Panasonic developing new Li-ion batteries
Mar 2, 2010 Object
Panasonic is said to be developing new Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. In 2012, the company will start production of batteries that will use silicone alloy anode according to Nikkei. This is also said to improve battery life capacity up to thirty percent even after hundred of recharges already.
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Tesla Motors and TAG Heuer partner to release a new Tesla Roadster for Geneva
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Tesla Motors and TAG Heuer recently partnered to release the 2010 TAG Heuer Tesla Roadster for the Geneva Motor Show this week. Expect pure luxury design applied to the vehicle as Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen conceptualized the interior.
Features of the car also include a TAG Heuer Meridiist …
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Tesla now leasing Roadsters for the noncommittal
Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Tesla, Electric
2010 Tesla Roadster Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery
For those of you who dream of driving a Tesla Roadster every day, but perhaps have been a little too scared about the potential hassles of a long-term relationship to pull the trigger, we have some good news for you. Tesla Motors has said they’re willing to let you and your Roadster at least live together for a while to see how things work out first. The company just announced a new lease program for commitment-phobes, good on new 2010 Roadster and Roadster Sport models.
According to the full press release you’ll see after the jump, the new Tesla Motors Leasing program allows customers to lease a Roadster or Roadster Sport for three years on a 30,000 mile contract with monthly payments as low as $1,658 with a down payment. Okay, that might not seem very low, but it is a six-figure exotic sportscar… and think of how much you’ll save on gas every month. If the relationship works out you can make it permanent or go your separate ways if it doesn’t - At the end of the lease, customers can purchase their Roadster or walk away after paying a disposition fee.
The lease terms are spelled out in detail in the presser and on the company’s website, but the sample lease in the release is for a Roadster with an MSRP of $111,005 and requires $12,453 up front, with 36 payments of $1,658 plus tax. Lessees get the same Tesla Ranger service as owners, where a mobile service tech will come to you for a buck for each mile they have to travel to and from the closest service center. If you’re interested, you can get in touch with your closest Tesla dealer, or call 650-413-6300 for more information.
Gallery: Review: 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport
Photos by Brad Wood / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
[Source: Tesla Motors]
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Tesla now leasing Roadsters for the noncommittal originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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EYE concept coming to Geneva has Tesla Motors connection
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Tesla, Electric
IED Tesla EYE concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
Though it proudly sports a chrome Tesla Motors logo on its nose, the Geneva-bound EYE concept pictured above was not penned by that California company’s designers. Not directly anyway. That credit goes to 11 transportation design master course students at the Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin (IED). That’s not to say Tesla Motors wasn’t involved in the effort, though. In a bid to uncover the student’s future-vision, the school decided to hook up with the company whose name they felt is “synonymous with innovation,” and the team went on to develop its green dream under the supervising eye of Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s chief designer.
Though we’ll likely never see how this full-size model looks rolling down the road, we will get see it posing for the public at the Geneva Motor Show. Perhaps our photos taken there will better reveal whether the concept has successfully achieved its makers’ goal of creating a 2 + 2 sportscar “conceived to become a status-symbol.”
Gallery: IED Tesla EYE concept
[Source: Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin]
EYE concept coming to Geneva has Tesla Motors connection originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tesla Employees Killed in Plane Crash
Feb 17, 2010 Object
The plane, a twin-engine Cessna, crashed in foggy weather and set two homes and several vehicles on fire in Palo Alto, Calif.
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The Fine Print in Tesla’s IPO: No Profit, No Product, No Problem
Feb 3, 2010 Object
So what if Tesla Motors, the luxury electric-car maker, lost $31 million in the first nine months of last year and $236 million since its inception. So what if it’s canceling its $100,000 Roadster — its single current product — in 2011 and a replacement won’t be available until at least 2013. So what if Tesla won’t even begin producing its $50,000 Model S “family” sedan until 2012, leaving an unknown period of time when this new company won’t be selling any cars at all. And so what if Tesla admits that CEO Elon Musk (pictured, with Model S) “does not devote his full time and attention” to the company.
Tesla’s IPO filing — the company hopes to raise an additional $100 million — sure contains some eyebrow-raising disclosures.
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Ohio State Fans Pay the Price for Rose Bowl Glory as Ticket Prices May Rise
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In January, Ohio State’s football team won its first Rose Bowl game since 1997. Now, fans will have to reach deeper into their pockets if they want to see if their beloved Buckeyes will be successful this season.
According to the Associated Press, Ohio State’s Board of Trustees will vote Friday on a proposal to raise the price of tickets by $7, to $70 for reserved seats. Tickets for faculty and staff will rise $4, and students would have to pay another $1 to see a game. Prices for basketball tickets would be raised $1 for a reserved seats to $18, while prices for faculty, staff and students would jump 50 cents. Ohio State, whose last significant price increase was prior to the 2004 season, has the most expensive tickets in the Big 10.
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AutoblogGreen for 02.03.10
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Study: hydrogen proponents rely on “five distinct fantasy themes” Well, this should be interesting. |
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Reading murky tea leaves about Tesla Motors’ future and IPO Is Daimler Tesla’s shining knight? |
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REPORT: Tesla Motors planning IPO "soon"
Filed under: Earnings/Financials, Tesla, Electric
Tesla Roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery
Rumors about Tesla’s plan to go public have been circulating since 2008, but a down stock market seemed to put a damper on the start-up’s IPO. Now, the word on the street from Reuters is that Tesla is planning to go public “soon.” When might that be, exactly? Who knows. A source told Reuters it could happen “any day,” but Stephan Dolezalek, managing director of VantagePoint Venture Partners and a Tesla investor, said in September that it’s unlikely to happen in 2009.
For its part, Tesla continues to offer little guidance on the report other than to dismiss it as “rumor or speculation.” We shall see…
Gallery: First Drive: Tesla Roadster
[Source: Reuters]
REPORT: Tesla Motors planning IPO “soon” originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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VIDEO: Deconstructing the end-of-the-world limo ride in 2012
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We’re still early in the holiday movie season, but the clear early winner is the blockbuster world-ending thriller 2012. The pic cleared $65 million in its first weekend in the U.S. and a stunning $265 million around the globe. If you have already seen the movie or if you’ve just checked out the five minute clip we showed you last month, then you know this disaster flick is chock-full of CGI destruction on a scale we quite frankly have never seen before. And our favorite scene stars a Lincoln Town Car limo that somehow manages to survive (like the Panther platform upon which it is based) while the virtual world quite literally crumbles around it. It makes us wonder how that scene was made to look so damn real.
Well, we didn’t have to wonder for long, because YouTube has come to the rescue with video of how the scene was created. A company called SWAY Studio created a simulator/program called Drive-A-Tron that works like a virtual stunt driving machine with very realistic-looking results. The simulator features a real steering wheel, along with brake and accelerator pedals to capture the action in real time. SWAY reconfigured the machine for the big screen action flick so the program could interact with moving terrain, and since the system features true to life engine, suspension and even tire inputs, the final product looks pretty damn real to us. Hit the jump to watch how the Lincoln Town Car limo scene was created. Pretty interesting stuff.
[Source: Raging Artists]
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