Tesla, the ever surprising electric car company, have announced that they’ve met and exceeded sales predictions by some 20%. Nearly 6,900 cars have been delivered to date, a number far higher than was expected to be possible. Tesla is crediting it’s partnerships with key suppliers such as Panasonic for Lithium-ion batteries as being key in […]
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Safety in crashes is a major consideration for many car buyers and as such is an area manufacturers take extremely seriously. It is a boon for electric cars that they’re able to hide away core heavy components such as batteries and electric motors allowing for crumple zones and impact areas to be far more efficient
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Autonomous driving is a hot topic at the moment with just about everyone testing various ways of achieving driverless cars. It therefore makes sense for legislators to define what categories and levels of autonomy there are so that vehicles fall into different categories. In no particular order, Ford, Google, Nissan, Tesla, Toyota, Volvo, BMW, Volkswagen
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The Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) has announced a world-class line-up of panellists and vehicles for its popular Low Carbon Racing Conference which will take place, for the eighth year running, before the Autosport International Show – on 8th January 2014. As the world’s leading conference on high performance, low carbon technologies, the event has always attracted
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Tesla has released a video following a Norwegian Model S owner, Arne Jakobsen, through his daily drive. Although a standard Model S, it is fitted with snow/ice tyres which have small metal spikes as can be clearly seen in the footage. For any people worried as to weather the door handles which pop out of
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Tesla’s Model S has had it’s on the road (OTR) price revealed as being just a little shy of £50,000 – as promised by Elon Musk at the recent launch of their new flagship UK store opening in the Westfield Centre at Shepherds Bush. The official on-the-road (OTR) price for Model S in the UK
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Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in which Panasonic will expand its supply of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla. With this agreement, the two companies update and expand their 2011 arrangement to now supply nearly 2 billion cells over the course of four years. The lithium-ion battery
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Between 7 and 10pm in a busy Westfield Shopping Centre in the west of London, Tesla owners, fans and potential owners gathered together with press from varying nations for the official opening of the first UK Tesla store. Why in a shopping centre? Tesla sees itself more in-line with the likes of technology companies than
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The Tesla march has reached the UK properly at long last. While they have long had a service centre for roadster owners in particular, and headquarters based in Maidenhead, Tesla Motors conducted their first UK ‘Get Amped’ test drive tour to an invited audience at a beautifully leafy setting in Surrey, at Savill Court. Aside
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Will electric cars make it to rental companies? The answer is a little more complex than you might at first think. The answer, put simply, is; yes. However, widespread adoption is not likely just yet. That said, companies such as Hertz who’s reputation and empire has been built upon the internal combustion engine are not
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