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Tesla hires new manufacturing lead, but there's more

With the news that Tesla Motors will soon go public, there's been a lot of scrutiny of and discussion about the company's future plans. On the corporate side, that involves things like former Toyota production engineering general manager Gilbert Passin joining the company as leader of Tesla's vehicle manufacturing operations. On the media side, that means digging into the SEC filing and reporting that the current-gen Roadster is not long for this world and that: The Roadster wait list is down to 220 people and that a "significant ... Read more →

Tesla files with the feds for IPO Jonny Lieberman

For the first time in more than fifty years, a U.S. automaker is holding a public offering. Henry Ford made shares of Ford Motor Company public back in 1956. Tesla, the Elon Musk-owned Silicon ...

Here's a thought: GM should buy Tesla Sebastian Blanco

While we were making up funny lines to go with our picture of Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz, a Cynthia Artin was writing an article called: "Why GM Would Be ...

Detroit 2010: Caption Contest - What the heck are Bob Lutz and Elon Musk talking about? Chris Shunk

Bob Lutz has been an important guy in the auto industry since before most of us were born. Elon Musk is the reason your eBay transactions go so smoothly (he was the co-creator of PayPal). ...

Detroit 2010: 1,000 Tesla Roadsters have been built, Model S still over two years away Sebastian Blanco

Tesla's press conference at the Detroit Auto Show yesterday was refreshingly short and consisted of nothing more than CEO Elon Musk talking in front of the red Model S. He said that his company ...

REPORT: Elon Musk says Fisker is "very far" from overcoming EV hurdles 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In some ways, the all-electric Tesla Roadster and the plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma don't compete. The difference in powertrains, which will filter down to the two compaies' lower-cost models, the Tesla Model S and Fisker's Project Nina vehicle, means that slightly different consumers are going to ...

Will Tesla build electric cars in Canada someday? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Tesla Roadster is, quintessentially, a California car. Not only is the convertible two-seater perfectly suited for the streets of Santa Monica but the car's home is in the San Francisco/Palo Alto area. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, though, has a lot of ties to Canada and a new profile of the ...

Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk reach settlement in lawsuit 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

About a month ago we heard that Martin Eberhard had decided to drop his defamation and breach of contract lawsuit against Elon Musk and Tesla Motors. Now comes word that Eberhard and the defendants have actually reached a settlement. Given the ruling of the judge in the case that the suit could ...

REPORT: Tesla gets $82.5 million investment; delivers 700th Roadster 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Go to Frankfurt, get $82.5 million. That's sort of what happened to Tesla Motors, which is at the big auto show this week and received the "opportunistic" equity investment from a group led by Fjord Capital Partners. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that his company was "not looking for money," but did ...

VIDEO: Like, it's Elon Musk talking to Valley Girl 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you've ever wanted to see someone run the escargo pun into the ground, we've got just the videos for you. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently pinked it up with Valley Girl (played by Jesse Draper), who apparently thought Legally Blonde was a how-do video. Musk appears in the first episode of ...

REPORT: Eberhard drops lawsuit against Tesla 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The civil lawsuit filed by Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard against Tesla Motors and its CEO Elon Musk has been suddenly dropped. It was just a few short weeks ago that Eberhard had won something of a victory in an opening skirmish of what had threatened to be a long campaign when a judge ...

Martin Eberhard "demonstrated a probability that he will prevail" in lawsuit against Tesla 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following up on yesterday's decision in a San Mateo, California court, ex-Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard's legal team has issued a statement of its own regarding the lawsuit against Tesla Motors and Elon Musk. While Tesla's official response to the decision obviously focused on the judge's ...

Tesla lawsuit update: Eberhard not declared one of two founders, case not dismissed 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

There aren't yet any news reports posted about the events in court today surrounding the Tesla Motors lawsuit filed by ex-CEO Martin Eberhard, but we know from a new statement put out by Tesla that the judge struck down Eberhard's request to be declared one of just two founders of the company. ...

Tesla Motors' lawsuit update: Martin Eberhard, Elon Musk have a court date tomorrow 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The legal battle between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and ex-CEO Martin Eberhard continues tomorrow in San Mateo County Superior Court when Musk and Tesla's lawyers will ask a judge to toss out Eberhard's original lawsuit. Earlier this year, Eberhard filed a lawsuit that alleges that Musk, among ...

Toyota's Bill Reinert lets loose on ethanol, li-ion batteries, plug-in vehicles 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota's Bill Reinert should be better known. With so many quotable statements coming from GM's Bob Lutz and Tesla Motor's Elon Musk, perhaps Reinert, Toyota Motor Sales' national manager or the advanced technology group, is just overshadowed in the OMG series. But, during a recent conference ...

Elon Musk: Daimler's "golden handcuffs" mean I'll stay with Tesla through Model S launch 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

For a guy who allegedly wants a lot of the credit for creating Tesla Motors, Elon Musk certainly doesn't seem to like the job of being its CEO. As part of Daimler's investment deal with Tesla, Musk needed to commit to staying on as Tesla's CEO at least until the Model S launches in 2011. Musk told ...

Tesla files motion for dismissal of Eberhard lawsuit 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

And the battle goes on. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and his company are fighting back in court against ex-CEO Martin Eberhard. Tesla spokeswoman Rachel Konrad sent us copies of two motions filed on June 29 in California Superior Court in San Mateo. In short, the defendants are claiming that ...

David Vespremi on Tesla's relevance in bringing EVs to the masses 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

While things have been quiet on the official legal front in the battle for recognition between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk, some of the bystanders in the saga are continuing to come forward with their takes of the story. Earlier this week we heard from Tesla's former SVP for marketing Darryl Siry ...

Ex-Tesla CMO weighs in on founder controversy: They're both wrong! 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the legal battle between Elon Musk and Martin Eberhard continues to percolate, a new/old voice has chimed in publicly on the controversy for the first time. Current Peppercom clean-tech analyst and ex-Tesla SVP of Marketing Darryl Siry has penned a piece for Wired that gives a different spin on ...

Tesla to keep laptop cells until 3rd-gen car, new Roadster sales pace lagging 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the announcement that Tesla had been approved for $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy, CEO Elon Musk held a conference call. Most of what was said wasn't especially newsworthy and he didn't discuss the legal proceedings that have been going on around him and the ...

Elon fires back at Eberhard in Tesla lawsuit's latest twist 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Shortly after Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard filed a lawsuit against Tesla Motors and its Chairman, Product Architect and CEO Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley automaker had this to say: This lawsuit is a fictionalized, inaccurate account of Tesla's early years -- it's twisted and wrong, and ...

Elon Musk: "What, Me Worry?" 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

One thing we can now say about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, is that he's not taking the lawsuit from Martin Eberhard as a sign to tone down his language. The man who called the NYT writer a "douchebag" appeared at WIRED's business conference, Disruptive by Design, in Manhattan yesterday ...

Elon Musk: "Gasoline should probably be $10 a gallon" 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Speaking at the Wired Business Conference that's currently taking place in New York, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had some rather interesting things to say. For instance, Musk believes that gasoline "should probably be $10" per gallon. While that doesn't sound like a popular sentiment for those ...

FOLLOWUP: Tesla Motors says Eberhard's lawsuit "will not have any effect on Tesla's considerable momentum" 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you are sick of hearing about the lawsuit filed by Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard against the company and current CEO Elon Musk, we're sorry. There's a lot to know about the case (like what's in the complaint), and we're going to dig as deep as is reasonable as things move forward. ...

Tesla lawsuit, first read: learning more about the fight between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

There are 146 pages in the complaint filed by Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard against the company and current CEO Elon Musk (download the PDF here and read more background on the story here). It'll take a while to go through and understand the whole thing (we're not lawyers) and there ...

BREAKING: Martin Eberhard sues Elon Musk and Tesla for libel, slander and breach of contract 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The only thing surprising about Martin Eberhard's latest move is that it took so long to happen. Eberhard was co-founder of Tesla Motors along with Mark Tarpenning, and he was ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk. Musk has never been one to hide his feelings about ...

Next Tesla sportscar to have back seat, AWD, rear seats and storage 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

With all of the attention garnered these days at Tesla's Model S sedan, it may be easy to forget all about the fledgling EV-maker's current product, the Roadster. As cool as the Tesla Roadster may be – which is to say, very, very cool – it's not a particularly useful vehicle for the ...

Trying to find the upside to Tesla-Daimler deal 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not everyone think the big Daimler-Tesla deal announced last week is a win-win. In fact, Jay Yarow over at Business Insider is trying to figure our how either side benefits from Daimler's estimated $50+ million investment in Tesla. Yarow's basic argument is that Tesla didn't get enough to save ...

Ready for Lutz's appearance on Letterman tonight? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We're going to make a prediction right here and now: Bob Lutz's appearance on Dave Letterman tonight will result in at least two choice quotes. Granted, we're not exactly going out on a limb here, since the stage has been so perfectly set for a great bit of drama. Step one, Letterman loves Elon ...

VIDEO: Elon Musk misrepresents Chevy Volt performance, Tesla getting few new orders for Roadster 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

In a recent interview discussing Tesla Motors, CEO Elon Musk didn't really reveal much new information, although he did manage to misrepresent the performance capability of the Chevy Volt, again. He refers to the Volt's range extender as a "lawn mower engine" and says highway performance "will ...

It's no flying Tesla, but Elon Musk wants electric planes 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

First things first: electric airplanes are nothing new. The French eplane "Electra" flew in 2007 and the "ElectraFlyer C" wowed the crowds at Oshkosh in 2008. But, these one-offs are not for sale and they're certainly not cheap to put together. Enter Elon Musk. The man at the head of Tesla Motors ...

Tesla Model S in NYC: Party like it's zero-emissions night 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

If there's one thing that goes incredibly well with expensive prototype vehicles, it's scratches from high heels. You also get this when some waif-y models (or could-be models) snag a drink and everyone's enjoying themselves. The scenes above and in the gallery below are from the Model S party ...

VIDEO: Dave meet Elon, Elon meet Dave, let's all hate the Volt 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Elon Musk brought out the Tesla Model S for its big New York debut last night and David Letterman got a real "charge" out of it. Musk appeared on the Late Show and it was kind of strange to watch. Letterman had some kind of throat thing going on that left his voice sounding remarkably like Bob ...

Elon Musk to show the Tesla Model S on Letterman Wednesday night 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The next stop on Elon Musk's road show to drum up pre-orders (and much needed cash) for the Tesla Model S is Manhattan. Musk is bringing the only "drivable" prototype of Tesla's new sport sedan to the Big Apple for a Wednesday night appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Like rival ...

Rebuttal Redux: NY Times responds to Musk's "douchebag" comment 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've never actually conducted a scientific poll on the subject, but we'd be willing to bet that nobody likes being called a douchebag. Such is the case with an otherwise respected journalist for The New York Times named Randy Stross, who you might remember as the writer that questioned whether ...

VIDEO: Elon 99 per cent sure of DOE loan, calls NYT writer "a huge douchebag" 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Since it was announced that the highly quotable Bob Lutz would be departing from his General Motors management spotlight, automotive bloggers and reporters everywhere have been mourning the loss of an executive with such an exquisite way with words. Now it appears that the pining may have been ...

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