News By Topic: Tesla

Tesla Launches New Website

Jul 13, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors today announced a new website at www.teslamotors.com. The rebranded teslamotors.com brings the Tesla experience online. “Our website promotes the company’s purpose and overall identity.” Tesla is redefining the car buying experience through teslamotors.com with i ... Continue reading

Tesla Hires Apple, Gap Veteran to Revolutionize Car Buying Experience

Jul 8, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors (TSLA) today announced that it has hired former Apple and Gap executive George Blankenship as Vice President of Design and Store Development. Blankenship will build Tesla’s retail strategy and network. “George has a record of building customer-focused stores that revo ... Continue reading

Tesla Unveils Roadster 2.5 at Newest Stores in Europe and North America

Jul 2, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors today announced Roadster 2.5, the latest generation of its revolutionary electric sports car. It will debut simultaneously with the opening of Tesla's two new stores in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Newport Beach, California. “These improvements are a direct result of customer feedback a ... Continue reading

Tesla IPO Share Price Surges - VIDEO ENHANCED

Jun 30, 2010

NEW YORK June 30, 2010; Tesla Motors got off to a flying start on Wall Street yesterday as shares in the US electric carmaker soared more than 40 percent over its initial public offering price. Shares in Tesla, the first US auto manufacturer to go public since Ford in 1956, gained 6.89 dollars, or 40.5 percent, to clos ... Continue reading

Exclusive Interview with the Boss of Tesla's Sales Efforts - VIDEO FEATURE

Jun 29, 2010

Tesla breaks through iron curtain The story of how Tesla is bring the automotive world together in electric dreams LONDON - June 23, 2010: This week saw Tesla CEO Elon Musk reveal that the company plans to build a further three new models this year, in addition to the Model S sedan that is already in the pipeline. In t ... Continue reading

Tesla Opens Showroom in Copenhagen on the Eve of Their First IPO

Jun 29, 2010

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors will open its newest showroom this week in Denmark’s largest city. “People in Denmark believe in social responsibility, and the Tesla Roadster is the only electric vehicle that combines a world-class sports car with their values of envi ... Continue reading

Tesla Roadster Reaches China's Great Wall

Jun 14, 2010

BEIJING--A Tesla Roadster traveling around the world has arrived at the Great Wall of China, the most iconic cultural landmark of the eight-month road trip. During the Roadster’s stop last week at one section of the 8,852-kilometer Great Wall, one of China’s most respected actors took a sp ... Continue reading

Tesla Hits the Road in Canada

May 27, 2010

TORONTO--Tesla Motors, producer of the Roadster, the only electric highway-capable high performance vehicle announces the delivery of the first Roadsters to Canada. “It is both a personal and collective statement of optimism for a better future, as well as fun and actually practical transportation.” Customers ... Continue reading

Toyota to Reopen NUMMI Plant in Fremont: Religious Leaders & Workers Celebrate & Pray for More Jobs

May 24, 2010

FREMONT, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, May 24, Bay Area religious, political and community leaders will join to celebrate Toyota's recent decision to partner with Tesla and reopen the NUMMI plant in Fremont - the last automobile production facility in California. At a time when our State is grapp ... Continue reading

Tesla and Toyota Announce Joint Development Agreement - Toyota to Invest in Tesla - COMPLETE VIDEO

May 21, 2010

The big question as to how and where would Toyota enter the electric car fray may now be answered By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/ Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 20, 2010: Just two days ago, at the Western Automotive Journalists 3rd Annual Future Fuel Symposium, a big question that all the panel ... Continue reading

WOW! Tesla Motors Purchases the 'Toyota' Nummi Factory in Northern California - VIDEO ENHANCED

May 20, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors has purchased the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, California, where it will build the Model S sedan and future Tesla vehicles. As recently as April of 2010, the NUMMI factory was used by Toyota to produce the Corolla and Tacoma vehicles using the industry-leading Toyota production syste ... Continue reading

Tesla Motors Opens Newport Beach Store

May 19, 2010

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Tesla Motors, producer of the Roadster, the only electric highway-capable high performance vehicle will open its Newport Beach store on Wednesday. Customers are welcome to visit the store for test drives of the world’s most exciting electric vehicle. “Orange County is an impor ... Continue reading

Tesla Roadster Makes History in Moscow's Red Square

Apr 30, 2010

MOSCOW--A Tesla Roadster traveling around the world made history Friday as the first car without Russian components to receive official clearance to park in Moscow’s Red Square. “The Roadster is an iconic and ground-breaking car, so it’s appropriate that it made history in such a poig ... Continue reading

Panasonic Presents First Electric Vehicle Battery to Tesla

Apr 22, 2010

SUMINOE, Japan--Tesla officials today visited Panasonic's new Lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility in Suminoe, Japan. Panasonic Energy Company President Naoto Noguchi presented Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel with the first production Lithium-ion cells manufactured at the new facility. “These ... Continue reading

Tesla Announces Japan Will Be First Destination in Asia

Apr 21, 2010

PORT HUENEME, Calif.--Responding to growing demand, Tesla Motors - the Silicon Valley-based automaker of the world’s fastest highway-capable electric vehicle - today shipped a dozen Japan Signature Series Roadsters from Port Hueneme, California. The well-appointed right-hand drive Roadsters will arri ... Continue reading