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    Report: Will Tesla and others lose federal 'hardship' airbag exemption?
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    Low-volume automakers like Lamborghini and Tesla Motors may soon lose an exemption that allows them to sell cars in the United States with below-standard airbags. The exemption was granted on financial hardship grounds. Now, though, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the ...

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    Top Gear presents its side of story about Tesla Roadster [w/video]
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    Tesla has gone to great lengths to publicize its libel suit against Top Gear for the program's 2008 review of the Tesla Roadster. The suit claims that TG's review of the car was rigged, and its assertion that the car doesn't work in the real world had been decided even before Clarkson drove the ...

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    Tesla sues BBC for libel over rigged Top Gear test
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    Let's put this out there: Tesla Motors is a feisty little company. When General Motor tried to trademark "range anxiety," the electric automaker said, "You can have it." Tesla has also had a long-standing beef with the BBC TV show Top Gear, largely because of that memorable 2008 review of the ...

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    Tesla catches Christmas spirit, gives away hundreds of Roadsters [w/video]
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    Radio-controlled Tesla Roadster – Click above to watch video after the jump
    In spite of being busy making deals, preparing the Tesla factory and watching the stock price shoot up, the upstart automaker has still found time to remember the people who helped get it where it is today – ...

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    Tesla takes a tip from BMW, creates psychedelic Roadster art car
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    Laurence Gartel's Tesla Roadster art car – Click above for high-res image gallery
    We love ourselves some art cars. Be it a Warhol-liveried BMW M1 or a crochet-covered Morris Minor, few things flip our collective switch quite like the melding of art and automobiles. Tesla has introduced its ...

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    Tesla reports increased revenue, but loses money on Model S development
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    Tesla Motors is happy with its third quarter results, which boast a 10 percent increase in revenue from last quarter's $28.4 million to $31.2 million, an improved gross margin of 30 percent from 22 percent previously, and a net loss of $34.9 million compared to its second quarter figure of $38.5 ...

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    Video: Boy receives shock and awe from Tesla Roadster
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    Click above to watch video after the jump
    Do you remember the exact moment when you discovered that you loved the automobile? We're not so sure we can pin down that exact moment ourselves, but this video shows the precise second that one young man earns his wheels. A camera fixed on the face ...

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    Tesla recalling 439 Roadsters over auxiliary cable problems
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    Tesla is recalling some 439 Roadsters after discovering a redundant 12v auxiliary cable rubbing against a carbon fiber panel on a customer car. The cable, which helps power a variety of auxiliary electrical systems if the primary cable fails, will be inspected and fitted with a protective sleeve. ...

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    Video: Jay Leno's Garage revisits the Tesla Roadster
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    Tesla Roadster on Jay Leno's Garage, take 2.5 – Click above to watch video after the jump
    Jay Leno gets the updated version of the Tesla Roadster, version 2.5, for a spell in the garage, which goes from a two-speed to a single speed transmission, has some revised bodywork front an back, ...

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    Tesla Motors pays fine for lacking emissions Certificate of Conformity
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    Sometimes, technology moves faster than rules and regulations. For instance, in some parts of Kansas, shops must provide water troughs for horses. A more recently inanity is the requirement that electric vehicles receive an emissions "Certificate of Conformity" from the EPA to comply with the ...

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