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Elon Musk: Daimler's "golden handcuffs" mean I'll stay with Tesla through Model S launch
For a guy who allegedly wants a lot of the credit for creating Tesla Motors, Elon Musk certainly doesn't seem to like the job of being its CEO. As part of Daimler's investment deal with Tesla, Musk needed to commit to staying on as Tesla's CEO at least until the Model S launches in 2011. Musk told Reuters: I didn't really have a choice. This was a requirement of Daimler that I remain CEO of Tesla through the Model S launch and then continue to be part of Tesla in a chairman role beyond that. It's flattering, but at the same time it's golden ... Read more →
Tesla files motion for dismissal of Eberhard lawsuit Sam Abuelsamid
And the battle goes on. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and his company are fighting back in court against ex-CEO Martin Eberhard. Tesla spokeswoman Rachel Konrad sent us copies of two motions filed on ...
David Vespremi on Tesla's relevance in bringing EVs to the masses Sam Abuelsamid
While things have been quiet on the official legal front in the battle for recognition between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk, some of the bystanders in the saga are continuing to come forward with ...
Invading Britain: Tesla opens new flagship store in London, right hand drive Roadsters coming soon Xavier Navarro
Tesla store - Click for high resolution image gallery What sort of location is fitting for a new dealership for a new iconic electric car in London? One good choice would be in the Knightsbridge. ...
Ex-Tesla CMO weighs in on founder controversy: They're both wrong! Sam Abuelsamid
As the legal battle between Elon Musk and Martin Eberhard continues to percolate, a new/old voice has chimed in publicly on the controversy for the first time. Current Peppercom clean-tech analyst ...
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Huh? Detroit News columnist criticizes Tesla loan, but not exactly in a brilliant manner 8 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Model S - Click above for high-res image gallery Manny Lopez does not appreciate Tesla Motors getting $465 million from the Department of Energy. The Detroit News columnist wrote an article published today that calls the money "an all-out gift to Tesla, the Silicon Valley startup that ...
Tesla to keep laptop cells until 3rd-gen car, new Roadster sales pace lagging 9 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Model S - Click above for high-res image gallery Following the announcement that Tesla had been approved for $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy, CEO Elon Musk held a conference call. Most of what was said wasn't especially newsworthy and he didn't discuss the legal ...
Officially, official: Tesla gets $465m in loans from the DOE to build Model S, EV powertrains 10 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tesla Model S After many months of anxiously waiting, Tesla Motors officially got the word from the Department of Energy that it would the loan interest loans that it was seeking. Tesla and the DOE announced that the California EV maker will get two ...
Ford gets first DoE loan, Nissan and Tesla expected winners 10 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Ford Focus EV Mule - Click above for high-res gallery The U.S. Department of Energy will finally announce the first recipient of low interest loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program. The first winner is Ford, and analysts expect the DoE to announce Nissan and ...
Elon fires back at Eberhard in Tesla lawsuit's latest twist 11 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Shortly after Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard filed a lawsuit against Tesla Motors and its Chairman, Product Architect and CEO Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley automaker had this to say: This lawsuit is a fictionalized, inaccurate account of Tesla's early years -- it's twisted and wrong, and ...
Envy alert: cruising in a Tesla Roadster in Hawai'i 11 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery Finally. It's been a few years since we made the case that Hawai'i is one of world's best places to introduce electric cars. Since then, we've seen the state begin to make moves in an EV direction through a partnership with Better Place and ...
German test with certified biodiesel shows great results 12 days ago on AutoblogGreen
A recent test in Germany attempted to test claims by Neste that its biodiesel is sustainable. The tests involved 14 Daimler vehicles, DHL, the German Post, OMV and the Stuttgart bus company. The test involved about one million kilometers driven with NExBTL biodiesel that were produced from ...
It's Friday: you, too, can buy a $300 Tesla Roadster with exhaust pipes 14 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Style kids car - Click above for image gallery This isn't the first time we've seen a toy representation of the Tesla Roadster, but it is the strangest. First, the good news: it's all-electric (mega points for authenticity) and it's quite cheap, at least comparatively, at just $229. It's ...
REPORT: Tesla Motors valued at $1 billion 16 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Wondering how much Tesla Motors might be worth on the open market? It would seem the actual figure would depend you who you ask. Based on the assumption that Daimler paid $50 million for nine-percent of Tesla, the Silicon Valley automaker would theoretically be worth $550 million. According to ...
Elon Musk: "What, Me Worry?" 16 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery One thing we can now say about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, is that he's not taking the lawsuit from Martin Eberhard as a sign to tone down his language. The man who called the NYT writer a "douchebag" appeared at WIRED's ...
Elon Musk: "Gasoline should probably be $10 a gallon" 17 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery Speaking at the Wired Business Conference that's currently taking place in New York, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had some rather interesting things to say. For instance, Musk believes that gasoline "should probably be $10" per gallon. ...
Martin Eberhard: Blogs built the Tesla Roadster 20 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Martin Eberhard has obviously been busy these last few weeks. With a lawsuit currently pending in court against Tesla Motors and its CEO Elon Musk, Eberhard has apparently still had enough time to write an interesting article on the effects of blogging and how it helped build the Tesla Roadster. ...
FOLLOWUP: Tesla Motors says Eberhard's lawsuit "will not have any effect on Tesla's considerable momentum" 20 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Brabus Tesla Roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery If you are sick of hearing about the lawsuit filed by Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard against the company and current CEO Elon Musk, we're sorry. There's a lot to know about the case (like what's in the complaint), and we're ...
Tesla lawsuit, first read: learning more about the fight between Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk 21 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Elon Musk There are 146 pages in the complaint filed by Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard against the company and current CEO Elon Musk (download the PDF here and read more background on the story here). It'll take a while to go through and understand the whole thing (we're not lawyers) ...
BREAKING: Martin Eberhard sues Elon Musk and Tesla for libel, slander and breach of contract 22 days ago on AutoblogGreen
The only thing surprising about Martin Eberhard's latest move is that it took so long to happen. Eberhard was co-founder of Tesla Motors along with Mark Tarpenning, and he was ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk. Musk has never been one to hide his feelings about ...
Martin Eberhard building mobile charging units for Tesla Roadster 23 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Could we be watching the birth of the Tesla equivalent of Mopar? Inside Line thinks so, what with the news that one of the founders of Tesla Motors, Martin Eberhard, is one of many who are interested in creating aftermarket products for the iconic roadster. Specifically, Eberhard is working in ...
VIDEO: Franz von Holzhausen talks Tesla Model S design 24 days ago on AutoblogGreen
2011 Tesla Model S - Click above for hi-res image gallery The guys over at On Cars recently had a chance to spend some quality time with the Tesla Model S and some of the key people bringing this sweet sedan to fruition. In the first of three videos (the other two haven't been released yet), not ...
Convoy of Tesla Roadsters in California commemorates 500th delivery 24 days ago on AutoblogGreen
UPDATE: Added Speed and Motion HD Video after the jump Tesla Roadster convoy - Click above for a high-res image gallery Just what do you call a gathering of 30 or so Tesla Roadsters all in one place? A gaggle? A flock? After taking a look at the photos of such an event from our friends at Speed ...
Seven new Tesla stores will open soon; one Roadster makes it to Yosemite 28 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high-res gallery of Tesla's Menlo Park Store It'll be that much easier to test drive a Tesla Roadster in seven cities - New York, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, London, Monaco and Munich - very soon. These cities are where Tesla plans to open its next batch of stores (officially, "Sales ...
Tesla Motors wins Globe Sustainability Innovation Award in Sweden 29 days ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Roadster - Click above for a high-res image gallery At a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden the other day, Michael van der Sande, the Marketing VP at Tesla Motors, accepted the Sustainability Innovation Award given out by the Globe Forum. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the award to ...
Tesla delivers 500th Roadster to New Jersey man 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Roadster - Click above for a high-res image gallery From the first to the 100th and now to the 500th, the story of Tesla Motors and their initial offering - the Roadster - has been pretty heavily documented. The trend is unlikely to stop any time soon and, in that vein, Tesla is making ...
Next Tesla sportscar to have back seat, AWD, rear seats and storage 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Roadster - Click above for a high-res image gallery With all of the attention garnered these days at Tesla's Model S sedan, it may be easy to forget all about the fledgling EV-maker's current product, the Roadster. As cool as the Tesla Roadster may be – which is to say, very, very ...
Tesla all grown up, first NHTSA recall announced 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
As the staff of Tesla Motors has learned all too painfully over the last several years, mass producing a car is no trivial task even if "mass" is only a few hundred. Now that Tesla is churning out Roadsters at a more or less steady pace it seems that the inevitable has finally happened. The ...
Trying to find the upside to Tesla-Daimler deal 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Elon Musk and Dr. Thomas Weber with the Tesla Roadster and the smart ed Not everyone think the big Daimler-Tesla deal announced last week is a win-win. In fact, Jay Yarow over at Business Insider is trying to figure our how either side benefits from Daimler's estimated $50+ million investment in ...
Is Tesla really worth $550 million? Daimler apparently thinks so 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Elon Musk and Dr. Thomas Weber in the Tesla Roadster During Tuesday's announcement that Daimler was buying a 10 percent stake in Tesla Motors, Mercedes-Benz R&D boss Dr. Thomas Weber would only say that the company paid in the "double digit millions" for its share. That implies somewhere ...
Live Blog: Daimler announces new strategic partnership with Tesla for EVs, takes 10% stake 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
In just a few minutes, Daimler will be starting a press conference with Dr. Thomas Weber, the head of R&D for Mercedes-Benz. Dr. Weber will be making an announcement about a new strategic partnership for electric vehicles. Most of the speculation at this point involves a possible investment in ...
Tesla reports over 1,000 Model S orders 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Tesla Model S – Click above for high-res image gallery Since it's official unveiling on March 26th, Tesla Motors has reportedly accepted over 1,000 orders for the Model S sedan, a fact that once again proves there are a number of consumers lining up to put electric vehicles in their ...
VIDEO: Elon Musk misrepresents Chevy Volt performance, Tesla getting few new orders for Roadster 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to watch the video after the break In a recent interview discussing Tesla Motors, CEO Elon Musk didn't really reveal much new information, although he did manage to misrepresent the performance capability of the Chevy Volt, again. He refers to the Volt's range extender as a "lawn ...
VIDEO: Tesla may announce new strategic investor this week 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
A keen observer happened to note the presence of a Tesla Roadster outside a Mexican restaurant somewhere the other day and as he was snapping some pics, the owner walked up. The owner offered to take this civilian for a ride around the block in the Roadster, which said passenger video-taped on his ...
It's no flying Tesla, but Elon Musk wants electric planes 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
First things first: electric airplanes are nothing new. The French eplane "Electra" flew in 2007 and the "ElectraFlyer C" wowed the crowds at Oshkosh in 2008. But, these one-offs are not for sale and they're certainly not cheap to put together. Enter Elon Musk. The man at the head of Tesla Motors ...
Bob Lutz on Letterman's Volt dis: Stupid Human Trick 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The common wisdom shaping up around Dave Letterman's smackdown of the Chevy Volt Wednesday night: not funny. The latest to chime in on Dave's dismissal of the work that GM has done with the Voltec technology is one of the Volt's biggest supporters: Bob Lutz. Lutz, GM's Vice Chairman, wrote a piece ...
