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  • LAPD tries out Tesla Model S P85D

    If Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] gets its way, the next set of flashing lights in your rearview mirror very well could be attached to a high-zoot electric car. The California electric car brand has loaned a pair of Model S P85Ds to the Los Angeles Police Department for testing purposes. ALSO SEE: Hyerloop One releases video of first full-scale test Granted, the LAPD admitted right off the bat that the Teslas are simply too expensive to consider using as patrol vehicles currently. Although the Model S P85D has been dropped in favor of the P90D's higher-capacity battery, the cars sticker for around...

  • Saab 9-3-based development mules for Turkish national car project
    Turkey’s electric car will be better than a Tesla, says science minister

    Turkey is working on a national car, one powered by an extended-range electric drivetrain. The development is led by Turkey’s Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), and the country’s Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Isik is so (over)confident of the...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    New Tesla Model S 75D arrives... with same battery as 70D

    Depending on how you look at it, Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] announcement that its new Model S 75D is really just a software update over the 70D is either great news or a shady move. The new 75D doesn't actually have a different battery than the 70D. Instead, 75Ds will simply contain software that...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    Tesla targets 90,000 cars this year, 500,000 as early as 2018

    Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has said multiple times it plans to produce 500,000 electric cars per year by 2020, but now the company believes it may hit that goal a little earlier. In its latest shareholder letter, Tesla said it plans to move the 500,000-unit goal up to 2018. And in a conference call...

  • Tesla Model X HEPA filter
    Tesla's HEPA air filter "hundreds of times" more effective than standard units

    Electric car brand Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] says it is developed a HEPA air filtration system designed to clear up the outside world before it enters a vehicle's cabin. The filtering system is so clean that Tesla claims you could "survive a military grade bio attack" using it. HEPA, an acronym for...

  • Elon Musk confirms Ludicrous Mode for the Model 3 via Twitter
    Elon Musk confirms Ludicrous Mode for Model 3

    The hype surrounding the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 is undeniable. It has received an astounding amount of interest in the form of 400,000 or so pre-orders. People literally lined up just to fork over $1,000 for a car they had yet to see and have definitely never driven. Now the hype should...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  March 2016

    Although about 400,000 people have already raised their hands to buy the not-yet-on-sale Tesla Model 3, company founder Elon Musk has an even wider audience in mind for his company's next act. Speaking last week at the Future Transport Solutions conference in Norway, a small market that has nonetheless proven strong for Tesla thanks to eco-oriented policy initiatives, Musk said that "almost everyone will be able to afford" the next Tesla to follow the Model 3. You can hear the comment for yourself about 12 minutes in to this 35-minute video. CHECK OUT: Tesla Model 3 first ride That's not to...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    Tesla's upgraded Model S is the first 300-mile electric car

    The first mass-production electric car to boast a highway range greater than 300 miles on a single charge is here. It's the 2016 Tesla Model S 90D. Tesla's updated Model S 90D is now rated at 303.2 miles of highway range, according to measurements taken by the EPA. CHECK OUT: How turbocharger...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    Tesla to offer free Autopilot month-long trial for current owners

    Owners of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S and Model X electric vehicles who didn't pony up for the automaker's Autopilot semi-autonomous system can test it out for a month for free. If they like it, they can add the software—the hardware is already there—for $3,000. The prize for...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  March 2016
    Tesla Model 3 pre-orders approach 400,000

    It’s now been two weeks since Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] started taking pre-orders for its upcoming Model 3. After the first week, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that 325,000 people around the globe had pre-ordered the car and placed a deposit, helping top up Tesla’s coffers by almost a third of...

  • 2016 Tesla Model X
    Tesla upgrades Model X's base battery, raises price

    The entry-level version of Tesla's new Model X crossover may have just hit the market recently, but the electric vehicle builder has already upgraded its battery—and its price. The Model X 70D is gone, replaced with the 75D. Actually, the 70D never existed as Tesla hasn't built the base model...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    2016 Tesla Model S gets first styling update since launch

    Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 electric sedan has been dominating the internet for the past couple of weeks, what with more than 300,000 early adopters putting down deposits for a car that they won't be able to get for about two years. But there is a Tesla sedan that people can buy right now...

  • Tesla Model 3 Driving on a Public Road

    Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] upcoming entry-level model, the much-hyped Model 3, is still a long way from dealers but a lucky fan with a quick draw on his or her smartphone managed to nab a pre-production example on a public road, just like the one we recently rode in. Judging by the Model S camera car in front, the Model 3 was being filmed for marketing or advertising B-roll. While the Model 3 is essentially ready to go stylistically, its interior remains merely in the mock-up stage at this point. Nevertheless, the car already managed to rack up more than 325,000 pre-orders. ALSO SEE: Tesla...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  reveal event  -  March 2016
    Tesla Model 3 pre-orders reach 325,000 in first week--update

    Update: This post has been updated with a new total for Model 3 pre-orders. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk confirmed that as of Wednesday night pre-orders for the new Model 3 electric sedan totaled 325,000, a figure reached in just one week. He said this was well beyond Tesla’s...

  • Tesla factory, Fremont, California
    France offers Tesla old nuclear power station as potential site for plant

    Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is planning to expand its manufacturing footprint with new plants located around the globe. The American automaker already has a small plant in the Netherlands where some final assembly of its electric cars destined for Europe take place. However, CEO Elon Musk has...

  • Tesla Model 3
    Tesla hasn't actually shown us the Model 3's real interior

    The excitement surrounding the upcoming Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 electric sedan is, well, electric. The Silicon Valley automaker started taking pre-orders for its next electric vehicle last Thursday, and there are likely well over 300,000 already placed by this time. The inside of the Model...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S P90D and Boeing 737 drag race
    Watch a Tesla Model S drag race a Boeing 737

    You’ve already seen the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:NSDQ] Model S go up against the world’s top supercars. Now it’s been pitted against a Boeing 737. We know this isn’t a serious race but just couldn’t resist watching the svelte sedan, in this case the P90D performance...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  reveal event  -  March 2016
    Tesla Model 3 first ride

    Last night we were treated to the reveal of Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] all-new Model 3 electric sports sedan. Shortly after the reveal we also received a quick ride in the car. While Tesla only had pre-production models on hand, the cars were said to be representative of the production model...

  • Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  reveal event  -  March 2016

    Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] Model 3 has been making headlines for the past several years but now it’s finally here. The BMW 3-Series-rivaling electric sports sedan was revealed tonight in Hawthorne, California and Tesla has been taking pre-orders since early this morning. According to the company, it's already racked up over 115,000 orders. As previously confirmed by CEO Elon Musk, who was present at tonight’s reveal, deliveries of the Model 3 won’t commence until late 2017. ALSO SEE: Tesla Model 3 first ride When it arrives, Tesla promises a range of at least 215 miles...

  • Tesla Model 3 teaser image with Model S and Model X, March 2016
    Ahead of Tesla Model 3 reveal, pre-order frenzy begins for $35k electric car

    Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]—or just Tesla, as it might now prefer to be called—has very closely guarded nearly all the details about its third mass-production all-electric car, the smaller, more affordable Model 3. Tomorrow’s when the Silicon Valley automaker will at last reveal...

  • Tesla Model 3 teaser image with Model S and Model X, March 2016
    Tesla Model 3 teased ahead of March 31 reveal

    In a couple of weeks Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] will provide a first look at what's shaping up to be its most crucial model yet, the Model 3 electric sedan. The company this morning released a teaser that shows the silhouette of the Model 3 alongside the existing Model S and Model X. It hints that...

  • Brabus Tesla Model S
    Brabus modifies the Tesla Model S

    German tuning firm Brabus is best known for its tuned Mercedes-Benzes, but the firm has now set its sights on the luxury and performance world's rising star: The Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. In this case, Brabus left the car's electric powertrain to the engineers at Tesla and instead focused...

  • 2016 Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S to go racing in new Electric GT World Series

    The world’s first sanctioned electric car racing series, the Formula E Championship, is now into its second season and by all accounts appears to be growing in popularity. Now there’s a new electric car racing series in the works, this time GT-based, and the first car to be nominated...

  • Mercedes-Benz energy storage system
    Mercedes parent Daimler building additional battery plant for future electric cars

    Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] much-hyped Gigafactory battery plant is currently under construction in Nevada, but it's not the only plant of its kind from an automaker. Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has confirmed plans to build a new battery plant to supply lithium-ion batteries...

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