California Gov. Schwarzenegger to make WhiteStar announcement at Tesla today
We received a heads up overnight that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be making an appearance later today at Tesla Motors headquarters in San Carlos, CA. According to the notice from Tesla, Schwarzenegger will make an announcement regarding the manufacturing strategy for the WhiteStar sedan. Given this announcement and what chairman Elon Musk told us last week about plans to centralize production of its cars, it seems almost certain that the factory originally planned for Albuquerque, NM will never materialize. Instead it appears the sedan will be built at a factory somewhere in the Bay Area close to Tesla's headquarters. CEO Ze'ev Drori may even reveal the name of the new car (don't get too excited about this one folks) and hopefully give us a glimpse of what it looks like. Autoblog's Damon Lavrinc will be on site at Tesla HQ at 11:30 PST with all the gory details.
[Source: Tesla Motors]
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Doug 11:45AM (6/30/2008)
SFGate says it will be called "Model S". Many Tesla fans had figured it might be called the "Tesla Sedan". I guess neither are a real name, but Model S follows the no-risk alphabet soup common in recent years.
Btw, it's summer and we're on PDT. Make sure Damon doesn't show up an hour late. =^)
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/news-articles-events/1309-whitestar-announcement-tomorrow-governator-11-30pst.html
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Sean 4:17PM (6/30/2008)
I really like the name White Star, or Whitestar. I've long envisioned such in Tesla font across the back of a black sedan.
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Doug 2:43PM (6/30/2008)
Live webcast right now!
http://gov.ca.gov/
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Doug 3:40PM (6/30/2008)
Governor's press release:
Governor Schwarzenegger Celebrates Clean Technology Investment in California, Welcomes Tesla Motors Production to California
http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/10038/
Streaming video of the announcement:
http://msmedia.dot.ca.gov/governor/20080630_tesla.asf
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