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Jun 9, 2013
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Is Tesla Motors being Napsterized by the Automobile Dealers Associations?

Is the fate of Napster connected to the eventual fate of Tesla Motors?  Even though Tesla Motors is flying pretty high, there is legal action underway that could derail the whole Tesla Motors story, and doom their project to bring a new kind of automobile to the public.  Napster, of course, was a high-flying music …
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May 11, 2013
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Green Car Congress: Tesla Motors posts first quarterly profit

Tesla reached profitability in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time in its ten year history. According to the shareholder letter, the company exceeded its targets for deliveries; significantly expanded gross margin; and improved execution throughout the company. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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May 9, 2013
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Mission Motors re-entering electric motorcycle field, how will they stack up?

Mission Motors appears to be coming back into the business of building high performance electric motorcycles.  They of course started out in that business, but backed away from it when the company nearly died a few years ago.  There was a change of CEO at the time, and a change of strategy.  The new strategy …
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May 9, 2013
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Mission Motors teases highest performance electric vehicle ever

Coming June 3, Mission Motors promises to unveil the most advanced production motorcycle, that will also be the highest performance electric vehicle in existence. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Apr 25, 2013
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Was the Tesla Motors claim of profitibility for Q1 2013 an April Fools Joke?

Is Tesla’s announcement of profitability for Q1 2013 an elaborate April Fools Joke?  Their release did not come out on April 1, but March 31, but a poster on Seeking Alpha makes an interesting case for this.  Tesla Motors announced that day that the companies streak of posting massive losses quarter after quarter was due …
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Apr 20, 2013
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GM starts production of Spark EV electric motors in Baltimore » Adam’s Auto Advice Adam’s Auto Advice

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