So, looks like Tesla is down 31 percent from a year ago. They are losing nearly eight times compared to last year. In Q3 Tesla lost $34.9 million, which if you calculate is up 7.6 times from the year before ($4.6 million).
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Model S assembly line opens– YESSS!
On October - 29 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
The Giants are kicking some Texas butt and Tesla is starting its Model S assembly line. Magic is happening in California. Keep Reading…
Tesla Showroom opens in Tokyo Japan
On October - 26 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Tesla Motors, opened its first Asian showroom in Tokyo. The area of choice can be said to be an “upper class neighborhood”. This was done most likely to attract the uber rich Japanese looking to drive the next hot vehicle.
Top Gear reviews the Roadster– they aren’t fans!
On October - 25 - 2010 5 COMMENTS
Top Gear, popular show hosted in London reviewed the Tesla Roasters. The host, Jeremy Clarkson was quite eager and excited as he started the tests on the car. Things soon went the wrong way. Watch this video and see what happens.
New entry into the e-car market: Mini Cooper
On October - 25 - 2010 1 COMMENT
The Brit based Mini Cooper is back and now wants to take command of the electric car space.
They’ve just recently tested their 100% electric Mini Cooper. The car has remained the same as it’s gas counterpart, just the engine has been replaced with an electric one.
Keep reading to find our more.
Kid Freaks out in a Tesla Roadster
On October - 24 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
An owner of a Tesla Roadster get his kid to join him on a spin around town in a new Tesla Roadster. The resulting video is too funny. The Tesla took the kid around from to to 60 in under 4 seconds. Watch what happens next…
Nissan Leaf starts prodution
On October - 24 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Nissan announced that it’s starting production of the 2011 Leaf electric car. The first set of cars will be heading to USA from Japan. Expect it here in December, just in time for the Christmas holidays.
Win a Tesla Roadster
On October - 18 - 2010 4 COMMENTS
InterPark is giving away some green wheels! Grand Prize is a 2 year lease on an all-electric Tesla Roadster.
First Prize: 3 year lease on a Toyota Prius.
Second Prize: pair of Trek 7.6FX Bicycles.
Keep reading, then sign up to WIN!
Motor Trend visits Tesla’s new HQ
On October - 18 - 2010 1 COMMENT
Check out this interesting article by Kim Reynolds from Motor Trend.
“My last stop on the tour of Tesla’s sprawling new headquarters/engineering center/battery-and-motor assembly line/and early production site for the Model S … was an employee vegetable patch. It wasn’t part of the schedule. But I’d heard about it, and being a Southern Californian, I had to see if this wasn’t some sort of Northern Californian put-on. But there it was, atop a small hill that partially encloses the bunker-like battery testing facility where Tesla’s favored little 18650 cells…”
China to hit 1 MILLION Electric car production
On October - 17 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
By 2020, China, which is the world’s largest auto producer and market will hit the big 1,000,000 mark in Electric Vehicles! Green is IN! Vehicle emissions account for 70 percent of pollution in China’s big cities.
Going Green is new to China, the country will soon need to promote the newer energy saving, environmentally friendly vehicles. How will they do this…