Filed under: Crossover , Tesla , Electric Back in October, AutoblogGreen reported that the all-electric crossover from Tesla , the Model X , would be revealed ahead of the 2012 Detroit Auto Show ? Well, scratch that. That information was, apparently, inaccurate. Dubitable
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Report: Tesla Model X will be very quick, very roomy and revealed Feb 9
Tesla Motors has released the final pricing and specifications for their all-new Model S sedan that will hit the streets in 2012.
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Tesla Model S final pricing & specs confirmed
Filed under: Tesla Back around 2006, GM’s Bob Lutz was spurred to action by Tesla Motors . Unable to get The General to move forward on a plug-in car, he pointed to the California start-up as a reason to get the Chevy Volt project going. This is all made pretty clear in the Revenge of the Electric Car movie, which is opening in theaters nationwide this fall. In a new interview with the San Francisco Chronicle , Lutz describes how Toyota also played a big role in getting the Volt on the road: he didn’t want GM to fall behind in the public eye.
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Report: Bob Lutz: "I honestly think Tesla’s going to make it."
Can a million dollars hold Elon Musks’ feet to the fire? That’s the value of a bet that Wall Street Journal auto journalist and all-around interesting guy Dan Neil and the Tesla Motors CEO reportedly have going over the release of the upcoming Model S . According to Green Car Reports , the bet hinges on Neil’s 2009 comment that the Model S is “ambitious” and that Musk’s promised delivery date of late 2012 was, “an audacious timeline that makes many in the car industry roll their eyes.” Musk, also a bit of a boisterous one, apparently emailed Neil in 2009 to say: You wanna bet?
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Report: Elon Musk bets Dan Neil $1 million he can get Tesla Model S out on time
California start-up carmaker Tesla Motors says its upcoming electric premium sedan will have a range of up to 300 miles (483 km).
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2012 Tesla Model S spied hot-weather testing
Filed under: Car Buying , Crossover , Electric For the sake of argument, let’s posit that a Mitsubishi i is too odd looking for your tastes, a Nissan Leaf is still a bit too compact, and that your idea of a perfect battery-powered vehicle is something crossover-shaped. Well, you’re in luck because the Toyota – Tesla Motors partnership is set to release its RAV4 EV in early 2012, right? Well, yes, and, in some critical ways, no. Why?
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Report: Toyota RAV4 EV Scion iQ EV won’t be sold to the general public [UPDATE]