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AutoblogGreen pays a visit to the new Tesla Motors store
2008-05-12 03:53:00 Tell me you wouldn't have tried the same thing? I found myself in Los Angeles for a quick visit late last week and realized I wasn't too far from the brand new Tesla Motors store. Having read about the opening night gala event and curious about the chic new sales space, I wanted to go check it out. Trouble was, I wasn't close enough to walk, didn't have a car, and have heard too many bad things about LA's public transportation system to see if it was a feasible option for me. Luckily, I met up with Shannon Arvizu (TriplePundit) and she offered to drive the two of us down to the store to take a look at what they've got on display. Didn't take me long to say, "yes." I mean, even if there are have been problems with the development of the car and we're hearing rumblings about ego conflicts among some of the well-knowns who are involved, someone still needs to go and bring back a collection of photos for faithful readers, right? Right. We headed down to Santa Monica Boulevard an...
VIDEO: Tesla Motors store-opening party
2008-05-03 23:08:00 Tesla Motors opened its first retail store the other day and held a party to celebrate the event. Of course we all couldn't attend but thanks to 21st century technology, videos were taken on cell phones and streamed live across the internets for all to see via Qik. In fact, they are still on the internets and we have some after the break. Jason Calacanis of Weblogs fame shot the first featured moving pictures while Jeff Macpherson from Tiki Bar TV shot some clips as well. So go ahead and have some hors d'oeuvres and a cocktail whilst you mingle with the rich and famous and check out some Tesla roadsters. Hear music legend Quincy Jones play the Tesla horn. Watch Elon Musk talk to the camera of Chris Paine about grilled cheese sandwiches. Why are you still here? Go watch!Gallery: Tesla Motors Santa Monica store opening[Source: Qik via TEG at Tesla Motors Club Forum]
The first car went to Tesla Motors factory store in Los Angeles
2008-05-03 07:23:00 Tesla Motors has found enough time in between suing and getting sued by its suppliers to open its first dealership in Los Angeles, CA today. Located on the corner of Santa Monica and Sepulveda boulevards, the $2 million dealership sprawls 10,000 square feet and features poured concrete floors, an exposed ceiling of ductwork and beams, ...
Magna files lawsuit against Tesla Motors
2008-04-17 06:44:00 Magna files lawsuit against Tesla Motors Just yesterday we reported that Tesla Motors has filed a lawsuit against Fisker Coachbuild, but now comes word that Tesla could be in some legal trouble of its own. Magna — a transmission maker — has filed a suit against Tesla for money it says the electric carmaker still owes it. During the development of the electric Roadster, Tesla ran into some development problems with the car's transmission. The car was originally slated to get a two-speed unit supplied by X-Trac, but that unit had durability issues so Tesla turned to Magna. Tesla subsequently decided not to use the Magna unit and developed its own before eventually deciding on a single speed unit (ultimately the car's electric motor had to be altered). According to AutoblogGreen, Magna isn't upset that Tesla decided not to go with its design, but rather that Tesla never paid them fully for its work — $5.6 million in all.
Tesla Motors files lawsuit against Fisker Coachbuild
2008-04-15 22:01:00 Tesla Motors files lawsuit against Fisker Coachbuild It was revealed on Tuesday that Tesla Motors has filed suit against rival electric carmaker Fisker Coachbuild and two of its employees — including Fisker head Henrik Fisker. The lawsuit claims that Fisker stole design and trade secrets from Tesla. According to the New York Times, Tesla hired Henrik Fisker and Fisker Coachbuild's COO, Bernhard Koehler, to help design the company's upcoming WhiteStar electric sedan — a contract worth $875,000. But, according to Tesla, Fisker and Koehler designed an inferior product and stole many of Tesla's technical details. Since working with Tesla, Fisker has taken the wraps off its own range-extending hybrid vehicle dubbed the Karma. Tesla says that Fisker not only stole the car's hybrid technology from them, but also gave them a poor design so that the WhiteStar sedan wouldn't be able to compete with the Karma. Tesla has since started from scratch with a...
Tesla Motors to sue Fisker
2008-04-15 16:34:00 Yesterday, at the San Mateo Superior Court in California, Tesla Motors filed suit against Fisker Automotive. Henrik Fisker, the creator of the Fisker Karma, was hired last year by Tesla to design its upcoming electric sedan, called WhiteStar. According to Tesla, the reason Fisker accepted this job was “to gain access to confidential design information ...
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Tesla Motors to sue Fisker
2008-04-15 16:34:00 Yesterday, at the San Mateo Superior Court in California, Tesla Motors filed suit against Fisker Automotive. Henrik Fisker, the creator of the Fisker Karma, was hired last year by Tesla to design its upcoming electric sedan, called WhiteStar. According to Tesla, the reason Fisker accepted this job was “to gain access to confidential design information ...
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Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk on GM, Toyota, and the Whitestar
2008-02-16 12:00:00 Elon Musk, founder of Paypal, is also chairman of Tesla Motors, the silicon valley start-up that has recently rolled it’s first production electric car, the Roadster, off the production line. Musk himself owns that one. He was interview by Michael Kanellos of CNET and they covered a range of issues. When asked about whether he felt the ...
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2008-01-29 05:06:00 Kansas.com
The End Of Tesla Motors??
2008-01-15 04:27:00 Tesla Motors. Everyone has been writing and posting nothing but glowing, positive articles about the present, and future, of this maverick automotive company. So naturally I’m a little shocked to relay this information:
Bob Lutz Says Tesla Motors Spurred GM to Build the Volt
2007-12-24 13:43:00 The next issue of Newsweek features a short article about GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz and the Chevy Volt, describing Lutz as “The Man Who Revived the Electric Car”. We learn that Lutz was initially shunned by GM brass when he first proposed the electric car in 2003. At the time they were too focused on ...
Tesla Motors
2007-12-09 19:31:00 Tesla Motors Announces New CEO Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk recently announced that Ze’ev Drori was to become CEO of Tesla Motors, effective December 3rd. Tesla’s board had been searching for a new CEO for several months. In the announcement Mr. Musk stated that Mr. Drori was someone that understood the automotive sector, and also had a proven entrepreneurial and high-tech track record. read more in hotstocked.com
More on Martin Eberhard?s departure from Tesla Motors
2007-12-05 07:16:00 The saga of Martin Eberhard's abrupt departure from Tesla Motors continues to unfold. A story on the Green Wombat blog at Fortune's site has more details on what happened during Eberhard's last few days with the company he helped get off the ground. It appears that a personality conflict between Eberhard and Chairman Elon Musk was at least partly behind the firing. It also looks like at least a majority if not all of the members of the Board of Directors had lost confidence in Eberhard's ability to get development of the Roadster back on track. Given the continuing issues that Tesla has had with transmission suppliers, things did not bode well for the chances of getting the WhiteStar sedan done on time and on budget.[Source: Green Wombat, thanks to Peter for the tip]
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard pt.1
2007-03-12 11:32:00 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Q & A, Tesla Motors, AutoblogGreen Exclusive AutoblogGreen interviewed Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard for AutoblogGreen Podcast #1. We covered what’s happening with testing of the Roadster, development and manufacturing of the WhiteStar sedan and more. This is a transcript of that interview.ABG: This is Sam Abuelsamid from AutoblogGreen and I’m talking today ...
Tesla Motors bodyman explains carbon fiber
2007-02-16 17:26:01 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Tesla Motors Barrie Dickinson is director of body engineering at Tesla Motors. In his latest blog posted yesterday, Dickinson explains the process of manufacturing the roadster’s carbon fiber body. Tesla chose carbon fiber for its strength and light mass. However, the material is expensive to produce. I had hoped Dickinson would have ...
Tesla Motors' looking to license Roadster's batter
2006-12-02 16:09:08 From Engadget: Filed under: TransportationAfter the glamorous unveiling of Tesla Motors' ultra-speedy, purely electric vehicle,... |
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