Topic: Tesla Motors Inc.

Use Reverse Innovation to Inspire Ethonomics

Last week I wrote about reverse innovation. We often witness this in other countries where the local conditions--whether due to political uncertainty, low local income levels, or unfavorable geography-- seem like a hindrance to ...READ MORE›

Tesla Hits the Jackpot: $465 Million in DOE Loans

Finally, some good news for beleaguered electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors. Only a day after CEO Elon Musk wrote a long blog post defending himself and his company against rumors and accusations, Tesla has been awarded approval ...READ MORE›

Tesla Raises Shocking Amount in Nasdaq Debut

For all its ambitions to revolutionize the electric car industry, Tesla Motors has only posted a profit once, back in July 2009. It has released just one car (the Roadster), and sells 10 vehicles per week. And yet Tesla's first day ...READ MORE›

Going Green: The Top 100

Always On recently posted the Top 100 private Cleantech companies, which will be feted at next week's Going Green conference in Cavallo Point, San Francisco, CA.   Here's a list of the winners: For a link to the ...READ MORE›

Best of TreeHugger: a Dow Jones for Climate Change, the Aftermath of 'Clunkers', and the Coming Electric Car Revolution

This week: the dust clears from the controversial Cash for Clunkers--leaving greener, better stimulus programs in its wake? Also, a Dow Jones-type index for measuring climate change, some serious progress (and some serious questions) for electric car companies, and how human teeth could revolutionize the aviation industry.READ MORE›

Tesla Sets IPO Terms: $185 Million, With Help From Toyota

Tesla Motors, apparently unaffected by rumors of CEO Elon Musk's money woes, has announced it's set terms for its IPO at $185 million--through a public share deal and private purchase by Toyota. Tesla's predicted to make losses until ...READ MORE›

Change-Agent Designs: They Inspire You to Do the Right Thing

While designs are often the result of great inspiration, I'm even more interested in designs that themselves inspire. I'm a great believer in design's power to effect positive change in the world. Understandably, the first job ...READ MORE›

With $350M Infusion, Tesla Adds Minivans, Crossovers, and Fleet Vans to Line of EVs

Tesla Motors--they made that cute all-electric Roadster no one actually owns--wants you to know the money they received from the government is NOT the same money that bailed out Detroit, but rather a loan from the DOE to accelerate ...READ MORE›

Mission One: Super-fast, Super-green Sportbike

This just in from the TED conference: A veteran of Tesla Motors and Yves Behar, designer of the Jawbone headset, unveiled what they promise will be the fastest electric vehicle in the world. Mission Motors, based in San Francisco, ...READ MORE›

Fisker, Kleiner Perkins Team Up for $39,000 Plug-in Hybrid Mystery Car

Fisker Automotive is best known for pissing off Tesla Motors and introducing the Karma, an $80,000 luxury plug-in hybrid set to debut later this year. Turns out the startup company has another trick up its sleeve: a $39,000 ...READ MORE›

Elon Musk's Broke, But His Big Rocket Is Poised to Shoot Into Space

President Obama's plans for a more diverse and commercial company-inclusive space industry are primed to take a leap forward tomorrow, as SpaceX readies its Falcon 9 rocket for launch from Cape Canaveral. It's all subject to the ...READ MORE›

Can Rosetta Stone Reach the Fourth Level of Advantage?

Rosetta Stone is on a proven path, the same one that most of the highly disruptive companies of the past twenty years--Dell, RIM, Google--have trodden.READ MORE›

Electric Power

Are you ready for the sports car that hits 112 mph in first gear--and isn't a gas guzzler?READ MORE›

A History of Green Brands: 2000's Thousands of Flowers Bloom

This decade was a tipping point for the sustainability movement and this piece, written by Landor Associates' Russ Meyers, looks at the promotion and expansion of green brands.With the beginning of a new decade came new interest in ...READ MORE›

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Tesla CEO Blogs-All on Eberhard Lawsuit

Electric vehicle startup Tesla has dealt with its share of hurdles--lawsuits, egos, and money problems, to name a few. Most recently, estranged founder Martin Eberhard filed a 146-page complaint against the company, claiming that ...READ MORE›

Tesla Only Sells 10 Cars a Week, But Still Has Plans to Build a Cabriolet, Van, and SUV

Tesla Motors' well-publicized struggle with growing pains is something of a soap opera. There's divorce, bankruptcy, plane crashes, sports cars, and lots of uncertainty--and the longer we watch, the more complicated things seem to ...READ MORE›

Tesla Leaking a Trail of Cash

After a gung-ho IPO, the electric car maker shows accelerating losses. Can Elon Musk steer his company back in the right direction?READ MORE›

Tesla Lawsuit Drama Ends as Five Company Founders Emerge

After months of squabbling, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and founder Martin Eberhard have finally made up.Tesla is known as much for its high-profile electric cars as for its dramatic internal bickering. Recently, departed company ...READ MORE›

GM's Chevy Volt Batteries Get a Second Life

Even before its electric car hits the road, GM has figured out an after-market use for its batteries -- storage for the smart grid.READ MORE›

GM Is First American Automaker to Open Battery Pack Factory in U.S.

Oh, GM. How we love and loathe you at the same time. The same company that aided in the obliteration of the U.S. auto industry is now taking small steps to build it back up. GM's prized Chevy Volt plug-in electric vehicle won't be ...READ MORE›

Inside Tesla's First East Coast Store

California-based Tesla Motors opened its third retail store today in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, kicking off a rapid retail expansion plan that should land stores in eight major U.S. cities before the end of 2009. Unlike the ...READ MORE›

Jeff Skoll: Doing Good Business

 Jeff Skoll achieved notoriety as the first president and second full-time employee of the internet auction company, eBay. He became a man with a mission after getting a wakeup call at the age of 14 when his father ...READ MORE›

Tesla To Announce "Affordable" Electric Sedan

Tomorrow, California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger will take the podium to announce Tesla Motors' new family-oriented electric vehicle, as part of a partnership between Tesla and the State of California. The car will be produced ...READ MORE›

Three Steps for Changing Reality

Last Sunday, an article I was reading covered Elon Musk, who made his riches helping to build PayPal and is now CEO of Space X and Tesla Motors. A few years ago, while doing research for my third book, I interviewed Musk. I was struck by the same thing the article covered: does Musk twist reality? READ MORE›

Why Does Tesla Get All the Love? It's Selling California, Not Cars

Yesterday, Tesla Motors fulfilled its stereotype as a Silicon Valley startup by botching the unveiling of its second major product launch, the four-door Model S sedan. The feverish response to the news--from Digg co-founder Kevin ...READ MORE›