Posts Tagged ‘Tesla Roadster’

2012 Tesla Roadster updated for overseas markets only

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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Tesla Confirms Model S Price Tags – No, You Can’t Afford One

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.  [...]

Vanity Plates for the New Roadster

Here’s a great vanity plate on a Tesla Roadster that’s been circulating the ‘Net.  I received it by email no less than twice today and have seen it on at least half a dozen blogs now. In case you can’t quite see that…  The plates say “LOL OIL”

Ford’s Realism and the Anger of EV Geeks

In an exchange between Ford Motor Co’s CEO Alan Mullaly and Mahalo’s CEO Jason Calacanis at All Things Digital, Ford’s head man said the unthinkable: electric cars will take a while (quite a while) to become market dominant. This immediately created excited commentary amongst the EV geeks around the ‘Net.  When the story hit Auto [...]