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Tesla Troubles Continue: Eberhard Sues Musk

June 11, 2009

The seemingly endless drama surrounding Tesla Motors ccontinues today with some fresh breaking news. Co-founder, Martin Eberhard, who was kicked out of the company back in November 2007, by now CEO Elon Musk, is sueing Musk and Tesla Motors for slander, libel, and breach of contract.
Tesla spokesperson. Rachel Konrad had the following to say “This [...]

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Tesla Milestone: 500th Roadster Delivered

June 3, 2009

Not really sure why Tesla is publicly celebrating their 500th delivered roadster, considering that less than a week ago, they recalled 345 of them. Nonetheless, yes, Tesla has delivered their 500th roadster to a New Jersey recipient. Good work Tesla, hopefully the next time we hear from you, it’ll have something to do with the [...]

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The Troubled Tesla Saga Continues: Recalls Ensue

May 29, 2009

Just after Tesla received some great news last week, some almost equally as bad news just came in. Tesla is recalling 345 of its Roadsters made between March 2008 and April 2009.
Here’s what the Office of Defects had to say: “Bolts on some of these vehicles may be under-torqued and may become loose. A loose [...]

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Tesla Teams Up With Daimler, They Take 10%

May 20, 2009

Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, announced in Stuttgart, Germany this morning that the bay area based, EV startup has sold 10% of the company to Daimler AG for a “double-digit million-dollar sum.”
The partnership revolves around Tesla providing battery packs for Mercedes-Benz’s Smart EV’s, slated to hit the market in 2012.
As a result, Daimler will now have [...]

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Project Better Place Displays Battery Swap Station

May 14, 2009

Project Better Place just unveiled this 2-minute long video displaying their battery swap station technology.
Looks awesome to me…..one slight problem: the battery swapping gadget costs right around $500k per station.
Although many people are nay-saying the viability of Better Place’s subscription based business model, the efficiency shown in this video does put a little more credibility [...]

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