Investment bank Morgan Stanley has declared that the electric car experiment is a failure, with only Tesla managing to make a success of EVs. The experiment of getting the car buying public to believe an electric car is a sensible alternative to an ICE car isn’t an unmitigated failure – but it’s close. And now […]
Tesla Model X SUV will ONLY be available with four wheel drive
The Tesla Model X – the electric SUV based on the Model S – will only be offered with four wheel drive when it arrives in 2015 say Tesla. The Tesla Model X does promise to be a very appealing SUV, even if its main USP for business users – zero BIK – will have […]
GM to buy Tesla? Seems highly unlikely
A US analyst is convinced that General Motors are lining up to acquire Tesla in 2014. But it doesn’t make any sense. Tesla is more like a technology company than a car maker, but it’s managed to turn out a very able car in the Model S; perhaps the only car made so far that […]
Tesla takes a swipe at BMW & Audi
Tesla’s Chief Designer, Franz von Holzhausen, has declared the BMW i3 to a piece of IKEA furniture and lambasted the corporate face of Audi. We’ve long been of the opinion that electric cars, certainly with the current levels of battery technology, can never be a replacement for an ICE car. But we do have soft spot […]
Elon Musk talks sense on Tesla Model S Fire
Elon Musk has spoken about the recent Tesla Model S fires, aiming to put in to context the fires in the electric Model S compared to those in ICE cars. We’ve never pretended we’re fans of the electric car as a replacement for mainstream ICE cars; the technology is just too expensive to be viable. […]
Tesla Model S UK Prices – starts at £54,900
Tesla has revealed that the entry-level 60kWh Model S will cost £54,900 in the UK, rising to £73,700 for the range-topping 85kWh Performance version. We’d always expected the appealing Tesla Model S EV to cost at least £60k for the entry-level model, so it’s a pleasant surprise that you’ll be able to grab the 60kWh […]
First customer UK Tesla Model S EV will be delivered March 2014
At the opening of the new Tesla Store at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush, Elon Musk revealed the first UK Tesla Model S will arrive in March 2014. The Tesla Model EV may have been astonishing buyers and car journalists alike in the US for some time – and even Europe is starting […]
Tesla Model S EV the best-selling car in Norway
The Tesla Model S – Tesla’s take on a luxury electric car – was the best-selling car in Norway during the first few weeks of September 2013. We’ve already seen that the Tesla Model S electric car is out-performing many luxury cars in the US, and with reviews of the Tesla S finding very little […]
Tesla planning self-driving car
Tesla are joining the race to launch an autonomous, self-driving car, with Tesla boss Elon Musk saying it will launch in 3 years. Now that car makers have been fitting radar and sensors to their cars for some time, which allow stuff like adaptive cruise – which automatically slows behind traffic and can even bring […]
Tesla Model S to get 4WD option in 2014
It looks like Tesla will be using the drivetrain from the upcoming Model X SUV on the Model S too to produce an all-wheel drive option. The Tesla Model S is an astonishing success for Tesla, and has turned a company on the edge of financial chaos, and in hock to the government, in to […]