2012 Tesla Model s Coming Your Way!

The price may seem surprisingly low for what was, until its closure last month, the West Coast's last big car plant. In comparison, the first phase of construction at Solyndra's new solar panel factory, less than a mile away, is expected to cost $733 million.You may be shopping for a new car right now, enjoying the 2010 models and whichever 2011 cars have already hit the market. Among the newest

2011 Tesla Model S Price Range: $57,400 before options

Tesla, which makes luxury electric cars, reported the price Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing updated Tesla's application for a $100 million initial public stock offering, giving potential investors information on the purchase as well as the partnership Tesla formed last week with Toyota Motor Corp. What: A sporty, all-electric luxury sedan from

2011 The Tesla Roadster Sport cars

Eberhard's aim was to develop a car that ran on sustainable energy while, unlike all its competitors, being practical enough to use every day. The difficulty was developing the technology and putting it in a car everybody could afford. The answer was simple; they decided that their first venture would have to start out like the high tech gadgets, hyped-up, over priced and rare, becoming cheaper

Detail Exterior The 2010 Tesla Roadster

The all-electric 2010 Tesla Roadster proves that you don't have to go slow to go green.The Tesla Roadster is the world's first mass-produced, all-electric, high-performance sports car. While that may sound counter intuitive, test drivers assert that the Roadster lives up to the hype.The Tesla Roadster Sport, a child of Silicon Valley, financed by 38 year old PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, it is

America's Sports Car: Corvette or Tesla

With the Independence Day holiday fresh in our minds, and our nation focused on the troubled and changing economic times, I thought it would be interesting to re-examine what we should consider to be America's sports car. Usually the Chevrolet Corvette immediately comes to mind when thinking of the quintessential American sports car. Ever since the mid 1950's, the Corvette has symbolized what a

Electric Sports-Car Maker Tesla Gets $82.5 Million Investment

Tesla Motors Inc., maker of an electric sports car that can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds, received an $82.5 million equity investment from a group led by Fjord Capital Management.“It was an opportunistic investment,” Elon Musk, chief executive officer of San Carlos, California-based Tesla, said today in an interview at the Frankfurt Motor Show. “We were not looking for money.”

2011 Tesla Electric Sports Cars Roadster 2.5

2011 Tesla Electric Sports Cars Roadster 2.5 Tesla launched the new Roadster this week and is delivering to customers now. More than 1,200 current Tesla owners in at least 23 countries have logged over five million electric miles in their Roadsters. CHICHESTER, UK — Tesla Motors (TSLA) will unveil its next-generation sports car to the public this weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.