Tesla Motors, Inc.

Fuel cell expert says Tesla is promising more than it can deliver

2013-06-04 08:08:00

Just three days after Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled plans to greatly accelerate the rollout of his company's coast-to-coast fast charger network, an expert in a competing technology was saying wait a minute, not so fast. Paul F....

Electric cars are getting as cheap as gasoline rivals

2013-06-01 07:29:00

What would it take to get you into an electric car today? Forced by state regulators to sell more zero-emission vehicles, automakers are tripping over each other to offer consumers rock-bottom lease deals. For the first time, electric vehicles are...

Pedego electric bicycle juices up commute to train station

2013-06-01 00:00:00

For years I contemplated selling my car and riding a bicycle to work. I would ride to the Tustin train station four miles from my Irvine home on a bike path that would put me just half a mile from the station. From there I would take the Metrolink train...

Elon Musk says fourth Tesla will be small SUV costing about $35,000

2013-05-31 11:21:00

Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk said that the fourth vehicle in the automaker's lineup with be a small $35,000-ish SUV. Musk made the announcement during an interview with CNBC on Friday. The SUV would be roughly half the base price of the company's...

Tesla reaches new milestone as stock tops $100 for the first time

2013-05-28 10:54:00

Tesla Motors Inc. hit another milestone Tuesday morning. It's stock was up as much as $8.10 on the Nasdaq and topped $100 a share for the first time ever. As the trading day progressed, Tesla shares lost a little ground, but the price was still up $7.25...

Stocks jump after home prices, confidence surge

2013-05-28 13:50:00

A rally that brought the stock market to record highs this year came back to life after U.S. home prices rose the most in seven years and consumer confidence reached a five-year high. As stock prices rose investors sold bonds, sending interest rates...

Tesla boosts its charging network, but only the Model S can plug in

2013-05-30 13:12:00

Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has announced an accelerated rollout of fast super-charger stations across the U.S. and parts of Canada, promising to boost the current eight stations to 25 by midsummer. By the winter months of this year,...

TuneIn takes on Pandora, Sirius to bring streaming radio to cars

2013-05-31 15:34:00

Want to hear an Antarctica-based folk music station in your car? How about a radio broadcaster that plays only Grateful Dead covers? TuneIn is trying to make that a possibility for more people. The Palo Alto company, founded in 2002, is taking on...

Tesla Motors posts first quarterly profit in its 10-year history

2013-05-09 00:00:00

For the first time in its 10 year history, electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. turned a quarterly profit, beating analysts expectations for sales of its pricey luxury sedans. The Palo Alto automaker on Wednesday reported net income of $11.2 million, or...

Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan

2013-05-22 13:46:00

Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors on Wednesday paid off a Department Energy loan that had become a political hot potato. Tesla owed the federal government $451.8 million on a loan that was part of a special program to develop alternative fuel...

Tesla to raise $830 million from investors, repay U.S. debt

2013-05-15 18:55:00

Fresh off its first profitable quarter, Tesla Motors Inc. plans to raise about $830 million in a stock and debt offering that will enable the electric car maker to pay off its $465-million federal loan. Founder Elon Musk, who owns 33 million shares,...

As Tesla taps capital markets for cash, share price could top $100

2013-05-17 10:25:00

Tesla Motors shares are trading at about $90 and could easily top $100, buoyed by its ability to tap capital markets for about $1 billion through its announced sale of stock and convertible notes. It is an impressive performance that will help the...

Tesla plans for over 200 supercharging stations across North America by 2015. 100% of the population will be in Model S range of a supercharger, according to Elon Musk, who is the Chairman, Product Architect and CEO of Tesla Motors.

2013-05-30 00:00:00

There are currently nine Tesla supercharging stations, with 25 slated for completion by this summer, including one in Normal, IL and one west of Chicago.

2013-05-30 00:00:00

Tesla Motors' Model S premium electric sedan starts around $70,000, but Tesla chief Elon Musk is promising to get a small SUV into the electic vehicle manufacturer's lineup that will cost about half as much.

2013-05-18 00:00:00