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Will this change the perception of Tesla in China as it did in the US? I think this is huge news. Tesla Connects South, North China with Charging Stations

Log In - The New York Times Everything Elon Musk predicted regarding traditional car dealerships' ability to effectively market electric cars is true.

The cars are in the store, cleaning is happening, grand opening this Friday, Black Friday,

Not a shareholder or partner in this, but wish i was! Taxelco Launches Teo, a Reinvented Taxi Service for Montreal I recently went to Amsterdam for business and they had tesla's as taxi's - and every chance i took, I rode in one. Super happy to see this come to Canada!! I hope the Montrealers...

Cleaner Cars from Cradle to GraveNew article from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS: Independent Science, Practical Solutions | Union of Concerned Scientists) states that "Over their lifetime, battery electric vehicles produce far less global warming pollution than their gasoline...

Model S awarded double award Downunder: 2015 Carsales Car of the Year and Best Green Car 2015 Last year winner was Mercedes-Benz C-Class

"VefiFacts Recognizes Tesla Motors and Elon Musk with the Distinguished Disruptive Innovation Award" Link: BusinessWire

This is great: B.C. couple tracks their stolen Tesla car with app, police nab suspect | CTV News | Autos

Test Driving Teslas Through The Uber App (In Finland) −

Tesla owner tracked stolen Model S via iPhone app, leads to arrest, enjoyment | Electrek I always know the iPhone app will become useful if someone stole my MS, but the question is how were the thief able to drive it away.

Vancouver Tesla owner tracks car thief in real time while on phone with 911 despatch Who can resist such seductive invitation Not much harm done, thanks to Tesla being tracked in real time by owners It seems that getting Tesla stolen can be a fun experience for owners So many...

The Autopilot is learning fast: Model S owners are already reporting that Teslas Autopilot is self-improving | Electrek Interesting ........ by the way .... love it ... :-)

Greenpeace attacks Volkswagen with Halloween-themed ad and social push | PR Week

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-tests-out-tesla-model-s-autopilot-techology/ What do/did you all think about this story? It showed clips that I've seen posted here in the forums, like the one of the moron reading a newspaper while using Autopilot, and the close call video where the...

Musk just tweeted the report from Motor Trend. 2.6 0 to 60 10.9@ 122mph 1/4 puzzling thing from the article though. It mentions use of the new launch control. is there a launch control? i have a p90d with Luda mode running v7.0 and do not see this. 2015 Tesla Model S P90D w/Ludicrous...

New articlel in Vox by Matthew Yglesias: Car dealers are awful. It's time to kill the dumb laws that keep them in business. Car dealers are awful. Its time to kill the dumb laws that keep them in business. - Vox Interesting research that up to 30% of the cost of a car is the inefficient...

My wife and I recently completed a 29 day trip from California to Florida to Ohio and back with lots of useful experiences to share. I have included a PDF file describing the trip. We were not out to set any records, but I am pretty sure we were the first to go coast-to-coast using Autosteer...

Worth a discussion... Have Tesla and Apple disrupted the auto industry past the point of no return? - Quartz

Electric-car batteries: LG Chem, Tesla tie-up could jolt Panasonic- Nikkei Asian Review

Carl Reese, Deena Mastracci and Alex Roy 1. Fastest time from LA to NYC 57:49 (besting 58:55 earlier this year) 2. First Semi-Autonomous Vehicle from LA to NYC 57:49 (Autopilot 96.1% of the time) 3. DTC or Double Transcontinental LA to NYC to LA in an EV 6 Days 6 hours 22 Minutes...

Does anyone know Tesla's plans? Will Elon be there? Will he be speaking? Renault-Nissan Alliance to Provide World's Largest EV Fleet to International Conference at COP21 -- PARIS, October 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/24/jeffrey-katzenberg-car-accident-surgery-arm-dreamworks/ Looks like he is fine. I used to work for him for almost 10 year. He got one of the very first signature models. Later he swapped it out with a white one. He isn't really into cars. He drove many different...

http://www.popsci.com/tesla-model-s-consumer-reports-pulls-recommendation

This is awesome. 57 hours and 48 minutes in autopiloted Model S. http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-autopilots-itself-coast-to-coast-sets-two-records/

I personally have had a lot of little issue. Since it's all covered under warranty, I've been okay with it. I'm concerned after warranty, which is going to be in under 3 years for me and buying the extended warranty just isn't worth it because of the deductible. Looks like the little issues are...

Don't you wish journalists could make up their minds? :-) Tesla's Radical Update Is Just More of the Same - Bloomberg View Tesla Auto Pilot Is "Awesome," Will Help Drive Demand: Global Equities - Stocks to Watch - Barrons.com

In todays NYT Arron Kessler has a generally very positive piece on Autopilot that states that the update costs $2500. I have no idea where this came from and there's no way I found to let him know it's wrong...

One clue that this Washington Post article on the Tesla Model S is bad - their description of plugging in at a Supercharger: "Grab the nozzle, bring it to your car and the fuel door automatically swings open." Nozzle? Fuel door? It gets worse... Link: Tesla Model S P90D: A normal person...

He talked about Tesla. Would love to read about TMC opinions. Some things he mentioned (obviously this article was already done before the X rollout): Tesla's showing all thee signs of a company in trouble, bleeding cash, securitized assets, and mounting inventory. It's the trifecta of...

In another battle for the ages, Tesla is putting its Model S P90-D up against a replica of the DeLorean from Back to the Future. Tesla DeLorean in this new VR experience - GeekWire The race video will be released next Wednesday, the 21st, in a virtual reality experience that allows viewers to...

Quotes from Silicon Valley Business Journal's "Those $100k Tesla Model Xs could qualify for up to $35,000 per vehicle in tax incentives and rebates": http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/10/13/those-100k-tesla-model-xs-could-qualify-for-up-to.html?ana=yahoo "The Palo Alto-based car...

Quotes from: Toyota Maps Out Decline of Conventionally Fueled Cars - WSJ "The world’s best-selling auto maker said Wednesday that by 2050, gas-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel-cell cars and electric vehicles will account for most of its global vehicle sales, without giving a detailed...

Journalists Trespass, Assault Tesla employees at the Gigafactory | Tesla Motors

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On October 11, 2015, reporter Matt Richtel had a front page article in the NY Times regarding Electric Vehicles and the overcrowing at insufficent charging locations. The location line is San Francisco, and various bad habits, altercations, keyings and general poor manners are recounted by Mr...

Interesting insight in BI today: So why does Tesla do this: overpromise and underdeliver? Because, at this point in the company's history, there's nothing to be gained from underpromising and overdelivering. Don't get me wrong, Tesla has wildly overdelivered on the product side. It's cars are...

Interesting article in Slate/Quora about car buffs vs Tesla. He makes the argument that car buffs are enamored with nostalgic memories of good times in the past and will ignore improvements in favor of these memories. "Because car buffs are almost all nostalgia weenies. Most love a specific...

Given WSJ's usual string of hit pieces, I am pleasantly surprised to see them publish this: How Tesla Leaves its Rivals Playing Catch Up - WSJ offering an agreeable lay of the land in light of recent events affecting German carmakers. "The Big Three German auto makers only wish they could...

Ex-Railroad Town, Sparks Braces for Tesla Ex-Railroad Town, Sparks Braces for Tesla, Switch Boom - ABC News

Honda power exporter can attach to your Tesla vehicle, power your house for up to a week in event of power failure Honda's Power Exporter 9000 turns your electric car into the ultimate portable generator - CNET

Interesting interview: All Charged Up in Berlin Handelsblatt Global Edition If the article is paywalled for you, it can be viewed through Google's cache: All Charged Up in Berlin Handelsblatt Global Edition

I went looking for speculation on the Model Y after Elon's tweet and couldn't find any. This was the tweet: @AwesomelyOZ there will be a Model 3 and a Model Y. One of the two will. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2015 Implying that a Model 3 based Model Y with falcon wing doors was...

I thought these comments were interesting, all from Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan in the last 3-4 weeks.

This is kind of a cross-post from the Model X subforum, but it is News and all of it glowing and welcome after the long wait for Tesla's third automobile offering. Everyone needs a few moments of good reports - Tesla, Elon and forum members. TheVerge: Tesla’s Model X is finally here, and I...

Takata Air Bag Recalls Could Expand to 7 More Companies - NBC News

It looks like Tesla drivers will be sharing the Supercharger network with cars from a different company. Elon made the comments about it on at least two different occasions in Berlin. I've written a post about it for AutoblogGreen, speculating that the unnamed OEM is Aston Martin. While...

Update: This is the new video without German translations. Highlights: 9:38 Elon: Today's refugee problem is a small indication of what the future will be like if we don't take action about climate change. 12:34 Elon: Germany is great in sustainable power generation, not so much in...

Fun story about Jamie Lee Curtis picking up her Model S. The delivery specialist carefully explained that the sound system goes to 11, just like in the movie "This is Spinal Tap". What the delivery specialist didn't realize was that Jamie's husband, actor Christopher Guest, played Nigel in the...

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/16/brabus-zero-emission-frankfurt-2015/ What do you guys think?

Teslarati has the first leg of a 500 mile attempt. It is "live stream". How would I find more of his video? (Tried searches) ~Larry