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Tesla Motors co-founder Marc Tarpenning explains why Roadster wasn't a hydrogen car

One of the Tesla Motors co-founders, Martin Eberhard, has been in the news a lot this summer thanks to a lawsuit with current CEO Elon Musk. The other co-founder, Marc Tarpenning, hasn't said all that much about the time before we all knew instantly what Tesla Motors is. Until today. Speaking this morning at IBM's Almaden Institute 2009 in San Jose, California, Tarpenning discussed how Tesla came to be and gave us a few details about those early days. Of interest, thanks to Earth2Tech: While the Tesla Roadster is the electric-car ... Read more →

Ex-Tesla CMO weighs in on founder controversy: They're both wrong! Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Elon fires back at Eberhard in Tesla lawsuit's latest twist Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Martin Eberhard building mobile charging units for Tesla Roadster Xavier Navarro

Could we be watching the birth of the Tesla equivalent of Mopar? Inside Line thinks so, what with the news that one of the founders of Tesla Motors, Martin Eberhard, is one of many who are interested ...

Tesla Motors co-founder Marc Tarpenning explains why Roadster wasn't a hydrogen car 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the Tesla Motors co-founders, Martin Eberhard, has been in the news a lot this summer thanks to a lawsuit with current CEO Elon Musk. The other co-founder, Marc Tarpenning, hasn't said all that much about the time before we all knew instantly what Tesla Motors is. Until today. Speaking ...

Ex-Tesla CMO weighs in on founder controversy: They're both wrong! 5 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 ...

Elon fires back at Eberhard in Tesla lawsuit's latest twist 5 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 ...

Martin Eberhard building mobile charging units for Tesla Roadster 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Could we be watching the birth of the Tesla equivalent of Mopar? Inside Line thinks so, what with the news that one of the founders of Tesla Motors, Martin Eberhard, is one of many who are interested in creating aftermarket products for the iconic roadster. Specifically, Eberhard is working in ...


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