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more about #teslamotors ian.nai: I don't know how, but you managed to squish more information into 1/5 the space of CNN's entire article. Good show! more » rcast1986: Top Gear can suck it. more » nutbastard: Forgetting the cost to recharge, it would take 100,000 miles to break even on gas (at an assumed 30mpg and $3/gallon) Assuming you're getting rid of a... more » .357: Only if it was fast. more » DennyCrane: No, a sub-$10,000, zero-emissions car that you never have to pay fuel costs for will be the most desirable consumer electronics device in history. Rig... more » Daniel Parmelee: They have this already. It's called a bicycle. Bonus: you lose weight while operating it! more » FriarNurgle: Sub $10K all electric car makes a ton of sense. It's a perfect price point to allow just about everyone into a car. Makes the car almost disposable an... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Sorry, I'm too much of a snob to own a vehicle that cheap. Give me the same exact car, only it has emissions, leather seats made from baby cows, and ... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: OMG, it's NPH's car. I wonder how much he was tripping in it? more » f0rge: Disagree, I like my cars to be fun, so I own an M3. Gas mileage be damned. more » weatherman: Well that's a much-needed vote of confidence from a world-leading auto maker. Of the fantasy electric/hybrid sedans that won't be available, I'd still... more » Borateen: Well, so much for hoping for an [i]independent[/i] American auto maker. more » Kaiser-Machead: If only VW AG was able to get their hands on it. Friggin Merc? Bah. more » LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: No! Mercedes electronics are an epic fail. Everything malfunctions! Please save Tesla from their presence! more » Hello Mister Walrus: I'm beginning to think that Tesla is run by a bunch of douche bags. Remember how they fired their Detroit office via online message board? more » Jesse in Japan: What's the big deal? Defense contractors do that all the time. more » Cordfucious of Tech Clan: This is ALMOST like the original iPhone price debacle. more » OMG! Ponies!: It's all fun and games until someone sues for breach of contract. more » Monty: I think back on the DeLoreon, which in today's dollars was in Tesla pricing territory. If I had the money for that car at the time, I would have paid... more » CrispyAardvark: It's only the exclusivity that's stopping buyers from canceling orders. On any "regular" car, a 9.3% price increase would simply be unacceptable added... more » -
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Tesla Gets Full $465 Million In Federal Loans
The Department of Energy just announced electric automaker Tesla will get the full $465 million in Federal loans it asked for. Ford will receive $5.9 billion and Nissan will get $1.6 billion. America will get three I.O.U.'s. [AP] -
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Would a Sub $10,000 Zero-Emissions Car Be The Greatest Consumer Gadget Ever?
Speaking at the Wired Business Conference in NYC, Shai Agassi, the founder of green transportation company Better Place, made a bold statement about near-future electric cars: More » -
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Daimler Buys 10% of Electric Car Maker Tesla
Tesla, which makes an electric Roadster and is hoping to make an electric Sedan, just sold 10% of itself to Daimler. More » -
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Tesla Jacks Up Prices On Customers Who Already Ordered a Roadster
Not that an extra $9,300 really matters with a $100,000 car, but Telsa jacking up the prices on customers that have already locked in their Roadster orders is just plain shady. More » -
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Tesla Motors Opens First Dealership in LA
At long last Tesla Motors has opened its first dealership in LA. The $109,000 all-electric sports car has just started shipping to the people who first preordered them. So you can certainly go test drive one in LA now (with more dealerships set to open in other cities in the coming months), but expect to wait 15 months to get one if you decide to place an order. We're not talking about Honda Civics here, after all. [CNN] -
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Tesla Motors Founder to Lease No-Money-Down SolarCity Solar Panels
When you're green, you're green: Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk's other gig is SolarCity, a solar energy company that just announced it would lease panels to residents of San Jose with no money down. Typically going solar requires a $20K to $30K install, or at the very least, a $2,000 down payment, so a no-cash-upfront proposition is nice. But further reading suggests it may not be the homeowner's dream come true. More »
