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By: Above C-level » Blog Archive » Tesla Motors Continues to Burn Cash

Above C-level » Blog Archive » Tesla Motors Continues to Burn Cash — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:07:15 +0000

[...] a ton of buzz…and funding. Tesla finally started delivering (a few dozen) cars this year, but the company has already burned through over $150 million in funding and just picked up another $40 million from existing [...]

By: How NOT to handle a layoff, via Tesla « SLO Entrepreneur - In Video

How NOT to handle a layoff, via Tesla « SLO Entrepreneur - In Video — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:59:17 +0000

[...] year. We got hyped like everyone as the startup’s celebrity line-up and fattening coffers was chronicled across the blogosphere. (It’s $140 million in funding with a current “internal” round.) Tesla was the first alt-fuel [...]

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How NOT to handle a layoff, via Tesla « FoundRead — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:03:25 +0000

By: VentureBeat » Tesla says first cars will be testing versions, raising $40M more

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:11:10 +0000

[...] Chairman Elon Musk, the largest stakeholder, appears to be leading the round. It follows $105 million in previous funding from Musk and other well-known Silicon Valley investors, including Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. (See previous coverage here). [...]

By: c

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:26:44 +0000

Right on, Josh! An electric car that is sexy and fast is exactly the kind of “hype” that will lead bigger car makers to make the more afffordable practical hybrid cars. Many people stray away from the Prius and Civic hybrids because they look frumpy and feel sluggish. In a world where, “you are what you drive” no one wants to be seen in a rolling box with a boring interior.
More “power” to Tesla for showing the big guys that form can co=exist with uber function.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:37:49 +0000

I think this is the best idea there is! A bold initiative to prove that this technology is possible. Their strategy to start at the high end and work down the market has got to be the best way to start, because whenever they sell one of these $90,000 marvels, that profit pays for more research and development of electric cars to make them more affordable and appealing to customers.

The automobile began as an expensive luxery, but soon enough became affordable due to further research and development of marketing, and inovation in design and manufacturing.

Having a Green EV really does depend on where the electricity comes from, but if we were to get our electricity from hydroelectric plants, wind generators and solar power plants, that would make it THE ONLY CHOICE for 100% clean fulfillment of our energy demands. (but anyway, an EV that is powered by coal plants still produces less polution per mile driven than your average high mileage car!)

By: Tristan

Tristan — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:52:53 +0000

Agreed, unless we, as Americans, become more conformable with nuclear power there is not point to an electric car. Right now, Toyota has the best idea with the Prius.

By: Gal Josefsberg

Gal Josefsberg — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:05:51 +0000

I keep hearing about this company as the “forefront of green engineering” but come on! Their first product is a $90,000 roadster and their second product will be a $60,000 sedan. that’s not green investment, that’s just hype. Remember that the electricity has to be produced somewhere, and that somewhere is often a very dirty power plant.

If you want to be green, make a small and efficient electric car, not these monsters.

GJ
http://www.60in3.com