Entries in Tesla (4)

Toyota to build electric cars with Tesla

Now this is a very special happening. The world's largest and most powerful player in the auto industry stoops down to hold the hand of a cheeky but smart upstart EV maker who has leveraged the design flare of Lotus to make a product that is now a better known brand name than many of the Old World's 'new kid on the block' car rivals like Kia or Proton.

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Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 05:56PM by Registered CommenterChristine Gupta in , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments1 Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

The electric R8 fantasy - the sexiest electric car concept ever?

Power junkies were agog at the 313 horsepower and the 3,319 lb/ft of torque claimed by the e-tron from its four in-wheel motors. Talk about Fire Up The Quattro!

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Tesla launches electric car Para-Medic Squad

Haven't they heard of the Automobile Association or the RAC? I thought that was what those guys have been doing for yonks - our cherished 'knights of the road' who represent the 4th emergency service in the UK - so couldn't they just be trained up to include electric cars on their house call rota?

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Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 06:22PM by Registered CommenterChristine Gupta in , , , , , | Comments3 Comments | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

7-seater Tesla S sedan EV - don't hold your breath

Tesla is talking about producing 20,000 of these in its first year at just under $50,000 for the basic model that does 160 mile range, but a 230-mile and 300-mile pack will also be available and you can even rent them for long trips. Wow! Someone's really thinking about this from the potential customer angle - whatever next???

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Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 06:26PM by Registered CommenterChristine Gupta in , , , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint