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Detroit Auto Show: Tesla meets the Chevy Volt

Look who I found eyeballing a cutaway of the Chevy Volt? Martin Eberhard (second from left) of Tesla Motors and Chris Paine (center) of "Who Killed the Electric Car" traded notes on the unique powertrain arrangement as the Detroit Auto Show press days started winding down. That's Chelsea Sexton there on the right. Pulling Eberhard aside, I asked him if Tesla engineers considered a self-generating concept. The answer was a quick "no." The long explanation was that the company could avoid crash testing for fuel-tank safety and EPA emissions ... Read more →

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