by Don Bain, TorqueNews The iconic Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric production automobile on the market when it came out in 2008, will be updated with significant improvements offered only in Europe, Asia and Australia – presumably in right-side steering models – while the limited supply lasts. Read the rest at this link.
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2012 Tesla Roadster updated for overseas markets only
January 12th, 2012 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in EV Meme 
Tags: Asia, Australia, electric car, Elon Musk, Models, Roadster, Tesla Motors, Tesla Roadster 
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Tesla Confirms Model S Price Tags – No, You Can’t Afford One
December 27th, 2011 Aaron Turpen Remember how Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Musk said that the company was looking forward from the uber-expensive, electrified Lotus that is the Roadster towards a future with a more affordable, family-style sedan? This was to answer critics of the company’s low volume and high price tag on said Roadster as to the company’s true future. [...]
Posted in Electrics, Featured Tags: electric car, Elon Musk, lotus, Model S, Roadster, Tesla Motors, Tesla Roadster 2 Comments »Bureaucrats Gone Wild: Tesla Fined for Clean Air Act Non-Compliance
August 30th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Add this one to the “Bureaucrats Gone Wild” file. Apparently Tesla Motors, which makes an all-electric (meaning it has a battery and motors, no engine at all and thus no fuel burning) car, is in violation of California’s Clean Air Act because they never submitted their emissions-free car to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) [...]
Posted in Bureaucrats Gone Wild, Electrics Tags: Battery electric vehicle, bureaucrats gone wild, California Air Resources Board, Clean Air Act, Electric vehicle, Tesla Motors Comments OffToyota Buys 2 Teslas for $25M
July 12th, 2010 Aaron Turpen When Tesla Motors went public earlier this month, Toyota purchased $50 million in new stocks from the company. That was part of a deal agreed to before the IPO. Tesla then turned around and gave $42 million back to Toyota to buy the NUMMI plant in which the electric car company plans to build it’s [...]
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