Tesla Model S Tuned by Unplugged Performance Looks Rakish
23 Jul 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the world of zero emissions automobiles, there aren't a lot of companies there to offer owners the ability to customize their tree hugging rides. But with an upmarket electric vehicle such a...
Tesla Fremont Plant Idled for Model X Retooling
22 Jul 2014, 20:31 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / As Tesla looks to increase output of the Model S and introduce its third model ever, the Model X SUV, the automaker has idled its Fremont, CA assembly plant to allow for a $100 million upgrade, acco...
Watch a Tesla Model S Lap the Nürburgring
22 Jul 2014, 05:44 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / The Green Hell just got a little greener as a Tesla Model S gave the legendary Nürburgring a go earlier this month. Rather than being a Tesla-sanctioned stunt as we might imagine, this was setu...
Drag Race: Tesla Model S Is Faster than a G 63 AMG
21 Jul 2014, 19:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Street racing is a messy business. You always run the risk of getting arrested, running over an innocent bystander or damaging/totaling your awesome vehicle. And yet many people still do it because ...
Tesla's CEO Says 500-Mile Range Car Is Possible
21 Jul 2014, 15:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Elon Musk has revealed last week that the upcoming BMW 3 Series-rivaling sedan will be called the Tesla Model III. Expected to be about 20 percent smaller than the Model S and to hold a $35,000 sti...
Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid to Use Less Fuel Than a Toyota Prius
19 Jul 2014, 21:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Have you ever imagined that one day a Mercedes-Benz would come boasting a better fuel economy figure than the best-selling eco-friendly vehicle out there? Neither did we, but it seems like the upcom...
Tesla Model S Hacked by Qihoo 360 at Security Conference
18 Jul 2014, 13:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A team of Chinese hackers managed to break into the electronic brain of the Tesla Model S and control various core functions of the electric vehicle. This first documented successful hack of the EV ...
Tesla Model S Accident: Son Crashes Father’s Car
16 Jul 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This month hasn’t been the best for the Tesla Model S, with drivers all across the world acting in the worst ways, from running from the police to confusing the two pedals, causing one Model S...
Tesla Model III Confirmed, Coming in 2016
16 Jul 2014, 07:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In a recent post on the automaker's official Twitter account, Tesla Motors reveals that it has been "confirmed: our Gen III car," which is due to be launched after the Model X crossov...
Tesla Owner Talking You Through Model S Battery Degradation
15 Jul 2014, 09:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If conventional car owners fear their engines won’t make the same amount of horsepower after some 100 thousand kilometers, electric vehicle owners are concerned about their car’s battery...
First Tesla Model S Crash in China is Painful to Watch
14 Jul 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The past 30 days or so have been laden with crummy incidents related to the Tesla Model S - at the end of June, a Chinese customer smashed the windscreen of its showroom fresh Model S, a different c...
Tesla Model S Crashed Before Leaving Fremont Store & Delivery Center
14 Jul 2014, 08:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Time and again, everybody scrapes his or her vehicle's alloy wheels because of distraction and negligence, but we rarely heard of somebody to crash a brand new car without even leaving the deal...
Oatmeal Receives $1 Million From Elon Musk for the Nikola Tesla Museum
13 Jul 2014, 16:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As some of you may remember, The Oatmeal published his wacky impressions of what it's like to own a Tesla Model S back in May. Matthew Inman isn't just an enthusiastic owner of the electri...
Tesla Delivered Over 1 GWh of Zap In June
13 Jul 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Tesla Motors was founded some 11 years ago, the Palo Alto-based startup is celebrating a big milestone after years of relentless research and marketing work in the still undeveloped worl...
Stolen Tesla Model S Driver Allegedly Dies After High-Speed Crash
11 Jul 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you were sitting at home watching TV on the 4th of July, then you might have heard that a stolen Tesla Model S kicked off a high-speed police pursuit that ultimately ended with a fiery crash that...
Tesla Model S Asking To Be Hacked for $10000
10 Jul 2014, 10:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might think that having a huge touchscreen system that controls everything inside a Tesla Model S, the car can be an easy target for hacking. Well, there were some successful attempts in the pas...
Tesla Will Open New Stores in China
7 Jul 2014, 08:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you want to buy a Tesla Model S in China, good luck with that. At the present moment, availability is limited to Beijing and Shanghai customers, the waiting list is demotivational and the Chinese...
Electric Mazda MX-5 Humiliates Tesla Model S in Drag Race
7 Jul 2014, 07:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Taking a sportscar and turning it into an electric vehicle sounds like the perfect way to take all the joy out of life. And yet there are some cases in which the exact opposite is true. Take this...
Police Chase Ends With Tesla Model S Split in Two
6 Jul 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While most of us celebrated the 4th of July by eating barbecue with our family, watching the fireworks show in Washington DC and celebrating everything that's great about the United States of A...
Tesla Aims to Become Leading Employer of US Veterans
4 Jul 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Palo Alto-based manufacturer is on a bit of a roll these days. After Tesla patents went open source and the Model X pure-electric drive crossover has been confirmed to be ready in early 2015, th...