Tesla

Tesla 4-Door Model S Sedan Will Be $60,000

Tesla's following up their $100,000 super-electric roadster model with a four-door, five-passenger sedan. It's called the Model S and will go on sale for about $60,000 in 2010. The Arnold (CA Governor) was on hand at the announcement because he's giving an incentive package to Tesla to manufacture the car in California, and will probably be in the Bay Area where we are. Perhaps a Telsa manufacturing plant visit is in our future? [SFGate via Jalopnik] More »

4:00 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Jason Chen
8,849 views, 31 comments

Latest by lpranal: @dumanue: I thought 225 is pretty good, and if you think about it, eventually the miles per charge will eventually be completely irrelevant. In the future *oooo weeee oooo* if we're smart, these things will charge by inductive coils built in 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]

6:30 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
5,562 views, 31 comments

Latest by austek: Tesla will soon have even better battery technology as described in this article from Technology Review.. A new lithium-ion battery from A123 Systems could help electric cars and hybrids come to dominate the roads. [www.technologyreview.com] more »

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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 »

11:20 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,099 views, 39 comments

Latest by ekornblum: I know a couple people around the SF bay area who've spec out home systems. In the $20-40K range, and would pay back in 20-25 years at today's rates. And knowing how much rates go up, it's probably more like more »

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Tesla Sues White Star Ex-Designer for Sabotage

Tesla Motors, maker of the much hyped (and well reviewed) electric Roadster is suing Fisker Automotive, the outfit behind fake vroom-y Karma, for stealing Tesla's design and trade secrets. Supposedly, this pushed the sale date for Tesla's four-door sedan, White Star, back six months, to 2010. Henrik Fisker (the eponymous founder) was hired by Tesla to design White Star. Tesla alleges he took the $875,000 contract, sabotaged Tesla's project with sub-par work, and then made off with their secrets and designs, using the money to launch his rival electric car effort. More »

10:45 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
8,055 views, 61 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: between grossly overpricing the latigo (which is really just a re-clothed BMW 650) and biting tesla's designs, henrik fisker is an asshat. more »

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Hi Volt Antivirus Brings Unorthodox Safety Measure to Your Lappie

We've seen awesome Tesla coil art many times before, and the latest addition to the catalog is no exception. With Christmas decorations, a vehicle anti-theft device and allied soldiers all getting the Tesla treatment, it was only a matter of time before the humble laptop entered into the realms of electrical greatness. These images are titled Hi Volt Antivirus and there are three different effects on display. Our particular favorite is the High Intensity Professional version, which is pictured above. Check out the Original and Lite effects, as well as the inactive electrode surface in the gallery below. Jump in to learn what got the magic going. More »

10:00 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Haroon Malik
11,923 views, 18 comments

Latest by SgtMac02: Ok people...READ the article. It says "Tesla coil ART" This is not intended to be a functional device. It's not a security measure. It's not a product being released into the marketplace. It's just a cool picture. Shut your face more »

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Tunnel Vision's Light-Sound Architecture Invokes Spirit of Tesla

Paul Klotz is a Dutch applied art engineer and lighting designer who makes crazy light installations under the name of LED-Art. Tunnel Vision is a tribute to Tesla and is a 15-foot-long sound-and light sculpture that changes when you put your hands in the opening—sort of like an audio-visual theremin. Tunnel Vision's shape is, apparently, based on an abstraction of the 100Hz tone made by electrical generators and is known as Magnetostriction. [LED-Art]

11:43 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By AddyDugdale
11,548 views, 14 comments

Latest by BigViper: In a land where pot smoking is legal this guy invented this thing...... more »

cars

Three Tesla Electric Car Reviews

The Telsa Roadster's been a long ways a comin', and here are the first reviews in the March issues of the fossil-fuel loving, pulp-based mongrel cousins of Jalopnik. And after a few hours flogging the e-car on California's Skyline Boulevard, most pubs have concluded that the Tesla is the first electric car—the first green car, really—that deserves a spot in any car aficionado's fantasy garage.

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7:01 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Brian Lam
26,724 views, 55 comments

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Tesla Branches into Gas-Electric Hybrid Market

Tesla plans to enter the gas-electric hybrid market, with the first range extended vehicle (REV) to hit the streets by the end of 2009. Their all electric models negate the use for a gas motor entirely, but by adding a gas motor they will be able to produce hybrid vehicles with better performance.
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6:00 PM on Sat Feb 2 2008
By Haroon Malik
7,163 views, 44 comments

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Tesla Roadster Gets Street Legal Status, Crushed into a Pulp

The Tesla Roadster just had an appointment with the crash test dummies and a solid concrete wall. Good news—it got smashed up beyond recognition and is now street legal. The road to legality involved front and rear crash testing; windshield and rear view mirror visibility tests, as well as standard fittings compliance on vehicle parts. The automobile annihilation can be viewed in the gallery below. More »

5:30 PM on Sat Jan 26 2008
By Haroon Malik
11,414 views, 29 comments

Latest by n/a: What I'm impressed with is that those 500,000 batteries (or however many they cram in there) didn't get smashed, cause a fire or leak battery acid on the occupants during the tests. Yes, this looks like an INCREDIBLY safe vehicle and more »

green living

Solar City Teams Up With Tesla for Solar-Powered Sports Car Driving

One of the problems we can see with the Tesla Roadster is that you still have to suck up pollution-causing power to run the thing, even though it doesn't directly pollute the air with noxious internal combustion engine fumes. Now Solar City has teamed up with Tesla to provide solar panels that you install on the roof of your house, and then those panels feed power to the outlet for the Tesla Roadster. So now you can go from 0-60 in 4 seconds, guilt- and gasoline-free. More »

1:20 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Charlie White
7,750 views, 24 comments

Latest by borjo: erh.. i live in Greece where sun is plentiful, but even here i don't think the sunshine here is enough to power heating and cooking. let alone power a car too. certainly not in the winter. perhaps not even on the more »

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Tesla Christmas Tree Makes Festivity Scary Again

Tis the season to build repurpose crazy electrical contraptions for a little merriment. From Peter Terren, the same crazy Aussie who brought you hits like the Tesla "Eye of Sauron Anti-Theft Device" has now transfigured Tesla coils to a festive Christmas tree shape. The trick was pulled off by building a frame (held together with wire and fishing line) around a standard Tesla coil to shape the spark pattern. Color was added after through simple color filter projection. So no, no one has invented fabled green electricity. Hit the jump for two more astonishing pics. More »

9:06 AM on Sun Dec 2 2007
By Mark Wilson
13,700 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: Is it just me or are Tesla coils becoming more and more common? I can't wait until I get my Eye of Sauron home security system installed. more »

science

Tesla Coils Playing the Mario Bros Theme are Unsurprisingly Awesome

I'm as surprised as you are that this is the second video-game-themed Tesla coil post I'm doing in as many days, but this is too cool to pass up. These two Tesla coils are playing the original Mario Bros theme song — and there are no speakers involved. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Adam Frucci
188,068 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: @bobcostas - The reason they use fiber is to electrically isolate the high voltage section from the low-voltage MIDI driver. Using regular copper or whatever would result in a large amount of "magic smoke" with the slightest mistake in more »

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Awesome Red Alert Tesla Coil Makes Quick Work of Allied Soldiers

Command and Conquer: Red Alert was the first PC strategy game that I really got into, and it's still one of my all-time favorites. That's why I can't help but fall in love with this homemade Tesla coil setup made as an homage to the classic game. The picture above isn't Photoshopped at all; it's a single, 17-second exposure taken with a Nikon D70. That's not to say no special effects were used, however. More »

10:03 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Adam Frucci
32,384 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: Red Alert was the best game ever, i loved it lol, and i completly agree, that engineer is perfect lol. My whole strategy for red alert was just spam tesla coils to make a wall around my base, and just more »

cars

Tesla Electric Sports Car Wins INDEX Award To Confirm Sexiness

It's a good day for people who love things that go really, really fast. Our favorite super electric car — the Tesla Roadster — has won an INDEX prize for being so damn cool. The INDEX prizes are the world's most lucrative design awards, given every two years for five categories — body, home, work, play and community — awarding winners 100,000 euros each (which is something like three million in US dollars.). More »

7:24 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By ybaranovsky
7,411 views, 11 comments

Latest by kurtdaniel1: gorgeous more »

fire breather

Tesla Electric Sports Car Coming This Fall, Not Sold Out Yet

The Tesla electro-roadster that goes from 0-60 in 4 seconds is due to hit the streets this fall, and there are 560 orders for the $98,000 electric sports car already pending. Hey, wait a minute. We thought all the Teslas were sold out. Not so, according to a Tesla Motors spokesman, who says the Lotus factory where the cars are built can crank out 800 of the 2008 models. When can we get one? More »

9:50 AM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By Charlie White
14,151 views, 13 comments

Latest by Xenobiologista: Wish they'd make electric smart cars...those zippy little guys look like they'd be fun to drive. (yes, you're NOT supposed to capitalize the 's' in the brand name) more »

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Tesla's Motorized Pink Bunny Slippers: The Fast and the Furry-ous

Gizmodo has done a fair few posts about electric car company Tesla in the past, but none have moved me quite as much as I'd like these vehicles to move me. And you all know how much pink products make me feel normally (nausea, intense anger, psychosis...). Well, not these. Firmware Engineer Greg Solberg has posted pictures of a pair of motorized pink bunny slippers that he and partner Lisa have created together. Details and a pic of Bunny Control after the jump. More »

10:39 AM on Mon May 21 2007
By Addy Dugdale
44,528 views, 30 comments

Latest by Trackback: Chichis are better than pillows. I'm gayer than a pair of giant pink bunny slippers and I still like taking chichi naps. It's better than Arby's horsey sauce. Brad looks like he could use a nap on those chichis. The more »

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Gadget Guide to Becoming a Superhero

It used to be enough just to save a cat from a tree. But with the commonality of CGI, stuntmen and radioactive cellphones, the bar has been raised. Being a hero gets you a pension. Being a superhero gets you everything else. (Like a show on NBC and loads of fruit/sausage/tiny mustard baskets). More »

3:30 PM on Wed Apr 25 2007
By Mark Wilson
11,674 views, 18 comments

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Tesla Roadster Won't Meet Original Range Promises

Aw, shucks. The Tesla Roadster, everyone's favorite electric sports car, isn't going to be quite as impressive as the initial stats claimed. While the first announcements about the car said it would have a 250 mile range, a letter that was sent out to the first 380+ people who've ordered one let them know that, due to extra weight that's been added to the car, the range is gonna be closer to 200 miles. More »

11:30 AM on Wed Apr 18 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,224 views, 31 comments

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