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Tesla Roadster runs 313 miles on a charge in Global Green Challenge

It's no secret that how you drive has as much – or more – influence on a vehicle's efficiency than any technology. Case in point is this week's Global Green Challenge in Australia. Simon Hackett shipped his 2008 Tesla Roadster down under for the event and proceeded to set a new world record for a production battery-powered vehicle. Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas managed to squeeze 313 miles out of the lithium ion battery pack of the Roadster. As the drivers crossed the finish, approximately three miles was left on ... Read more →

Tesla scouts Seattle for new store, 80 people get a test drive Sebastian Blanco

The Tesla Roadster validation prototype No. 11 made a trip up the coast from California to Seattle recently for a bit of publicity before the company opens its Seattle-area store sometime next year. ...

This is why Tesla brought the Roadsters to Europe Sebastian Blanco

Click on the Tesla Roadster for a high-res gallery OK, so if you were wondering what could be gained by schlepping a batch of Tesla Roadsters across the pond, I have your answer: convincing European ...

Tesla's WhiteStar will be called the Model S - more info soon Sebastian Blanco

Ok, ok, we previewed most of what we knew/know about Tesla's announcement regarding the future plans of the WhiteStar sedan this morning. Our friend Damon is at the ceremony and will be providing us ...

Fisker asking court for arbitration in Tesla lawsuit Sebastian Blanco

In a legal suit in the U.S., arbitration is a way to step outside the confines of the court and have the two parties settle their differences by a binding agreement. It is a common step in commercial ...

AutoblogGreen pays a visit to the new Tesla Motors store 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tell me you wouldn't have tried the same thing? I found myself in Los Angeles for a quick visit late last week and realized I wasn't too far from the brand new Tesla Motors store. Having read about the opening night gala event and curious about the chic new sales space, I wanted to go check it ...

Tesla's European lessons 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we saw with the Bono pic, Tesla Motors representatives took the Roadster to Europe for a little PR&R recently. Well, as Darryl Siry, Tesla's VP of sales, marketing, and service, writes in a new post about the company trip on the "feel" blog over on the Tesla Motors website, there wasn't as ...

First Tesla store opens in Santa Monica, now we just need some cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Roadster for a high-res gallery from the Tesla store opening. The very first Tesla Motors retail outlet had its grand opening party last night in Santa Monica, CA. We're still waiting for some first hand accounts from the event so if anyone was there and has pics please feel free to share ...

Breaking: Tesla sues Fisker over electric car design 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You know how it goes, when there's smoke... Tesla Motors is reportedly suing Fisker Automotive for stealing inside design ideas. As rumors indicated earlier this week, Henrik Fisker apparently was hired by Tesla to style their upcoming Whitestar sedan. The styling was not to Tesla's liking, either ...

Tesla shifts battery pack assembly from Thailand to the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a report on how the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar against almost all other currencies is prompting car makers to take a new look at exporting vehicles built here. Almost as an aside deep within the article it was mentioned that Tesla has decided to ...

Tesla officially announces plans to start European sales of the Roadster 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

After recent speculation that Tesla Motors would be launching European sales earlier than planned, VP Darryl Siry confirmed the news today. Apparently the combination of the declining dollar and a change in European homologation rules has prompted the change. The Roadster is assembled in England at ...

Sandia National Labs puts lithium to the test 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The great hope for lithium batteries is their energy density. With six times the energy capacity of lead acid, and two to three times that of the Nickel Metal Hydride chemistry used in every hybrid and all-electric cars such as the Toyota RAV4 EV, they offer promise of longer range zero-emission ...

Martin Eberhard talks up EVs, clean energy on Maui 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in October 2006, while I was doing some research in Hawai'i, it hit me that the islands were the perfect place for a full-in electric car revolution. While the EV market hasn't produced the cars we'd like to see quite yet, it's still painfully obvious to me that powering a state full of ...

Car of the decade: Tesla Roadster or Porsche Cayenne? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-resolution gallery of the 2007 Toyota Prius Touring. The New York Times Wheel's Blog has posted an interesting question along with a lousy answer. The question is: what is the car of the decade? The writer goes on to suggest a few selections, namely the Tesla Roadster and the ...

Tesla's Ze'ev Drori says CARB should not become a "mockery" this Thursday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California Air Resources Board's important meeting that will decide on the fate of the Zero Emission Vehicle Program (aka the ZEV Mandate) takes place Thursday (background here and here). As one of the big players in the electric vehicle space, Tesla Motors certainly has an interest in how the vote ...

Tesla on battery recycling 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the enduring issues related to battery-powered cars is what becomes of those massive batteries when they reach end of life? As one of the first companies to utllize large-scale lithium ion batteries, Tesla is addressing this problem even before they start series production. In the latest ...

Tesla wants the "Big Three" to make its 3rd car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Tesla Roadster has arrived and the company's Whitestar follow-up project is under development, but Tesla's looking for a little help with its third car, and it's reportedly turned its eye toward Motown. On Wednesday, Tesla president Darryl Siry told Greentech Media at Piper Jaffray's Clean ...

Tesla to show final design, working prototype of Whitestar this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for photo gallery Ready for the Whitestar? CNET is, and recently interviewed Tesla's co-founder, Elon Musk, about the eagerly-anticipated next vehicle from Tesla Motors. Elon says some things we know - the electrically-powered sedan will cost between $50,000 and $60,000 and is estimated ...

Short video: five Tesla Roadsters driving by... 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks to a comment by one of our readers, we'd like to present you with a short video of green car nerdvana: five Tesla Roadsters slowly driving through a residential neighborhood. According to the person who uploaded this video clip to YouTube, the first car in this mini-parade of Tesla Roadsters ...

Tesla will make a gas-electric hybrid version of the WhiteStar 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Even though Tesla founder Martin Eberhard is no longer with the company, he and his ex-team have come to a similar realization: electric cars with range extenders (aka hybrids, really) are a good idea. Martin realized this with the Volt; Tesla's new CEO, Ze'ev Drori, has told C-NET that his ...

Tesla customer conference call 2: reaffirms WhiteStar, talks DriveTrain 1.5 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Roadster for a high-res gallery Tesla Motors had another customer conference call the other day where some of the management team took questions from those who have put up cash and are waiting patiently for their new electric cars. The first such call happened in December just after new ...

Don't believe everything you read out there, Tesla production date has not slipped again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's a wild world out there on the interwebs, wtih a multitude of sources of information. Unfortunately the quality of those sources tends to vary quite a bit so it's a good idea to double check stuff. Then of course there are the old fashioned typos. We've been known to err on occasion (or ...

Tesla folks paid close attention to Smart preorders 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Martin Eberhard founded his Tesla Founders blog, he didn't want to be the only one writing about what working on the Tesla Roadster was like. Freed from the daily tasks working on the Roadster, Martin has invited other "post-Tesla people and other interesting people to write guest blogs" on ...

ABG First Drive: Hitting the road in the Tesla Roadster! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the Tesla Roadster for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/AutoblogGreen_gets_the_first_drive_of_the_Tesla_Roadster'; Ever since Tesla Motors emerged from its Silicon Valley startup stealth mode in July 2006, the company has been getting a remarkable amount of media ...

Tesla Roadster crash test pics as it passes all federal safety standards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's pretty and it's ugly at the same time. The picture above is just one of a series of crash test pictures that Tesla's Malcolm Powell (vice president of vehicle integration) posted yesterday over on the Tesla Motors blog. Powell is excited because the Roadster has now made it through the final ...

New Tesla CEO Ze'ev Drori finally speaks 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The new CEO and President of Tesla Motors Ze'ev Drori has been pretty quiet since he came on board recently, at least publicly. He did participate with Elon Musk in the recent conference call with customers and he has undoubtedly made his presence felt inside the walls at San Carlos. Now, anyone ...

Elon Musk finally speaks publicly on what's going at Tesla, plans to stay independant, go public 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following the recent departure of co-founder Martin Eberhard from any active role at Tesla Motors there has been plenty of criticism of company Chairman Elon Musk in the comments here and elsewhere. For the two or three of you out not familiar with Elon Musk he made his fortune as one of the ...

Uh-oh: Wired picks Tesla Roadster for annual Vaporware awards 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Well, WIRED used to love the Tesla Roadster. And the magazine will love it once again sometime down the road. But today - exactly because they can't buy a Roadster and drive it down the road now - WIRED is a bit sour. The electric supercar has been named to Wired's annual vaporware list. In the ...

Tesla: Roadster production unit #1 completed; future models may use range extender 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Tesla_Roadsters_will_likely_be_patched_after_first_release'; On Wednesday December 12, Tesla Motors held a open town hall meeting for all of its customers. The meeting was hosted from San Carlos and made available via conference call to everyone who has put down ...

It's not all bad news at Tesla, LA store construction starts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a co-founder being shown the door and nagging issues with the transmission, these are trying days for the team at Tesla Motors. Rumors swirl from a notoriously unreliable source that the WhiteStar sedan has been killed, although Darryl Siry explained during our ride a few weeks ago that design ...

EVS23: Tesla Roadster sittin' under a SolarCity roof 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I know that there can really never be enough pictures of the Tesla Roadster around. While a glut of pictures are fine, repeating the same information over and over gets annoying. So, when I stopped by the Tesla Motors and SolarCity booth at EVS23 this week, I asked company representatives to talk ...

More on Martin Eberhard's departure from Tesla Motors 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The saga of Martin Eberhard's abrupt departure from Tesla Motors continues to unfold. A story on the Green Wombat blog at Fortune's site has more details on what happened during Eberhard's last few days with the company he helped get off the ground. It appears that a personality conflict between ...

Martin Eberhard comments on his departure from Tesla 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Martin Eberhard's departure from active involvement in the operation of Tesla Motors came via a brief statement from the company late Friday evening after the Wall Street Journal broke the embargo on the story. When Martin was removed as CEO in August to focus on the getting the Roadster into ...

Martin Eberhard takes a further step away from Tesla management 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tesla Motors has just announced that company co-founder Martin Eberhard has moved over to the company's advisory board. Last August Martin stepped down as CEO to take on the role of President of Technology and oversee getting the company's first product, the Tesla Roadster, into production. The car ...

Darryl Siry offers up some advice for alternative fuel investments 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tesla Marketing VP Darryl Siry has penned an article for VentureBeat on the topic of investing in alternative fuel car manufacturers. Investing in this field is no simple matter. As anyone watching Tesla over the past year can see, it's tough to launch a car company even if you've got a decent ...

Martin Eberhard says the complexity of engineering the Tesla Roadster keeps him up at night 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you're one of our readers who likes to point out the many high hurdles that Tesla Motors has yet to scale in their quest to bring the Tesla Roadster to market, you're not along. In fact, Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard is right there with you. Eberhard says that, when it comes to engineering ...

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