Tesla Roadster News
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Back in March, Tesla launched the Odyssey of Pioneers: a 22,000 mile, round-the-world tour of its all-electric Roadster, specially tricked out by Tesla's brand partner, watchmaker TAG Heuer. The fun began in Switzerland, then moved across Europe to India, China, and Japan. Now, the TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster has arrived in America for a tour of 12 U.S. cities, including Las Vegas, New York, and D.C., as well as Baton Rouge, Savannah, and Raleigh. (Odd, yes, but we're sure Tesla's marketing team have their reasons.) After arriving in L.A. a couple of days ago, tennis star and TAG Heuer...
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2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5 Preview
This has been a very big week for Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], with the electric car start-up finally launching its IPO and listing on Nasdaq. At the same time we also discovered plans for a range of new models after the upcoming Model S electric sedan, including a crossover, convertible and...
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Plug-in Electric Sports Car Splits To Form Two Bikes
In a perfect example of thinking well outside the box, Indian designer Ramesh Gound has produced a rather unusual vehicle concept. In cooperation with Renault Design India, Ramesh has revealed his vision for the future of "affordable youth mobility". At the culmination of his time at India's...
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Tesla's Success At Risk Due to CEO's Complicated Divorce
Tesla Motors has been in the spotlight lately for it's bold attempt at making electric cars fun. The company has generated a lot of interest in its upcoming vehicles, and seems to have everyone convinced that battery-powered sports cars are the real deal. CEO Elon Musk's dramatic divorce now...
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Tesla Extends Deal With Lotus To Supply Roadsters Until December 2011
In late January electric car company Tesla filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the filing revealed that production of its first model, the all-electric Roadster, would end in March 2011. This particular model is manufactured in Hethel, UK at the...
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Video: On Top Of (And Around) The World With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tesla And TAG Heuer
It would be really easy to make fun of Leonardo DiCaprio. Heck, if nothing else, the guy was in Titanic, which, according to our extensive research, is the sole reason for the continued popularity of Riverdance. In most countries, that would be worth a death sentence or two, or at least a good...
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Swiss luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer is celebrating its 150th anniversary and as part of the occasion has teamed up with Tesla to create a special one-off example of the famous all-electric Roadster. Decked out in special livery and fitted with a unique interior by Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen, the custom Tesla Roadster recently made its debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and now is set to embark on a special zero-emission world tour--the first time such a feat has ever been attempted. The historic round-the-world tour in a zero-emission car will start in Zurich, Switzerland...
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The Ultimate College Ride: 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport
This Green Car Can Get You To Campus Quick and In Style
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Tag Heuer And Tesla Team Up For Special One-Off Roadster - New Images
Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer TAG Heuer has celebrated its 150th anniversary with the reveal of a special edition Tesla Roadster, which made its debut earlier this month at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and marks the beginning of a new worldwide partnership between the two firms. The one-of-a-kind...
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Lease A Tesla Roadster For $1,658 Per Month
Don’t have a spare $109,000 lying around but want to drive an electric sports car capable of keeping up with Ferraris and Porsches at the lights? Tesla’s iconic all-electric Roadster and its more extreme Roadster Sport cousin are now available for lease. Under the scheme, lease...
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Two Tesla Roadster Owners Crash Their Cars
Tesla has managed to rack up just on 1,000 sales of its Roadster since the all-electric vehicle was first launched back in 2008 and since that time there have been only four crashes that we're aware of--including the crash of a test vehicle before production began. But with more and more Roadsters...
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The Art of PR: Tesla Takes C/D To Task On Tesla Review
In Today’s World the Word Travels Fast, Almost As Fast As a Tesla
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Tesla Motors has announced production of the right-hand drive version of its all-electric Roadster, which is being launched in the UK this month. "The right-hand-drive model is our response to growing demand from high-performance car buyers in the UK who are also interested in their impact on the environment," said Cristiano Carlutti, Tesla's Vice President for European Sales and Operations. "Tesla is dramatically expanding its retail footprint in Europe, we look forward to building our community of owners and fans throughout the continent." In addition to the new right-hand drive system, the...
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Tesla Files For IPO, Roadster Production Ending In 2011
Tesla has officially filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million after being in the business of manufacturing electric vehicles for just on six years. The California-based automaker is hoping to cash in on a resurgence in the popular of electric vehicles, and together with its...
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High-Performance EVs: What's Coming, What's Not And What To Expect
This year will see a new surge in high-output EVs.
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Tesla Roadster To Take On Winter, 'Range Anxiety' With 2,700-mile Road Trip
The Tesla Roadster will be hitting the road to make the run from Los Angeles to Detroit for the 2010 NAIAS.
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Sneer at Ferrari Owners, Win a 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport Drive!
Spend an hour or two behind the wheel of a Tesla Roadster, and you may walk away thinking that pistons, gasoline engines, clutches, gearboxes, and the many other mechanical bits of a standard sports car are just so...last century. Now you too can experience the rush of pure electric power from the...
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Driven: 2009 Tesla Roadster Will Make You An Electric-Car Believer
Driving a 2009 Tesla Roadster most effectively requires unlearning some old habits.
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The house-call vehicle service is convenient, but it's pricey, too, with a miniumum $100 call-out fee.
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Tesla Founder Drops Libel, Slander And Breach Of Contract Lawsuit
Strangely, the case was allowed to proceed by a judge just days before it was reportedly dropped.
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Tesla Releases Fresh Images Of More Powerful Roadster Sport
The new Roadster Sport is finally shown off in actual images, rather than computer renderings.
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Tesla Picks Palo Alto For New Powertrain Facility
Tesla will use the facility to build powertrains for its own cars as well as several other automakers.
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Tesla reaches profitability, quiets naysayers
Tales of the financial success of a carmaker are rare enough these days, much less tales of an upstart electric vehicle maker. But according to Tesla's latest news, the company has reached profitability against all odds. Fulfilling a promise made back in June, the company's claims of profitability...
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Mazda celebrates 20 years of roadsters with special edition in Japan
When Mazda launched the Miata, or Roadster as it's known in Japan, in 1989, few suspected it would go on to become the best-selling open-top sports car of all time, but over 860,000 vehicles later, the car is officially the most popular roadster in existence. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of...
Nelson Ireson