First 1000 Tesla Model S off the line will be the Signature Series

Tesla announced today that the first 1,000 units of the Model S sedan that will enter production in 2012 will be the most expensive version. According to Autonews, the manufacturer will... Read more

Tesla revenues may increase up to 50 percent in 2011, report says

Tesla Motors Inc. said that its revenue in 2011 may increase up to 50% due to the high demand for its rechargeable vehicles and battery packs. The U.S. electric sports carmaker released... Read more

Tesla Motors pulls out of Singapore due to poor sales

It has only been six months after Tesla Motors established its base in Singapore but already, it has decided to pull out of the city state. Tesla, which makes electric cars, said that due... Read more

U.S. Department of Energy gets complaints due to delays in loan approvals

Since the $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan program was launched in September 2008, the Department of Energy has awarded less than $8.5 billion. This is why... Read more

Tesla Motors launches battery recycling program in Europe

Tesla Motors will develop a special program for the recycling of batteries with the help of materials technology company Umicore. This Brussels-based company will be responsible for... Read more

Toyota betting on low-cost Tesla battery to make profit from RAV4 EV

The cost of the batteries to be installed on the electric RAV4 crossover that Toyota is developing with Tesla Motors could be as little as one-third of the electric car batteries that... Read more

Tesla Model S electric sedan will feature NVIDIA Tegra processors

Over 3,000 reservations have been recorded for the Tesla Model S electric sedan. Deliveries will start in 2012 for this vehicle, which will be equipped with NVIDIA Tegra processors that... Read more

Toyota’s electric RAV4 is shown at the 2011 North American International Auto Show

Toyota has the RAV4 electric on display at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, marking the second time that it has been presented in the U.S. This is the EV... Read more

Tesla Model S sedan to use cheap-battery strategy to be profitable

Tesla Motors Inc. says that equipping its Model S sedan with cheaper batteries will make it profitable with much lower sales than Nissan Motor Co. what is hoping to get for its Leaf car.... Read more

Shares of Tesla Motors fell more than 10 percent today

Today is a bad day for Tesla Motors as the shares of this manufacturer fell more than 10 percent this morning, as the carmaker's "lock-up period" expired. This means that beginning... Read more

More than 3,000 orders received for Tesla Model S, report says

The Tesla Model S has not yet been launched but it already has gotten the attention of buyers who agree to pay $5000 to reserve the electric sedan. Deliveries will begin in 2012; however,... Read more

Toyota, Daimler and Bmw to adopt Tesla’s laptop strategy for electric cars

Automakers are currently testing packs of lithium-ion batteries that were assembled by Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors Inc. Such batteries cost less than bigger, car-only batteries... Read more

Brabus reveals ultra-exclusive Tesla Roadster Sport Green Package

Brabus is now offering the ultra-exclusive Tesla Roadster Sport Green Package. The German tuner and manufacturer has turned its attention to the electric sportscar instead of... Read more

Daimler’s Jerome Guillen moves to Tesla

Jerome Guillen has moved from Daimler AG to U.S. electric sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. A Tesla spokeswoman said that Daimler, which has a five percent stake in Tesla, had... Read more

Infineon Technologies supplying power semiconductors for Tesla’s electric cars

Infineon Technologies AG CEO Peter Bauer recently told reporters in Frankfurt that it is supplying power semiconductors for Tesla Motors Inc.'s electric cars. Infineon is Europe's second... Read more

2012 Toyota RAV4 EV likely to be produced in California

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said that its top market is the US while the market in Japan ranks second. Tesla’s segment in Asia is expected to account for a third of its global sales by... Read more

2012 Toyota RAV4 EV teased ahead of 2010 LA Auto Show

Toyota announced that it will unveil the new RAV4 EV next week, at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, on November 17. As you may know already, this new electric model is jointly developed... Read more

Tesla posted a net loss of $34.9 million in the third quarter

In the third quarter, Tesla Motors Inc. posted a net loss of $34.9 million, which is wider than last year’s $4.6 million loss. This is being attributed to higher engineering costs. Tesla... Read more

Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla

Panasonic Corp. purchased a small stake in Tesla Motors Inc. and has plans for the joint development of electric-vehicle batteries, according to a report from the Nikkei business daily.... Read more

Tesla, Toyota considering whether to build electric RAV4

Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp. are considering the option of building battery-powered RAV4 sport-utility models at the US automaker's California plant.... Read more

Tesla reached a $60 million deal with Toyota to develop RAV4 EV powertrain

Tesla Motors announced that it has reached a $60 million deal with Toyota Motor Corp, in order to develop the powertrain for an electric version of the RAV4 SUV. For those who don’t know,... Read more

Tesla announces recall of 439 Roadsters due to fire risk

Over 400 units of Tesla Motors’ battery-powered Roadsters are being recalled due to risks of the vehicle’s power cable shorting and catching fire. Priced at $109,000, the Roadster is a... Read more

Tesla to open its showroom in Paris by the end of the month

Electric sportscar maker Tesla Motors Inc. plans to open its showroom in Paris by the end of the month in time for the Paris Motor Show. This will be Tesla’s 14th store around the world.... Read more

Tesla Roadster buyers eligible to receive a cash rebate of $38,000 in Japan

Tesla Motors announced today that its Tesla Roadster has recently been approved for the Japanese government's Clean Energy Cash Rebate Program. This means that each person who will buy a... Read more

2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5: official details, photos and specs

Tesla unveiled today the brand new Roadster 2.5, the latest version of its revolutionary electric sports car. The new car which will make its debut simultaneously with the opening of... Read more

Tesla planning an all-electric crossover

Tesla Model S will go on sale in 2012

This is the production version of Tesla's Model S luxury electric hatch that will go on sale in 2012. The Model S is a five-door car that has the same size as the BMW 5-Series. It will... Read more

Tesla Model S: Official details and specs released

The Model S electric saloon was unveiled by Tesla this afternoon at its California headquarters. This model is critical for the young carmaker since it has been thought to break open... Read more

Buy a house get a Tesla Roadster… in France!

According to reports, there is an kingly golf estate project currently being built in France designated as Welcome in France. It is equipped with lots of villas, like those frequently set... Read more

Lotus to build the electric vehicle in partnership with…Tesla

After the report last Friday that Lotus was intending to debut it very own electric car, a call to Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk for a comment was made. It was a collaboration of Tesla and... Read more