For new startups in the marketplace, there often is a pivotal point that makes or breaks the company. For Tesla, which has been around since 2003, that point is fast approaching. A flurry of media coverage has surrounded the latest version of the Model S, called the Beta. Tesla has followed an unprecedented launch strategy [...]
Here’s a selection of some of the greenest of all green concept cars from hybrids and all-electric through to cars that are completely biodegradable. Ford Start Concept Designed by Ford’s California-based design offices this Ka-sized city car is powered by a 1.0-litre 1.0 litre turbocharged and direct-injected engine. The ‘EcoBoost’ engine offers the same performance [...]
We’ve been following Tesla’s story pretty much since it began in 2003. Many have predicted its demise, as history is littered with examples of failures in the automotive business. Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Elon Musk is determined to make sure his company isn’t one of them. Tesla is a modern day effort at upending [...]
Tesla has been busy showing off the Model S Beta to assembled journalists and press. At the event the company revealed that a Model S Sport is in the works that will achieve 0-60 times of under 4.5 seconds. The Model S is Tesla’s second model, after the Lotus-based Roadster, currently in iteration 2.5. While [...]
While some have said Tesla would never get to this point, work is moving forward full-speed ahead on the company’s next product, the Model S. On Saturday Tesla gave journalists and prospective Model S buyers a preview of the latest iteration of the car, Model S Beta. The company is using software terminology for the [...]
The plot thickens, as they used to say in the film noir days. There have been rumors and innuendos and the fluttering of little birds about Toyota (worlds biggest car company until Japan got drilled by an earthquake and then a tsunami and then a quadruple reactor melt-down) wanting to do something (be more than [...]
‘Range Anxiety’ is what electric vehicle makers call it. It’s what some prospective EV customers suffer from when considering buying something like Nissan’s Leaf EV or Tesla’s Roadster (although probably not so much for Tesla buyers, who can afford to drop into the six-figures on an electric car). How to overcome ‘Range Anxiety’ is largely [...]
After an extension in production for the Tesla Roadster, the company is moving forward full speed ahead on its Model S sedan project. The Model S is Tesla’s first foray into a more mainstream, volume production model. The price point is also significantly reduced, coming in at around $56,000. To achieve its goals, Tesla received [...]