Tesla News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced a way for the Tesla Model S to be recharged faster than a gas car can be refueled in a Twitter post last week. The company has been working on a battery-swapping feature to help relieve the range anxiety that many owners feel about ...    Read more

Tesla Motors, Inc. has announced its plan to pay back the Department of Energy by offering almost 3 million shares of common stock, as well as $450 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes. The automaker has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional ...    Read more

Tesla's all-electric Model S luxury sports sedan has earned the highest score in Consumer Reports' ratings, with 99 out of a possible 100. This EV, built in Palo Alto, Calif., performed better or just as well as any vehicle ever tested by Consumer Reports. The last vehicle to achieve such ...    Read more

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, said the company is considering driverless technology and discussing prospects for the systems with Google. Musk believes that these technologies that can take over for drivers is the next step in the evolution ...    Read more

Tesla Motors really does seem hellbent on getting rid of the stigmas associated with electric cars: limited range, battery deterioration, high costs of ownership, and everything that comes with ...    Read more

Tesla Motors is continuing its fight to set up independent stores to sell its novel electric cars, and dealers are fighting back. Now its CEO, Elon Musk, says he's willing to take his case to Washington to smite the traditional dealership sales model in one fell swoop. "If we're seeing nonstop battles ...    Read more

Sales and performance of the lithium ion batteries has fallen short of projected forecasts, and better technology is required to make them safer, battery experts told U.S. regulators today. The technology failure put pressure on the battery makers, explaining the slow development of electric cars and the other problems the ...    Read more

Tesla Motors is a company on the move these days. After testifying in front of Texas' Assembly this week to lift the state's laws on company-owned franchises, CEO Elon Musk said there's a distinct possibility that the electric car maker could open its next plant in the Lonestar State. "When we ...    Read more

You would have loved to be in our office this week, especially with some big announcements from two environmental-centric automakers. Fisker looks like it's circling the drain while rival Tesla is getting ready to expand. On top of that, the suddenly relevant Shanghai Motor Show is just around the corner, ...    Read more

Praise for the 2013 Tesla Model S has been nearly universal, with the biggest sticking point being that the car is just too expensive for the average consumer. Compounding the problem, Tesla Motors announced this week that it will no longer build the base $52,400 version with its 40 kWh ...    Read more

Over the weekend Tesla announced that Model S sales have exceeded their targeted number of 4,500 units, making their first quarter sales fully profitable. Also announced, Tesla will not produce its 40 kWh battery, as demand for the small battery is only at four percent of production totals. Elon Musk, co-founder ...    Read more

I don't get the appeal of the Citroen DS. There, I said it. I've just committed an act of automotive journalist heresy. And look, here come the Hipster Hoon Police. They're going to lock me up and bar me from ever again writing words about cars. Seriously. If you listen to ...    Read more

If you're thinking that you'd love to have a Tesla Model S, but it's just too expensive, we have some good news. Elon Musk, one of the cofounders of Tesla Motors and the CEO of the company, said over Twitter that a smaller car is on the way in about ...    Read more

Quick history lesson: Electric cars were the next big thing before gas-powered vehicles hit the scene in the early 1900s. Among the better-known brands was Detroit Electric, which produced most of its cars between 1909 and 1929. If you're still reading, here's some good news: Detroit Electric is on its way ...    Read more

Complementing the 2013 Tesla Model S is an upcoming all-electric crossover called the Model X. Unfortunately, those of us who've been eager to get behind the wheel of one will have to wait yet another year, as Tesla has announced that it is delaying the Model X until late 2014. In ...    Read more

Ever wonder what would happen if you needed the Jaws of Life to pry you out of your electric vehicle? Would rescue workers be worried about electrocution or some other slip-up caused by the massive instrument? It's a real concern, and to help educate rescue workers, Tesla made the video ...    Read more

Electric vehicle maker Tesla expects to be profitable in the first quarter of 2013, despite the widening of its losses in the fourth quarter of 2012. To do this, the company says it's working to reduce manufacturing costs, and a backlog of Model S orders. With fourth quarter revenue of $306.3 ...    Read more

We wrapped up our coverage of the 2013 Chicago Auto Show on a high note, proclaiming that our Studs and Duds list of new vehicle introductions was rather sparse. Then again, only seven all-new models graced the show--and that was even stretching the "all new" definition--so that made for some ...    Read more

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently took the New York Times to task for an unflattering article about the Tesla Model S. Speaking to CNBC, Musk said, "Essentially, we think the article is a bit of a set up and is unreasonable." In the New York Times article, John Broder said ...    Read more

We've all seen those pop-ups telling us some program we use needs an update, and we click okay and are quickly and effortlessly using the latest version. Apparently, cars have started to do that too. At the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, ...    Read more

We're on the showroom floor of the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and will be covering all angles of the show. From vehicle unveils like the highly-anticipated 2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette to our Reporter's Notebook, we'll be providing unsurpassed coverage of everything we ...    Read more

Hybrid and electric vehicles have many positives, primarily fuel economy. An electric motor generates all the necessary power to get up and go, without the assistance of a noisy gasoline engine. But that lack of noise is one of the drawbacks: the absence of engine noise means pedestrians have a ...    Read more

Tesla Motors has quickly earned its fair share of enemies since making headway with a slew of awards and a controversial dealership model. While the automaker ...    Read more

The first of many expected Tesla Motors's supercharging stations to come have officially opened on the East Coast. The highly trafficked I-95 corridor from Boston, Mass., to the nation's capitol— Washington, D.C., is now equipped with the range-extending stations in Milford, Conn., and Wilmington, Del. The two ...    Read more

It took Tesla long enough. The start-up automaker has filled its first reservation orders with its 85-kilowatt-hour Model S for two reasons: 1) Its performance is far more impressive than its smaller-battery stablemates and 2) with the money coming from the more expensive models, Tesla has a bigger buffer before ...    Read more