UK price for Model S – starts at less than £50,000 News from Tesla today that the UK price is set. At the launch event Elon said that the price will be announced with weeks, and guess what he was dead right. We received an email first thing this morning. The full details are below: We […]
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Tesla expand their European footprint with first UK store Received an invite to the opening of Tesla shop in Westfields Shopping Center in London. With RHD models expected soon Tesla is ramping up UK sales and distribution with the opening of a store in London’s largest and only real shopping mall. They celebrated the opening
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Tesla UK test drive day The UK is one of the last major markets to get the Tesla. I guess it’s because it must be a pain and an engineering cost to switch the car to Right Hand Drive. The UK is a large car market and currently the only European market showing any signs
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Tesla Model s Test Drive The Model S is currently scheduled for UK delivery in Spring 2014. The UK is right hand drive, unlike the rest of the world, or at least most of the rest of the motoring world. The design chaps at Tesla have to produce RHD models for us Brits, the Japanese
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Europe has sluggish car sales – apart from the UK most market are hurting So when we learn that the BMW i3 is selling well in Europe that’s big news. According to Automotive News, the German automaker has over 8,000 reservations for the i3 and is considering a production boost above that of the 10,000
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Top Gear hack Paul Horrell reviews a pre-production BMW i3 and likes it. Highlights: One day, the idea of cars driven by electric motors will become routine. After all, diesels were once a novelty, and so were turbos. We’ve just had a drive in a BMW i3 – visually disguised, but the real thing in the way it behaves –
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National Plug in day was a large event in some part of the world – especially the US. It was pretty much ignored in th UK. While in California Governor Jerry Brown marked National Plug-In Day by signing six bills to promote electric cars. The new laws created by these bills will enact or extend a variety of
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Everybody wants more for less. That is apparently why more and more value seeking consumers are turning to pre-owned smart cars. There are some good reasons that pre-owned smart cars are moving quickly from area car dealers. One of the biggest is that the innovative, distinctive looking vehicles are being embraced since an approved used
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Rick Woodbury CEO of Commuter Cars shared with us a report that is currently being distributed to members of the EC. The report details the growing congestion in Cities around the globe and especially in Europe. The Tango car from Commuter Cars of Spokane Washington fits two to a lane providing a unique solution to
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Thanks to AutoCAR for playing with and penning a decent review, for once. They enjoy the Tesla S and an Aston Martin Rapide S as a comparison. It’s primarily a Model S review. In summary, the reviewer is blown away (his words) and concludes that the Aston seems ‘really, really old fashioned’ in comparison. And,
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