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Tesla is a brand of all electric vehicles founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. The company's first product was the Tesla Roadster, which has been joined by the Model S sedan. Named for the famous inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla, the company is currently headed by its CEO and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk: Tesla could go federal with franchise dealer fight 1366120860

Mr. Musk Goes to Washington? Jimmy Stewart references aside, that's the approach Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk may take in his crusade to get factory-owned dealerships legalized. Musk tells Automotive News that he may go to Congress in an attempt to take on the country's auto-dealer groups in order for his company to own all of its distribution channels. ...
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Tesla gains legal ground in New York dealer fight 1365886860

Tesla Motors gained a legal victory in its continuing efforts to expand sales across the US now that New York Supreme Court Justice Raymond J. Elliott III decided that local dealers will not be allowed to cite the Franchised Dealer Act as a reason to sue competitors, Automotive News reports. Tesla has been embroiled in a legal tussle in the Empire State ...
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Elon Musk hints a Texas plant could build Tesla pickup 1365781740

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in Texas this week, fighting for his company's right to sell electric cars directly to consumers. He also hinted that Tesla might have big plans for Texas, if this one little law just goes his way. "I have this idea for a really advanced electric truck that has the performance of a sports car but actually more towing power and ...
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Tesla sends CEO to Texas to defend direct-to-customer electric vehicle sales 1365623100

Tesla is no stranger to strong resistance, shall we say, from auto dealers to its unusual method of selling the all-electric Model S in certain parts of the US. A lawsuit by the Massachusetts State Automobile Dealers Association was thrown out late last year, but it was later appealed. Tesla has also been sued in New York. The company has staunchly ...
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Sarah Palin calls Tesla a 'loser,' which 'wounds' CEO Elon Musk 1365549960

Wasn't it the 2012 presidential race that featured Republican candidates disparaging electric vehicle companies? Well, yes, but that doesn't mean the 2008 vice presidential candidate (and Ex-Alaska governor) Sarah Palin can't do the same. In a Facebook post that bashed subsidies for advanced-powertrain vehicles like the Fisker Karma and Chevrolet Volt, ...
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Elon Musk says next, cheaper Tesla EV coming in 2016 or '17 1365528600

Tesla Motors will offer its next production model (and its fourth ever, including the discontinued Roadster) by 2017 at the latest, part of the California-based automaker work to offer a less-expensive option than the Model S sedan and the upcoming Model X SUV. The dates were given by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a recent interview to Engadget, who said the car ...
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Tesla was 'overzealous' with sales e-mail, Musk said 1365436500

A Tesla Model S all-electric sedan can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than six seconds, but it looks like some of the automaker's employees like to move even quicker. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is apologizing for that. Musk said that a recent mass e-mail that was sent to prospective customers on the Model S waiting list, encouraging them to complete ...
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Zappos CEO will share 100 Tesla Model S EVs in Las Vegas Downtown Project 1365430680

Tesla may be claiming a real-world cost of $500 a month to lease/own a Model S, but if you live in downtown Las Vegas, you can get 100 Model S vehicles, all the bus rides you want and access to 100 bikeshare bikes – as well as a collection of 100 neighborhood electric vehicles – for under $400 a month. One minor detail: you don't get to ...
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Tesla increases lease calculator costs; Supercharging, 'mystery' announcement coming soon 1365029700

Even Tesla Motors hasn't totally figured out the details of the just-announced Model S "lease" program. Yesterday, when the financial product was first revealed, the small print on the company's online calculator described a 66-month loan and a tiered monthly payment structure, depending on which model you chose: $1,199 a month for the 85-kWh Model S, ...
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Tesla announces 'revolutionary' lease option for Model S starting at $1,050/month 1364938980

Just how "revolutionary" you think the just-announced lease option is for the Tesla Model S will depend on a lot of factors, like how much gas costs where you live and whether or not your current car drinks premium or not. The promised "exciting" news from Tesla Motors is what the company calls a "revolutionary new finance product." It's not really a ...
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Tesla Model S demand exceeds expectations, 40-kWh model nixed 1364825760

Elon Musk has promised he will make an "exciting" announcement tomorrow, but Tesla Motors issued two bits of news late last night to add to whatever we'll learn about on Tuesday. First off, sales of the Model S have "exceeded the target provided in the mid February shareholder letter" by 250 units. Second, sales of the low-end 40-kWh Model S were so low ...
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Tesla Model S wins 2013 World Green Car of the Year 1364477100

The automotive journalist judges behind the World Green Car of the Year apparently with the overwhelming majority of AutoblogGreen readers, as they've just named the Tesla Model S their winner. We don't yet know what the official ballots were, but our informal poll had the Tesla beating the other two finalists – the all-electric Renault Zoe and the ...
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Tesla shares rise on Elon Musk's tweet about "exciting" announcement 1364299380

Tesla chief Elon Musk is making a major announcement next week, and here's guessing it's not another salvo about what a bad job that reporter from The New York Times did writing up the Tesla Model S. "Am going to put my money where my mouth is in v major way." - Elon Musk "Am going to put my money where my mouth is in v major way," Musk tweeted ...
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DOE still has $16.6 billion left in ATVM loan program 1364160240

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) is questioning why Department of Energy (DOE) loan funds are not paying out as planned. The participation hurdle is high, and there's about $16.6 billion in green vehicle loan appropriations going unused, the GAO found. The funds come from DOE's 2005 Loan Guarantee Program and its Advanced Technology Vehicles ...
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Teslaccessories will make after-market products for the select few 1363960860

Leave it to a maker of Tesla after-market products to generate a waiting list for a cup holder. Florida-based Teslaccessories is entering the extremely nascent Tesla after-market product industry with just one product: a center console insert for the Model S. Or CCI for those in the know. With stitched leather and carbon composite components, the CCI not ...
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Consumer Reports' Tesla gets third row of seats, happy kids await 1363874220

Hidden inside the fast and sleek Tesla Model S electric-powered sedan is the beginnings of a family EV, a sprout that we'll see in full bloom in the upcoming Model X. Anyone who ordered a Model S without the third row kid seats, Consumer Reports explains that it's not too difficult to get them installed later. The publication, which received delivery of ...
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Elon Musk regrets not saying more about NYT Model S review 1363218840

Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk has always taken pains to pitch how far his cars can go when sufficiently charged. The man himself is proving he can go quite a distance as well. Sufficiently chafed by a review of the Tesla Model S in The New York Times that said the electric vehicle's single-charge range was far less than advertised, Musk called the ...
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Tesla Model X delayed one year, now due late 2014 1363008840

Tesla is pushing back the Model X by about a year so that the company can focus on the well-received Model S. The news was made public in an SEC filing (a 10-K form that went out late last week) and first reported in the Los Angeles Times. In a press release in early 2012, Tesla said that production for the Model X, "begins at the end of 2013, deliveries ...
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Tesla faces increased dealer opposition to opening stores in Minnesota 1362789000

Yes, MADA's a little, uh, mad, about the prospect of Tesla Motors opening stores in the Land 'o Lakes. Tesla is facing increased opposition from Minnesota auto dealers to the California-based electric-vehicle maker's plans to open stores in the state, Automotive News reports. The Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association (MADA), has introduced a law which ...
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Tesla delays annual financial report due to error, claims "no impact" 1362754680

Fast cars, slower annual report. That's the synopsis of a Tesla Motors disclosure that the maker of the Model S luxury EV missed its March 1 deadline to file its annual report. The California-based company, in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, cited what it called a "probable error in the presentation of certain non-cash items relating to ...