After the market closed on Wednesday Feb 22 Tesla Motors reported results for the quarter and full year 2012. Here are the key points: The full report can be found on the Tesla IR website. Model S production rate ramped up to 400 cars per week. This equates to 20,000 cars per year. Model S […]
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Great educational video on the Tesla S factory – Care of Mega factories on the Nat Geo Channel on YouTube. Has some fab views of the old Toyota factory in Freemont just outside Silicon Valley that has been transformed into a gleaming white shrine to electric cars. A vision that Steve Jobs would have loved.
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We expect the Tesla Model S to be a hot ship. Our first-hand experience in the sub 4 seconds to 60 Tango lets us understand the stunning performance available from electric car. On paper the Tesla looks good. The Tesla corporate brochure claims that the 85 kWh Model S have an impressive 265-mile EPA-rated range,
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Energy efficiency ‘Green Deal’ launched by government Householders are to be offered long-term loans to help make their homes more energy efficient and cut bills under a new government scheme. Ministers said the Green Deal, which started on Monday, will help thousands “stay warm for less”. Under the scheme, households can use cheap loans to
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Coming in 2013 the BMW electric i3 car. The BMW i3, previously Mega City Vehicle (MCV), is an urban electric car under development by BMW group. The i3 is part of BMW’s “Project i” and is being planned as a new brand, BMW i. The BMW i3 is announced and expected to go into mass
GM’s Cadillac group is entering the so-called luxury electric car market with the introduction of the 2014 ELR plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, unveiled Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This has been called the luxury Volt on which the Caddy is based. The ELR is based on Chevrolet’s environmentally friendly vehicle
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The Detroit Auto Show is not one of the greats but it is in the heart land of the established US auto industry. Tesla took the opportunity to show the old guard the future and displayed a concept interior for the Model X. Tesla themselves called this an ‘interior exploration’, but it gives us some
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Our very own Reuters UK mentions that the new Fiat 500e has achieved a MPG rating equivalent to 116 MPG from the US Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. The little Fiat will go on sale in the second quarter of 2013 in California. Fiat is of course the majority owner of Chrysler and has 25
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In its third year on the United States market, the updated 2013 Nissan Leaf will have a slightly longer range, a new and lower-priced base model, faster charging, and a more efficient cabin heater. The 2013 Leaf is scheduled to enter production at Nissan’s assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, this week. While the 2013 Leaf
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Tesla has been opening stores in shopping malls across the US. Most states have antiquated laws that prevents auto manufactures from selling direct to consumers thus enforcing that sales are made through an independent dealer. Of course dealers love this. After opening a store in Natick Mall, Massachusetts, Tesla Motors has been embroiled in a
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