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SOURCE: Tesla Motors, Inc. April 03, 2015 09:00 ETTesla Delivers 10,030 Vehicles in Q1 of 2015PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 3, 2015) - Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) delivered 10,030 cars in Q1 of 2015, which is a new company record for the most deliveries in a quarter and represents a 55%...

Interesting interview with Mercedes CEO Dieter Zetsche clearly reveals the attitudes and plans for the business future. DZ makes some remarks on Tesla and its role in shaping that future. DZ considers Tesla technology to be the technology of the future, however, the disadvantages of a higher...

Ecotricity is suing Tesla in the UK. Instead of lawsuits, they should be finding ways to cooperate with Tesla so that the EV charging infrastructure can be advanced. Link: Tesla Motors Inc Asked To Show More Proof In Charging Station Suit

WOW! Just where do we start with this screed: Holman Jenkins: Tesla: Just Another Car Company - WSJ

It is kind of like all the other Leilani articles that talk about her environmental concerns. But she does talk about her Tesla and a picture of her Tesla. How Leilani Munter Uses Racing To Raise Environmental Awareness

Direct Quote from the link: "Head-hunted personally by Elon Musk, Franz von Holzhausen has the kind of support from the top that Harley Earl enjoyed 80 years earlier. Will Tesla become a real volume player in the car business? If so, von Holzhausen is perfectly placed to become one of the key...

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Transport Evolved Live Blog: Teslas Press Conference to End Range Anxiety in Electric Cars

Elon keynote at the NVIDIA developer's conference today: "I don't think we have to worry about autonomous cars, because it's sort of like a narrow form of AI," Musk told NVidia co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang at the technology company's annual developers conference today. "It would be like an...

I've known Alec Brooks longer than either of us can precisely remember, but during a recent lunch he mentioned something that startled me. "Did I ever tell that I was once interviewed to be the Model S' chief engineer?" I put my coffee cup down as my journalist's antenna rose.Brooks is a pioneer...

Barring a block from Christie (which IMO would be stupid), it appears that New Jersey will be able to sell Tesla vehicles again: Tesla near a big win in New Jersey - Mar. 16, 2015

Battery Hackers Are Building the Future in theGarage - Bloomberg Business

Well, CEO of Porsche does: Porsche May Expand With New Electric Car to Challenge Tesla - Bloomberg Business

See: Map points the way for the ultimate U.S. road trip | MNN - Mother Nature Network Is anyone up for attempting this trip in a Tesla? (tip - several portions out of Supercharger range)

Tesla's Musk Is Crazy Like a FoxGreg Autry This guy "gets it" and explains perfectly what Tesla is doing.

This is based on Leaf data, but I'd imagine you could scale it quite easily to the Model S by using the EPA MPGe ratings for each car. I guess this goes to show why Florida is such a big market for Tesla. :) Source: Real-World Nissan LEAF Fleet Data Reveals...

A very well balanced review of Model S by a Petrol head http://www.testdriven.co.uk/tesla-model-s-video-review/

Here is a quote from Steve Wozniak last November: "We love it (the Tesla MS) more than any other car we have. The car is not only great, but you get free charging on the road and free Internet for the life of the car. " So what gives with him being featured in the "Dare to be Great" Cadilac ad...

Cross Country trip from NY to California, written by David Nolan, with and without superchargers. Days 1-3 http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1096690_tesla-model-s-cross-country-trip-without-many-superchargers-days-1-3 Days 4-7...

Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver Magazine’s new “Carolinas Editor” and former Automobile Magazine scribe, has written an article in the latest (April 2015) issue describing A Letter to Tesla, from your friendly local car dealers, otherwise known as the “Totally Useful Retail Dealer Society.” Here are...

Tesla Set to Ride Into Indonesian Market in Model S - The Jakarta Globe

I noticed a wave of reviews coming out today for the p85d in the UK, all exemplary and awarding praise for Tesla's unreal achievements. Lets remind ourselves that the p85d reaches new levels of practicality and affordability if you compare it to something like the Mercedes SLS electric. Also a...

Hyperloop Construction Starts Next Year With the First Full-Scale Track | WIRED

Tesla Model S designers tackle drag head-on with CFD - SAE International Interesting read... from 2013 :)

Review: The sublime Tesla Model S P85D - LA Times I found this to be a puzzling review, and would be very interested to hear what P85D owners think of the review. While quite a positive tone, there were some points that just don't seem right, all in an unflattering direction on some...

From the "strange bedfellows" department, it seems that the Koch brothers and the Sierra Club have joined other public interest groups in a letter to governors in support of Tesla's right to open their own dealerships. Koch Brothers, Sierra Club Join Tesla in Fight With Dealers - Bloomberg...

Shanghai tech firm gives Tesla cars to employees as year-end bonus｜Companies｜Business｜WantChinaTimes.com

Probably imported from Hong Kong... http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/business/tesla-set-ride-indonesian-market-model-s/

Unbelievable that this would be published in 2015: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/opinion/joe-nocera-the-riddle-of-powering-electric-cars.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 I can't believe that almost 3 years after the Model S launch, and after the Broder debacle, that the New York Times would publish...

高級電気自動車「テスラã€ã®å€‹äººã‚¿ã‚¯ã‚·ãƒ¼ç™»å ´ã€€EVã¨ã‚¿ã‚¯ã‚·ãƒ¼ã€ãã®å•é¡Œã¨å¯èƒ½æ€§ | ä¹—ã‚Šã‚‚ã®ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ I don't know if it's one, or a fleet, but apparently this just launched a few days ago in Tokyo. I wonder how it will do, considering there's no way to auto-open the...

http://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-s-p85d-the-jalopnik-review-1683834973

Good progress today. The state House Commerce Committee voted 5-3 to send HB 2216 to the full state assembly. Good! That means, of course, that Arizona is that much further away from beating Texas, New Jersey and Michigan for that Luddite Award...:tongue: on edit: apparently, it now goes to...

Tesla timeline: A list of construction projects at gigafactory site so far Structural steel is well underway. What a massive undertaking.

We are putting together a "reverse Cannonball Run" departing Los Angeles on April 11, 2015 with the goal of beating the 67hr record set by the folks at Edmonds. The idea is o beat the record and then meet up with the Tesla Road Trip folks in MD. Just testing initial interest of who might be down...

For those that like to battle FUD, there's tons in the article and the subsequent comments section. I've already put my $.2 in. Tesla and Its Subsidies | National Review Online

"Our annual survey of Consumer Reports subscribers found that independents outscored dealership service once again for overall satisfaction, price, quality, courteousness of the staff, and work being completed when promised. With few exceptions, the entire list of independent shops got high...

Had to abbreviate the program's title to get it to fit above. Should be good - it's coming on the air right now as I type this; may be different times elsewhere in the US. Here's the show's website: The Diane Rehm Show - One of her guests is always you. On edit: Ugh. Had to coordinate a...

Tesla Illegally Nabbed Dealer License In Mo., Suit Says - Law360 Anyone got another place where this story is reported? I would need to register with this site to see it, but don't wish to.

Connecticut Considers Bill To Let Tesla Sell Direct To Buyers

Great article from Gizmodo 48 Hours in a Tesla: Driving an All-Electric Model S to Amsterdam and Back | Gizmodo UK

http://www.azfamily.com/video/featured-videos/Spend-the-night-in-Tesla-hotel-289175071.html $85/night

Kauai now generates 80% or more of its energy from solar panels, and they also use batteries to compensate for the drops in solar energy output at nighttime and when clouds are over the large arrays. This is exciting and a great opportunity for Tesla, especially once the new Tesla Gigafactory...

Google In Talks With Automakers For Driverless Cars: Reuters - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com

BMW Charges into Tesla Territory with Mobile Storage Program - The Green Optimistic

Article by: DAVID SHAFFER , Star Tribune Updated: January 10, 2015 - 2:00 PM Republican Pat Garofalo supports electric vehicles, nuclear power and renewable energy but is not a fan of big subsidies for solar power. The new head of the energy policy committee in the Minnesota House, six-term...

Michigan, New Jersey, Texas and Arizona named as finalists for 2014 Luddite Awards. The term Luddite has become a common insult to describe people who are opposed to inevitable technology innovations, deriving its origin from craftsmen who opposed mechanized textile innovations in the 19th...

Cincinnati company takes on Uber... by driving you in a Tesla: EXCLUSIVE - Cincinnati Business Courier Only $2.50 / mile! :love: Apparently they've been going for a year but I'd never heard of them until this article (they don't pop up if you do a Google search for Tesla rentals)...

3,500 Tesla Model S cars are estimated to have been sold last month, based on this report: Monthly Plug-In Sales Scorecard.

"Tesla Motors plans to expand in Pennsylvania in 2015 now that the high-end, electric car manufacturer received approval from the General Assembly to open more dealerships.....Until July 2014, a Pennsylvania law prohibited car manufacturers from also acting as a vehicle dealer. Tesla, which...

Apparently, FOX BUSINESS only skimmed the Tesla press release, having come up with this headline... Tesla is Relaunching its Roadster Model Tesla is Relaunching its Roadster Model | Fox Business Unfortunately, there's no comment section or link to the author to correct the article.