You might remember a few years ago that after three Tesla Model S sedans caught fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stepped in and opened an investigation into the series of fires, and Tesla made changes to the vehicles based on what happened. Now another fire has happened in France. [More]
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You Can Now Drive A Tesla Model S Cross-Country — If You Don’t Mind An 800-Mile Detour
By 1.31.14
After earlier test drives up and down the East Coast last winter, the next obstacle for the Tesla Model S in its quest for acceptance was the task of setting up superchargers across the country, to enable the kind of American road trip everyone says they’re planning to take someday. Anyway, you can now drive cross-country in a Tesla, but you’ll just have to take a bit of a detour. [More]
Of Course Someone Bought A Tesla Model S And Paid For It With Bitcoins
By 12.6.13
Two things everyone on the Internet just loves to talk about because there’s usually some controversy surrounding the subjects have just combined into one juicy story just perfect for the World Wide Web: Someone just bought a Tesla Model S and used Bitcoin to pay for it. [More]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk: We Get Way Too Much Attention
By 11.21.13
Attention can be delightful, say when you have a new haircut or you’ve just finished the entire crossword by yourself in under three weeks and everyone (cat, roommate) cheers for you. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk definitely feels his company and its electric cars are getting way too much attention, the bad kind, after three car fires prompted the feds to open a probe into the Model S. [More]
Car Fires Prompt NHTSA To Open Official Probe Into Safety Of Tesla Model S
By 11.19.13
The smell of car batteries roasting in the flickering flames has reached the nose of he National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which aid it’s opened a formal probe into the safety of the Tesla Model S electric car after reports of two fires caused by cars hitting debris in the road. In other words, Elon Musk is probably not happy right now. [More]
Another Tesla Model S Catches Fire After Hitting Road Debris
By 11.7.13
In the third fiery incident since October, another Tesla Model S electric car caught fire after hitting road debris. This time the blaze erupted in Tennessee after the car ran over a tow hitch on the interstate, possibly damaging the undercarriage and sparking an electrical fire. [More]
Elon Musk Writes A Letter To Customers Explaining How That Tesla Caught On Fire
By 10.4.13
Listen, everyone: Elon Musk doesn’t want customers to be scared to buy a Tesla electric car just because of that whole “This Tesla is on fire” video. As such, the CEO of the company himself has issued an explanation of how it all went down, reassuring scared consumers that despite the fiery footage, “there should be absolutely zero doubt that it is safer to power a car with a battery than a large tank of highly flammable liquid.” [More]
Obtain Marshmallows And Watch A $62,000 Tesla Model S Burn
By 10.3.13
Gather round the flickering flames and stretch your marshmallow-roasting wrist muscles, folks. This is what a Tesla Model S looks like when it’s on fire, all $62,000 worth of it. [More]
Would A Guaranteed Buyback Deal Convince You To Buy A Fancy Electric Car?
By 4.3.13
If someone were to ask you, “Hey, wanna buy a $60,000 electric car?” you’d probably be like, “Yeah, one sec, let me just dip into that offshore bank account.” But what if it came with a guaranteed buyback deal that would allow you to resell it after 36 months? That’s the gambit Tesla Motors is trying in a new venture it’s worked out with several banks to convince drivers to buy its Tesla Model S electric car. [More]
