Tesla Motors will unveil its sport utility electric vehicle sometime in December after finishing up development of an alpha model of the car, chief executive Elon Musk said in the company’s quarterly earnings call today.
The Model X uses the …
Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has begun assembling beta models of its second electric car, the lower-priced Model S sedan (pictured right), the company said.
“We have started assembling the Beta vehicles,” Tesla Motors’ Model S Program Director Jerome Guillen …
Electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has made a deal to supply Toyota with electric powertrains.
The powertrains, which Tesla uses in its Model S and Tesla Roadster cars will now ship in Toyota’s RAV4 car in a deal that will …
Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors will stop taking orders for its high-end electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in two months, according to a report by CNNMoney. Instead, Tesla will concentrate on newer models.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said …
In a sign of its continuing need for capital — and the good performance thus far of its stock — Tesla Motors said today it would sell 5.3 million more shares of common stock.
At the same time, according to …
Nearly 60 percent of Americans will not buy pure plug-in electric cars — no matter what the cost — because they do not have the same range as a traditional car powered by an internal combustion engine, according to a …
Less than a fifth of electric car buyers listed the price tag of an electric car as the most important factor when deciding to make the purchase, according to a new report by management consulting firm Accenture.
Most of the …
Fisker Automotive, which manufactures luxury plug-in electric hybrid cars, has raised an extra $100 million in its third round of funding to help fund production of its luxury sedan and a second, cheaper electric car that is geared toward more …
The city of San Francisco, Calif., will install electric vehicle charging stations in publicly-owned garages and at San Francisco International Airport by the end of the year that drivers can use for free until 2013.
The plan involves dropping around …
Tesla Motors, the company behind the Roadster electric vehicle, might look for additional funding from equity sales to help pay for development of its third electric car — the sport utility vehicle styled Model X — according to the company’s …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
4chan founder: Zuckerberg is “totally wrong” about online identity — Christopher Poole, the founder of controversial online image …
Does your car have an app for that? If Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has his way, it will.
The electric-car maker’s CEO said at a conference today in San Francisco that the much-hyped Model S electric sedan will support …
Electric-car maker Tesla Motors announced this week an update to its plans to deliver its Model S sedan, a hotly watched launch for the company.
It’s not just electric-car fans who are itching to hear the progress on the Model …
Tesla has just released an update on its upcoming 2012 Model S all-electric sedan, for which it has received 3,700 reservations (each costing $5,000).
The main points from the update:
The company expects to produce about 5,000 units in 2012
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First came VentureBeat’s scoop on the Model S prototype’s completion. Then came Tesla’s trifecta of professionally-edited videos showing off the engineering of the all-electric 2012 Model S sedan. Now, Tesla has released a video showing the Model S alpha going …
Last week, I wrote about how Ford and GM have staged comebacks that hinged in part on the carmakers’ embracing of new electronics, launching greener cars with smartphone apps and wireless and voice-command capabilities.
Toyota will soon be joining the …
Tesla showed off the alpha prototype of its hotly anticipated all-electric Model S sedan on is blog today.
Rather than go with a formal announcement, the company put up a series of videos (see below) on its blog showcasing its …
In a move that shows off the latest push among automakers to bring cars to the digital age, Airbiquity and Hitachi Automotive Systems showcased a connected services technology system for electric vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …
Here’s the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat today:
SoloPower picks up $51.6 million – The thin-film solar startup (solar module pictured) has raised the cash from backers that include Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Crosslink Capital, according to …
Has Tesla Motors completed its first Model S prototype?
A Tesla manufacturing team employee, commenting on Engadget, appeared to confirm a test of the much-anticipated all-electric sedan, Tesla’s first mass-market model, though Tesla has not formally announced anything.
“I just …
