla Motors has also managed, in a market of other failing electric-vehicle ventures, to bring a great vehicle to market and make a profit while at it. Production is now at full speed and Tesla Motors expressed [...]

Tesla Motors Outweighs Fiat in NASDAQ Value

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 15, 2013

The rest of the automobile market may be saying that Tesla Motors is punching far beyond its weight, but what do you do with someone who’s breaking all the rules? Tesla Motors is a young company, just ten years old in a market sporting makers from as far back as the 1890s. It’s also a [...]

Battery Swapping May Soon Be Implemented by Tesla Motors

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 15, 2013

As usual, it all started with a tweet from Elon Musk saying “There is a way for the Tesla Model S to be recharged throughout the country faster than you could fill a gas tank.” What can you understand from that? The usual suspect would be battery swapping. Musk is now thinking that, while they’re [...]

Secret Menu in Tesla Model S Reveals Possible Future Features

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles on May 13, 2013

Gas2/Autoblog revealed yesterday a video showing a secret menu (and how to access it). From the image we can deduct that Tesla’s plans for the Model S/X include the addition of: Blind spot detection adaptive cruise control land departure warning I’ve always thought that electric cars, when they become mainstream, will be the hackers’ havens: [...]

Tesla Motors Profits First Quarter of 2013, Plans to Increase Production

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Green Policy on May 9, 2013

“Promises were made to be broken,” but not by Tesla Motors, which is good news for everyone, including investors and prospective clients. The driving force behind Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, has almost everything to do with how this high-tech electric vehicle has developed from idea to success. So many things can destroy a new company, [...]

Tesla Model S Just Got Affordable: $580 a Month!

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 8, 2013

Considering Tesla Motors is not for the faint-of-wallet, to be sure, but then, the Tesla Model S is a high-tech luxury vehicle. The base Tesla Model S 60kWh with no options ticked still starts over $70,000 before incentives that bring the price down to anywhere between $56,070 and $63,570, depending on what state you live [...]

Tesla Motors Profits from Other Automakers’ Emissions [UPDATE]

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Green Policy on May 7, 2013

Tesla Motors reported its first profitable quarter this year and looks to be well on its way to a second. Good news begets good news, and Tesla Motors stock reached a peak just shy of $60/shr yesterday. Most of those profits are due to Tesla Motors getting to full production speed, which means they can [...]

Tesla Motors Looking for “Ultra Hardcore” Vehicle Engineers

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on May 7, 2013

A little test: if you think the car in the image above looks sexy to you, don’t go to a mental institution – you should apply for a job at Tesla Motors. Engineering a car that runs on nothing but electrons is a dream to millions of grad students worldwide. Elon Musk has tweeted that [...]

Exclusive Interview: Elon Musk on Supercharger Network Plans in Europe & More

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage on May 3, 2013

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, has given us the privilege of answering our questions directly, again. This time, I asked him about plans to expand the Supercharger network not only in Western European countries, but also in Eastern countries like Romania or Bulgaria. He also told us details on how the Supercharger does [...]

Tesla Motors Stock on the Rise, Could Hit $100 in the Next 18 Months

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry on May 2, 2013

In the last three months or so, Tesla Motors stock has been on the rise, and for good reason: lots of good news! Tesla Motors stock [TSLA] has been trending upwards, following mostly good news announcements regarding production, sales numbers, warranty information. These increases have been marred by investor response following poor reviews and reporting [...]

Elon Musk Just Wants to Make a Great Electric Vehicle

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Electric Vehicles on April 29, 2013

Elon Musk may be a billionaire, but he didn’t get that way by unscrupulous business practices or by rolling out a low-quality mass-produced product. Let’s talk widgets a moment. Just make a great widget, and people will buy it. They will like the widget and they will be happy to pay for it. Why would [...]

$52.92: Tesla Motors Stock Peaked on April 23rd

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry on April 25, 2013

Nearly three years ago, Tesla Motors stock opened at $19.40/share, but during the past year, stock prices jumped more than 50%. Now, we all realize that stock prices are highly dependent on the psychology of investors. When the mood is sour, like after a scathing New York Times review, stock prices dropped by 8%. When [...]

Elon Musk One of Time Magazine Top 100 Most Influential People

Posted by Benji Jerew in Green News on April 23, 2013

Mention Elon Musk, and you probably have no trouble at all recalling what he’s best known for, but is it Tesla Motors or SolarCity? The fact is, both of the above would be correct answers, and don’t forget Zip2, PayPal and SpaceX, more companies founded by or heavily influenced by the now-iconic Elon Musk. Finding [...]