Tag: Tesla Motors
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's support for Keystone XL gets dislike from Elon Musk, Sierra Club, 350.org
Helping provide politicians with political cover to more easily make controversial decisions is not an uncommon tactic among activists, but doing so by supporting environmentally-damaging policies was too much for Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk.
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Tesla Model S is the Automobile of the Year
Who cares if Mitt Romney doesn't want one in his car elevator. It rocks.
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Tesla Being Sued By Car Dealers Association For Selling Cars Without A Middleman
In many states, manufacturers are not allowed to sell cars; dealers have to sell it to you.
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Romney Attacks Support for Electric Carmakers Tesla and Fisker In Presidential Debate
He likes research but doesn't think the government should be investing in companies
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Judge Reject's Tesla's Top Gear Lawsuit
Tesla Motors has been suing the BBC over a review they said was deceptive. The judge disagrees.
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Formula One Designer Wins Future Car Challenge Race for Most Efficient Car
The winners represent new names and growing forces, as well as some old standards. Guess who was on the podium?
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German Firm e-WOLF Will Produce the Alpha-2 Electric Sportscar
It looks like a Lamborghini Gallardo, and sounds like a Ferrari. Of course, the engine roars from a speaker box, because this car is all electric. With two electric motors offering 187
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Looking for an Affordable Mercedes? Try the Hybrid
OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400,
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A Jewish Response to the Energy Challenge?
Jewish leaders met at the beginning of this month in San Francisco for the first conference dedicated to
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The Green Future of Mercedes-Benz: The New Electric Smart Fortwo
(Image: Jacob Gordon) Fully-electric Smart cars have been zipping around roads in various forms for some time. But now, Daimler AG, Smart's German daddy company, is ramping up to roll out the second-generation of its battery-powered Smart fortwo--this
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The Green Future of Mercedes-Benz
(Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG. And yes, there are people in those bubbles. Image: Jacob Gordon) Here in the US, Daimer AG (umbrella company to Mercedes-Benz and Smart) hasn't done much to sell itself as a green brand. But after spending the
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Slideshow: Green Wheels of the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
This year's Frankfurt Auto Show was an explosion of new green vehicles. With extravagant displays and more than 80 world-premiers, this year's show lived up to its reputation as the auto event to watch. It was also the year of green transportation: we
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2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
The 2009 International Motor Show (IAA), also known as the Frankfurt Auto Show, is a juggernaut; a juicy feast for the senses and the imagination. Despite auto-industry gloom, this year's show was bursting with world premiers, flashy theatrics, and slowly
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How Can An Electric Car Travel 100 Miles For $1?
Dear Pablo: I have read time and again that an all-electric vehicle can use as little as one dollar's worth of electricity to travel 100 miles. How can this be? Electric Power Plants are burning oill to create electricity, and oil is expensive. How
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Green Vehicles Get Greenlight on Prime-Time Network
Curious how Jay Leno, with his auto collection of muscle cars, sports coupes and hot rods, could bring "green vehicles" to prime time network TV. With his
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Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part Two)
"Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity," that's the X Prize Foundation's stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation's founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big
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Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part One)
This race will draw "a line in the sand," says Peter Diamandis, the CEO and chairman of the X-Prize Foundation. After the Progressive Automotive X-Prize is won, "there is no reason you should not be driving a car that gets over 100 miles per
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Rumor: Tesla May Be Strapped for Cash
According to a tipster, who told another Tipster, who heard it from their cousin, who overheard it from their dentist, who has a patient who talked to the ghost of Elvis... Okay, truth be
