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After Third Car Fire, Investors Sue Tesla

Class-action suit says company misled on safety issues

(Newser) - Headlines about cars starting on fire tend to do bad things to said car company's stock prices, and investors in Tesla have gotten angry enough to sue. A class-action suit announced yesterday accuses the company of misleading investors on safety issues, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The suit follows...

Model S Burns, Tesla Stock Dives

Electric car went up in flames after collision

(Newser) - Electric car company Tesla was jolted by a 6% dive in its share price yesterday after a video surfaced showing its all-electric Model S on fire near Seattle following a collision. The driver told authorities that the vehicle caught fire after he struck some metal debris on the highway, the...

GM Working on Its Own Answer to Tesla
GM Working on Its Own Answer to Tesla
Sep 17, 2013 10:54 AM CDT

GM Working on Its Own Answer to Tesla

Technology is there, but expensive batteries are an issue

(Newser) - General Motors is working on an electric car with a range of 200 miles, a feat so far matched only by the Tesla Model S, officials tell the Wall Street Journal . And unlike its critically acclaimed competition, the GM model would come with a more affordable $30,000 price tag,...

Tesla Model S Safety Rating: 5.4 Out of 5 Stars

Electric vehicle fares better than any in history of NHTSA testing

(Newser) - Just how well did the Tesla Model S do in government safety tests? The highest score a car can get is 5 stars. The Model S got 5.4. "Yes," writes Travis Okulski at Jalopnik . "It broke the scale." In fact, the electric car did better...

Consumer Reports Gives Tesla Model S Highest Score Ever

Pricey plug-in vehicle gets 99 out of 100

(Newser) - The hype around Tesla's Model S got a big shot in the arm today courtesy of Consumer Reports , which is giving the car a whopping 99 out of 100, tied for the highest score the famously demanding magazine has ever given. In fact, CR director Jake Fisher tells Jalopnik...

Touche: Times Reviewer Refutes Tesla Accusations

Including the weird one about driving in circles in a parking lot

(Newser) - A New York Times auto reviewer has issued a point-by-point rebuttal to Tesla's claims that he deliberately set out to make the Model S electric car look bad. In one of the standout accusations, based on the car's driving logs, Tesla's Elon Musk wrote that John Broder...

Tesla: Logs Show NYT's Negative Review Is Bogus

Automaker says reporter was out to make the car look bad

(Newser) - Tesla has lobbed the latest volley in what's become a nasty public fight with the New York Times over a negative review of the electric Model S sedan. In a blog post titled "A Most Peculiar Test Drive," Tesla chief Elon Musk says logs from the drive...

Tesla&#39;s Model S: You&#39;re Jealous
 Tesla's Model S: You're Jealous 
OPINION
Jul 25, 2012 12:56 PM CDT

Tesla's Model S: You're Jealous

Will Oremus test drives the car that will make Prius owners look sufferable

(Newser) - If you ever get to drive the Tesla Model S, try not to let it go to your head. Because Will Oremus of Slate sure couldn't. "It is extremely hard, as drivers in their BMWs and Lexuses crane for a glimpse of my ninja-quiet ride, to keep from...

Orders Roll in for Tesla Model S

Fans plunk down big money for place on wait list

(Newser) - Electric car enthusiasts are clamoring to reserve a Tesla Model S, even though the much-hyped electric sedan isn't scheduled to roll out of the factory until 2012. More than 2,200 people have plunked down deposits on the car, SiliconValley.com reports, and that’s no small commitment. It costs...

Toyota Teams Up With Tesla on Electric Car

$50M buy-in on 'affordable' Tesla model due in 2012

(Newser) - Toyota is teaming up with Tesla Motors to develop and build electric cars at a recently shuttered auto plant in the San Francisco Bay area. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said yesterday the world's largest automaker will invest $50 million in Tesla when the company goes public, and Tesla CEO Elon...

Meet Tesla's Fully Electric Car
 Meet Tesla's Fully Electric Car 
Mar 27, 2009 8:45 AM CDT

Meet Tesla's Fully Electric Car

(Newser) - The electric car is real—at least in prototype form. Tesla Motors yesterday unveiled a working prototype of its much-anticipated Model S, a fully-electric 5-door sedan, the LA Times reports. It’s actually Tesla’s second electric vehicle, but unlike the Roadster, which is produced in London and carries a...

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