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Tesla cuts cheapest Model S as buyers opt for range instead

, Apr 1st 2013 Discuss [4]

Tesla has scrapped plans for a small battery version of its Model S all-electric car, claiming tiny driver interest makes the 40 kWh variant uneconomical for production. Only 4-percent of Model S buyers opted for the cheaper Model S, which started at $52,400, Tesla said in a statement today, along with the revelation that stronger than expected deliveries means the firm will make a full profit in Q1 2013. Those who went for the cheapest Model S rung will still get a car, though, borrowing the 60 kWh power pack from the $62,400 version, albeit with a software cap on range. Read The Full Story

Tesla Motors to make big announcement on Thursday

, Mar 25th 2013 Discuss [14]

We've been hearing a lot about Tesla Motors lately. The company was recently in the news for the fiasco with the New York Times over their Model S review. All of that dust has seemed to settle, though, and now the company has a big announcement planned for this Thursday. There are any number of guesses as to what they could announce, but what could it possibly be? Read The Full Story

Tesla Model X delayed to late 2014

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

While Tesla's Model S sports sedan is garnering all the attention at the moment, anticipation for the company's SUV model is also building. However, it looks like it won't be arriving on time as expected, since Tesla announced that the Model X will be delayed into 2014 and won't be arriving until later that year. Read The Full Story

Tesla will repay loan 5 years earlier than expected

, Mar 9th 2013 Discuss [14]

Tesla had made statements before about repaying its loan to the Department of Energy ahead of schedule, and that it plans on forgoing help from the government in the future in order to thrive as a stand-alone company. Tesla has now stated that it has changed its loan's terms of agreement, and it expects to pay off the entire loan by 2017. That 5 years ahead of the anticipated December 2022 repayment target. Read The Full Story

Elon Musk shows off “any song, any time” Easter Egg in Tesla’s Model S

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [6]

I can't honestly say that I recall the Tesla Model S being an Internet connected vehicle. The Model S is apparently connected to the Internet while in operation. At least that's the idea given by company CEO Elon Musk as he shows off a feature of the Model S to Bloomberg that I've never seen. Musk promises the vehicle will play any song you ask for at any time. Read The Full Story

Tesla to repay Department of Energy loan ahead of schedule, says CEO

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, stated at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy's summit today that the company will repay the loans it received from the Department of Energy ahead of time, giving a time frame of half the time it was given for doing so. This puts the payoff completion date sometime around 2015, with the company being on the hook for $465 million. Read The Full Story

Tesla loses hundreds of orders due to the NYT article

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [18]

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., stated that because of the controversy surrounding the New York Time's article written for Tesla's Model S, the company has lost hundreds of orders for the car. There were hundreds of cancellations pouring in, and it ended up cutting down Tesla's stock market value by up to $100 million. Since the N.Y. Times article was published, Tesla saw shares fall 12%, from $39.24 to $34.38. Also because of the article, Tesla's market capitalization fell around $553 million. Read The Full Story

Tesla posts a 500% increase in Q4 2012 revenue

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [2]

Tesla has been having a rough week with the whole New York Times fiasco, but it seems Elon Musk and company are going to put that all behind them as the company has reported its Q4 2012 earnings. Tesla made $306 million in revenue during the quarter, which is up a staggering 500% from the previous quarter. Read The Full Story

Tesla gets NYT apology for Model S review: Musk approves

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [12]

It would appear that the New York Times has decided to speak up in regards to their recent review of the Tesla Model S electric vehicle, having been the subject of some major scrutiny a the hands of no less than Elon Musk, the car company's CEO. One of the larger stories of last week was that according to the Model S' own in-vehicle logs, the editor responsible for the review of the vehicle didn't follow the plans and suggestions made by the Tesla review crew - nor did he refrain from driving donuts through a parking lot. Now the New York Times is speaking up through editor Margaret Sullivan. Read The Full Story

NYT Tesla Model S was completely dead, according to towing company

, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [13]

It's been an eventful couple of days for Tesla Motors, in which the New York Times gave the company's new car, the Model S, a bad review because the car died prematurely. However, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk says otherwise, noting that the battery wasn't completely dead, but according to the towing company that was called out to tow the new car, the battery was, indeed, completely dead. Read The Full Story

Tattletale Tesla is the Big Brother future of motoring

, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [24]

Tesla’s systematic take-down of New York Times car writer John Broder’s Model S review proves one thing: tomorrow’s cars are going to be so smart, we’ll probably trust them more than we will the driver. Elon Musk, Tesla‘s founder and CEO, relied on the Model S’ own performance logs in order to challenge Broder’s cynicism, raising questions as to why the NYT car journalist did battery-sapping donuts in a parking lot, took the EV off the Superchargers well before it was topped up, and fudged on his cruise control settings. That makes for an entertaining media spat, certainly, but it raises questions about how increasingly intelligent cars may one day soon undermine some of the “freedom” of the open road.

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Tesla tears down NYT Model S review with car’s own logs

, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [190]

Tesla has torn into the New York Times review of its Model S electric car, using systems logs showing charge and recharge status, driving style, cabin settings and more to undermine claims the EV is unreliable. In a detailed run-down of the stats gathered by the Model S’ onboard computer – something Tesla says it always does “carefully” on media drives, after UK car show Top Gear made similar reliability claims about a previous model, in a case which ended up in the courtroom - Tesla CEO Elon Musk argues that NYT reviewer John Broder was prejudiced against electric cars from the start, and did as much as possible to portray the Model S as unfit for the road.

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