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Tesla Repays DOE Loan Nine Years Early
Tesla Repays DOE Loan Nine Years Early

23 May 2013, 09:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Electric vehicle automaker Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2010. By wiring the final $451.8 million yesterday, Tesla has repa...

 
Tesla Pondering High-Performance Electric Truck
Tesla Pondering High-Performance Electric Truck

11 Apr 2013, 09:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said the company is looking to build a new facility in Texas and could develop an electric pickup truck in the future. “When we do establish a manufacturing plant...

 
Elon Musk Tweets About "Exciting Announcement", Tesla Shares Rise
Elon Musk Tweets About "Exciting Announcement", Tesla Shares Rise

26 Mar 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Elon Musk is preparing a "really exciting announcement" about his company next week, the Tesla Motors CEO has revealed on Twitter. "Really exciting Tesla Motors announcement coming...

 
New York Times Fake Test Cost Tesla $100 Million, Says Elon Musk
New York Times Fake Test Cost Tesla $100 Million, Says Elon Musk

26 Feb 2013, 13:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / When the New York Times admitted the editor's lack of "good judgement" in the Model S review last week, we thought the two would finally bury the hatchet. Well, we couldn't be mo...

 
New York Times Admits Lack of "Good Judgement" in Tesla Model S Review
New York Times Admits Lack of "Good Judgement" in Tesla Model S Review

20 Feb 2013, 12:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / After seeing Tesla Motors' driving logs of their Model S review car, the New York Times has finally admitted somewhat of a defeat in their latest press release. In an official response writt...

 
Tesla Claims New York Times Faked a Model S Road Test
Tesla Claims New York Times Faked a Model S Road Test

12 Feb 2013, 16:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Tesla Motors Inc. boss Elon Musk has accused a New York Times reporter of faking a Model S road test and claiming the electric automaker is misreporting the vehicle's estimated driving range. ...

 
Elon Musk Donates Some Solar Power
Elon Musk Donates Some Solar Power

15 Dec 2010, 14:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week, Elon Musk, perhaps one of the most active young entrepreneurs this year, announced he would end 2010 by doing a bit of charity work. The Tesla CEO will be donating a solar generating sta...

 
Tesla Roadster Ends World Tour, Arrives in Paris
Tesla Roadster Ends World Tour, Arrives in Paris

29 Sep 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the conclusion of an eight-month historic world tour, the Tesla Roadster will arrive in Paris tonight, and company CEO Elon Musk will be there to welcome it. “This trip was about showing pe...

 
Elon Musk Goes Public
Elon Musk Goes Public

9 Jul 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an unexpected move, Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, stepped under the spotlight this week and sent a very lengthy letter to several American print and online publications. In the letter, Musk tackle...

 
Elon Musk Is Broke
Elon Musk Is Broke

22 Jun 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Elon Musk, the young entrepreneur which gave birth to PayPal and currently drives Tesla Motors, says he is broke. At times compared with the fictional character Tony Stark, the man inside the Iron M...

 
Tesla to Announce the Location of Its West Coast Plant
Tesla to Announce the Location of Its West Coast Plant

29 Apr 2010, 13:47 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Tesla Motors will announce in the next several weeks the exact location of the plant to produce its electric vehicles, CEO Elon Musk told Automotive News yesterday. Tesla's first mass productio...

 
Tesla Motors Hires Jon Sobel
Tesla Motors Hires Jon Sobel

3 Sep 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American electric car manufacturer Tesla is making major changes in its corporate structure these days. After yesterday the company announced the addition of John Walker and Ricardo Reyes, today Tes...

 
Court: Martin Eberhard Not One of Two Tesla Motors Founders
Court: Martin Eberhard Not One of Two Tesla Motors Founders

30 Jul 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The battle between Elon Musk and Tesla Motors on one side and Martin Eberhard on the other continued today with a ruling by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge. Eberhard's request to be nam...

 
Tesla Plans on Expanding in Right-Hand Markets
Tesla Plans on Expanding in Right-Hand Markets

8 Jul 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / American all-electric sports car manufacturer Tesla Motors announced today, through the voice of its CEO, Elon Musk, the arrival of the right-hand-drive version of the Roadster, sometimes in the fir...