In another moan about the Top Gear Episode featuring the Tesla Roadster, Elon Musk says the publicity wrecked UK Tesla sales. The moans by Tesla about the Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson tested Tesla’s electric Lotus have rumbled on all year. First we had Tesla suing Top Gear in the British Courts, then Top Gear producer Andy […]
Top Gear: Just like Milli Vanilli, says Elon Musk
Tesla boss Elon Musk has weighed in to the Tesla v Top Gear row by suggesting Top Gear is like a Milli Vanilli Concert The ongoing spat between Top Gear and Tesla – mainly in the form of CEO Elon Musk – is still rumbling on. In fact, it’s starting to get a bit silly. […]
Tesla Model S Price revealed
Tesla has revealed that the Tesla Model S will start at $49,500 after subsidy, rising to $69,500 for the 300 mile battery model. Think similar numbers in GBP or Euros. We’ve been less than charitable about Tesla’s stated aim to bring the Model S in as a sub $50k car. It seemed – with the […]
Tesla: Revenue up a bit – Losses up a lot
Tesla are reporting revenue up by 5% in 2010, but losses rise by almost $100 million to $154.3 million. How do you make a small fortune building electric cars? Simple. You start with a large one. It’s an old joke, but it could have been penned for Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla – and […]
Tesla Model S Alpha – the Video
Tesla has revealed the Tesla Model S is at the Alpha stage of development – about 80% production-ready – with launch in 2012. It would seem that Tesla is still very much a Silicon Valley Company at heart, rather than a car maker. Can you imagine any other car company revealing an ‘Alpha’ car? That’s […]
Tesla SUV in 2014 – Tesla Model X
Tesla has revealed that they are planning on building an electric SUV – the Tesla Model X – based on the same platform as the yet to arrive Model S. Tesla is a strange amalgam of a Silicon Valley company and a car maker. With a distinct leaning to the Silicon Valley side of the equation. Not […]
Tesla Model S – new Photos
Hot on the heels of the release of new pictures of the Tesla Roadster Sport comes more goodies from Tesla – new images – actually moving, no less – of the controversial Tesla Model S Saloon car, which is due to make an appearance in 2010, or 2011, or 2012… Dogged by controversy over the […]
Tesla Roadster Sport – fresh photos
Tesla has had its fair share of negative headlines in the last year, from the Tesla spat with Top Gear through to the incredulity when Tesla announced the Tesla Model S was going to cost $50k. But there has been good news for Tesla as well. Mercedes bought a 10% stake in Tesla earlier this […]
Tesla delivers its 500th Tesla Roadster
It may not sound many, certainly in terms of volume car manufacturers, but it is quite a milestone for Tesla to have just delivered its 500th Tesla Roadster to a customer in New York. It must be making Elon Musk smile. In truth, much as we’ve criticised the Tesla and its drawbacks, it is a […]
Mercedes buys a stake in Tesla
Daimler (parent company of Mercedes-Benz) announced today at a press conference at the Mercedes Museum that they have taken a 10% stake in Electric Car maker Tesla. Although no actual figure was revealed, it was said the the cost was in the ‘Double-Digit Millions’. Despite the fact that Daimler, just like everyone else, knows that […]