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Romney Calls Tesla Electric Vehicles A ‘Loser’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed in with his verdict on startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors: It’s a “loser.” So, for that matter, is another startup that’s still in...
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Tesla Accused Of Operating Illegal Showrooms In Four States
Given today’s high gas prices, many car shoppers are turning their attention to hybrids and other fuel-efficient vehicles. Electric cars like those built by Tesla [NASDQ:TSLA] could be attractive to...
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Tesla To Be Cash Flow Positive By The End Of November
Just last week, Tesla revised its 2012 revenue projections downward from some $600 million to between $400 and $440 million, blaming production startup problems with the Model S sedan for the decline...
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Romney Slams Tesla & Fisker Again In Final Presidential Debate
The CEOs of Tesla and Fisker may have thought they were home free–but it was not to be. Both startup electric-car companies were named at the very end of last night’s third and final presidential...
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Tesla Model S Owner Drives Coast To Coast Electrically
By now, regular readers will be familiar with long-distance electric car trips. While range may cause anxiety to some, for others it’s merely a temporary limit, with forward planning and steely resolve...
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Tesla 1, Dealers 0: Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Electric Car Company
Last fall, Tesla was making headlines — not because of its snazzy Model S sedan, but because of its unusual (and potentially illegal) showrooms. Now, one judge in Massachusetts has vindicated the...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Offers Help To Boeing On Battery Problems
He has his eyes on space, and is changing the world of automobiles with his Tesla electric cars–but now Elon Musk is offering a hand to Boeing, too. The Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO tweeted Saturday...
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Tesla Now Making, Delivering 500 Model S Electric Cars Weekly
With a backlog of more than 10,000 depositors for the Tesla Model S, its maker is making and delivering electric luxury sedans as fast as it can. Among other benefits, that may allow Tesla Motors...
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Consumer Reports Names Tesla Model S Its Top Pick
DETROIT (AP) — The Tesla Model S electric sedan is Consumer Reports’ top pick in this year’s automotive rankings. The magazine cited the Model S’s sporty performance and technological innovations,...
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Car Rental Companies Ramp Up Exotic Offerings
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There’s a chance now for the middle class to feel like movie stars. Or for a movie star to feel like a movie star away from home. In the past few years, some of the biggest car rental...
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New Tesla For The Price Of A Prius?
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) – Tesla Motors, makers of luxury and performance electric cars, will now have a smaller fourth version Model 3 priced at $35,000 to compete with the BMW 3 Series and priced at the...
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Tesla Adding All-Wheel Drive, Safety Features
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Luxury electric car maker Tesla Motors is making its Model S sedan faster and safer in an effort to compete better with other high-end sedans. At an open-to-the-public...
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Elon Musk Says Some Tesla Cars Will Be Built In China
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company will eventually start making some of its electric cars in China. Musk told CNNMoney that selling Teslas in China is expensive for the company,...
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Tesla Motors Applies To Sell, Service Cars In Michigan
PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) — Tesla Motors has applied for licenses to sell and service its vehicles in Michigan. The Palo Alto, California-based electric car maker submitted applications in November to...
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Senate Majority Leader To Offer Bill Allowing Tesla To Sell Cars To Consumers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The majority leader of the Connecticut Senate says he’ll introduce legislation that would allow electric vehicle manufacturers, including Tesla Motors, to sell cars directly to...
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Tesla, Radio Flyer Team Up To Create Cars For Kids
(CBS) — It’s electrifying! Not just the idea but the price tag. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole has a look at the latest luxury car for your toddler. The Tesla is a wickedly fast and expensive electric sport...
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Orders For Tesla’s Lower-Price Car Reach 325,000
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) – Tesla Motors says worldwide orders for its new lower-priced Model 3 electric car have hit 325,000. CEO Elon Musk says on Twitter Thursday that the...
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Demand For Tesla’s New Model 3 Is Wild, But Limited To Tech Fans
By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – Demand for Tesla’s new Model 3 has been eye-popping, with consumers pre-ordering about $13.7 billion worth of the electric sedans nearly two years before...
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Tesla to Release Lower-Priced Versions of Model S Car
NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla said Thursday that it has started selling a cheaper version of its Model S car in an attempt to make its electric vehicles more affordable for more people. The new version,...
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Tesla Driver’s Death on ‘Autopilot’ Triggers Probe, Dilemma
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first American death involving a car in self-driving mode presents a dilemma: How aggressively to embrace the potentially life-saving technology after a fatal crash. The driver’s...
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Tesla Vehicle Deliveries Slip In Q2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla Motors shipped fewer autos to customers in the past three months, making it unlikely to meet prior expectations for delivering 80,000 to 90,000 vehicles this year. The...
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Tesla Says It’s Improving Autopilot by Boosting Radar
BREE FOWLER, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically...
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Tesla Inks Deal To Buy German Engineering Firm For Manufacturing
PALO ALTO (CBS / AP) — Tesla Motors says it has agreed to buy a German engineering company to help automate its electric car manufacturing. The company is buying buy Grohmann Engineering, which Tesla...
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Tesla Delivers First Lower-Cost Model 3 Cars
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla Inc. has finally made its long-promised affordable electric car. But it could take years to get it to all the people who want to buy it. Tesla delivered the Model 3 small...
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What Happened To The Tesla That Elon Musk Shot Into Space?
(CNN Money) — There were plenty of spectacular moments during the maiden launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday. But perhaps the most dramatic scene occurred about four minutes after...
View ArticleGoFundMe Page Raises $5,000 To Buy Elon Musk A New Couch
CBS Local — Last week, Elon Musk showed “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King the couch he sleeps on when he works late at his Tesla Model 3 factory. The internet was not pleased with the piece of...
View ArticleTesla Driver Hits And Kills Bear On Highway
SUTHERLIN, OR (CBS Local) – A driver was lucky to escape injury after colliding with a bear that wandered onto an Oregon highway. According to KVAL, the driver was traveling in a Tesla electric car...
View ArticleActress Tweets Video Of Husband’s Tesla Bursting Into Flames “Out Of The Blue”
WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBS NEWS) —Tesla is investigating how one of its cars appeared to suddenly catch fire on a busy street near Los Angeles. Cellphone video shows flames shooting out of the electric...
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Elon Musk Says Going Private Is ‘Best Path Forward’ For Tesla
(CNN Money) — Elon Musk’s latest big idea is daring even by his standards: He wants to turn Tesla into a private company. He stunned investors on Tuesday with a tweet saying he had already lined up the...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Company To Pay $40 Million To Settle SEC Case
(CNN Money) — Elon Musk agreed Saturday to step down as chairman of Tesla and pay a $20 million fine in a deal to settle charges brought this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the...
View ArticleElon Musk Is One Step Closer To Constructing Baltimore-DC ‘Hyperloop’
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, may be one step closer to fulfilling a promise he made to Baltimore and DC residents — created a 29-minute commute between the two cities via an...
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Tesla Is Hurting But Electric And Self-Driving Cars Are Still A Good Investment
(CNN) — Tesla is having a brutal year. But the company’s missed sales forecasts and weakening demand shouldn’t scare investors away from the electric vehicle business. In fact, the EV industry as a...
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Elon Musk Is Making Implants To Link The Brain With A Smartphone
(CNN) — Elon Musk wants to insert Bluetooth-enabled implants into your brain, claiming the devices could enable telepathy and repair motor function in people with injuries. Speaking on Tuesday, the CEO...
View ArticleImpatient Driver Hits Crossing Guard With Vehicle In Glen Burnie, Police Say
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — An impatient motorist drove his car at a crossing guard who had stopped traffic to allow three elementary school students to cross the street and hit her leg, Anne Arundel...
View ArticleNew Video Released Sheds Light After Police Say A Glen Burnie Man...
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — A Glen Burnie man was arrested last week after police said he intentionally hit a crossing guard with his car and new video sheds a light on the incident — which raises some...
View ArticleAnne Arundel County State’s Attorney Releases Statement On Incident Involving...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney released a statement in regards to the incident involving a crossing guard in Glen Burnie. Read the full statement below: “After a...
View ArticleState’s Attorney Won’t Prosecute Tesla Driver Charged With ‘Hitting’ Crossing...
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — After a review of various footage of the incident, the Anne Arundel State’s Attorney’s Office will not prosecute a driver accused of striking a crossing guard and driving away...
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Twitter Agrees To Sell Itself To Elon Musk
(CNN) — Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a deal valued at around $44 billion, the company said Monday. The deal caps off a whirlwind news cycle in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became...
View ArticleAutomakers Ask Congress To Lift Electric Vehicle Tax Cap
NEW YORK (AP) — Major automakers are asking Congress to lift the cap on how many people can receive tax credits for buying a hybrid or fully electric vehicle. Currently the number of tax credits...
View ArticleNearly 400 Crashes Of Automated Vehicles Reported Over Past 10 Months
DETROIT (AP) — Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes over a 10-month period involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas, according to statistics...
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