And just to put a cherry on top, the notoriously tough Consumer Reports writers say that the $89,650 Tesla Model S comes close, and just may be, the best car ever.
Electric car manufacturer Tesla's stock jumped in after-hours trading today after the company announced the first quarterly profit in the its 10-year history and record sales of over half a billion dollars in the first quarter of 2013.
Electric car company Tesla just unveiled a new financing plan today that allows people interested in getting one of its Model S vehicles to essentially turn the car back over to the dealership after three years of payments.
“The Merlin 1D successfully performed every test throughout this extremely rigorous qualification program,” said SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
While I've always believed our lack of warp drive technology is what's kept humanity from meeting the Vulcans, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said there's another, more practical roadblock: rockets, specifically the kind that you only get a single use out of.
SpaceX's plans to build a commercial space port in Texas are likely to move forward, according to founder and CEO Elon Musk who took stage at SXSW.
Fans of strategy, role-playing games, racing, action, adventure, and more are experiencing an incredible entertainment revolution, and a recent TED talk embodies this.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft had a glitch this morning after taking off for the International Space Station, but all of the thruster pods are now back online.
That vision has produced events where Activision and the State Department, QuikSilver and the Gates Foundation rub shoulders with music industry giants. And where beauty and fashion -- Diane von Furstenberg -- meet brains and technology: Google Glass.
The New York Times's negative review of the Model S scared lots of would-be buyers into canceling their orders, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Although the car maker has enthusiastic supporters, investors have clearly cooled on Tesla Motors, with its stock closing down 8.7 percent today.
Guest Post When you think of "Big data," you rarely think of log data. It just doesn't have much sex appeal: It's what IT uses to monitor applications, compliance, and security. But we got a reminder this week that log data truly is valuable big data.
Guest Post When Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed New York Times writer John Broder yesterday for allegedly fabricating a number of details in his test-drive account, I found the whole exchange fascinating.
Refuting a negative New York Times review of the Model S, Tesla is showing why data is the car company's best friend.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to release the driving logs of a reviewer's car, after the reviewer claimed that the Model S has shorter than expected range.
Green tech picked up speed again in 2012, thanks to groundbreaking research, huge advances in efficiency, and a little company called Tesla.
SolarCity's stock soars on its first day of trading, after a last minute share price cut.
Although it made only a few hundred cars in the third quarter, Tesla says its production facilities have reached a turning point and are now able to produce 20,000 or more cars per year.
Last week, Elon Musk responded to accusations -- and lawsuits -- from traditional car dealers, who claim that Tesla's factory-owned showrooms violate federal and state automobile sales laws.
It's one of the most expensive grocery deliveries in history, and the first-ever space mission by a private company to re-supply the International Space Station.
