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0Video: What $20 million means to both Tesla and Fisker 1369350840
When is $20 million not equal to $20 million? When, for some, it's an interest payment and, for others, it's all they're worth. Here's how that one number means two totally different things to two different green car companies. Speaking to Bloomberg Television about the early repayment of Tesla ...
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Official: Tesla pays back $465M DOE loan, Musk says 'I hope we did you proud' 1369258980
We're willing to bet there are bottles of champagne popping all the way from Washington, DC to Palo Alto, CA today with the announcement that Tesla Motors has, as suspected, paid off the entirety of its $465-million Department of Energy loan. "I hope we did you proud" - Elon Musk As far back ...
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Report: Tesla raises $1 billion as stock climbs; predictions have it at $200 (or $37) *UPDATE 1369140300
Despite the company's recent string of successes, there's still a lot of skepticism about Tesla out there. Some of the negativity focuses on the lack of recharging infrastructure, some on the company's expensive cars and how it'll be difficult to make a mass-market car. And when it comes to the ...
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Official: Audi says 'not so fast,' Tesla lovers, attacks Model S success story *UPDATE 1369086240
The automotive industry is full of rivalries, from Ferrari versus Lamborghini to Ford's recent war on the Toyota Prius. Audi must be feeling the electric heat of Tesla's recent success, because the German automaker has put out a press release with one single message: Hey, let's not love on Tesla ...
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Report: Tesla selling new stock, debt worth $830m in order to pay off DOE loan 1368727020
Anyone paying attention to the electric vehicle scene for the last few weeks knows that the stock value of Tesla Motors has been climbing faster than a SpaceX rocket. As of this writing, TSLA is sitting pretty at $92 a share. Three weeks ago, it was at a then-record-high of $53. In light of all ...
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Rumormill: Tesla Model S battery swap announcement coming soon? 1368563220
Sure, your first response to the idea of Tesla introducing a battery swap system might be, "what, this again?" After all, we heard in 2009 that the Model S was built with battery swaps in mind and, in 2011, Tesla CEO Elon Musk explained the Model S battery swap idea this way: "When people take an ...
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Tesla stock breaks $83; CEO Elon Musk steps way from Facebook founder's immigration group 1368462120
As A. Whitney Brown once said, "There's really no use in beating a dead horse. I mean, except for the pure joy of it." Well, if Tesla's recent string of successes is said horse, then we hope you enjoy the rest of this post. Let's start with politics, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's step back from ...
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Official: Tesla posts first quarterly profit; Model S becomes best-selling plug-in car in US (probably) 1368054840
Julie Christie, the rumors are true. After plenty of hint-dropping over the past few months, Tesla officially released 2013 first quarter (Q1) financial details today, and it was the first quarter in which the ten-year-old company was actually profitable. CEO Elon Musk, speaking on a conference ...
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Tesla Model S Coupe rendered, looks like a winner [w/poll] 1368026880
Our friend Theophilus Chin has a thing for creating Tesla vehicles that we can't have. Earlier this year, he made a digital Model ST wagon appear and he's now back with a sleek Tesla Model S Coupe. The rendered results, which you can see in the gallery, are an elegant, smaller take on the nearly ...
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Report: Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes autonomous driving cars, but prefers term 'autopilot' 1367950620
Looks like Tesla might be hiding more in its software than blind spot detection and adaptive cruise control. According to Bloomberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is "discussing" autonomous cars with Google, specifically the Lidar laser tracking system. Oh, and if you're going to have a self-driving future ...

