'Tesla'에 해당되는 글 11건

  1. October/2008 Tesla in trouble
  2. September/2008 First test drive Tesla Roadster
  3. August/2008 가속이 붙는 Tesla
  4. August/2008 Electric Tesla saloon due in 2010
  5. July/2008 Tesla gets good review at Bently
  6. July/2008 Tesla at BIMS
  7. July/2008 Tesla CAFE rating 244mpg...Fantastic, really fantastic!
  8. July/2008 Orange Tesla spotted in California
  9. July/2008 Lightining GT to make Debut at British Int'l Motor Show
  10. July/2008 Tesla 캘리포니아에서 양산 체제로
  11. June/2008 꿈의 전기차 Tesla Roadster

Tesla in trouble

미국에서 날아온 보도에 의하면 Tesla Motors가 최근 세계적인 금융 위기의 영향으로
종업원의 절만인 100명의 직원을 감원시킨다고 한다. 이제 깃털이 나서 둥지를 떠날 만
큼 자란 회사. 그 회사의 CEO Ze'ev Drori는 회사를 떠난다고 한다.

Elise를 베이스로 순 전기자동차 Roadster인 Tesla는 최근에 산 호세(San Jose)에
1.43억파운드를 투자해서 공장을 건설한다고 했다.
>>>Read our first drive of the Tesla Roadster 
최신 실리콘밸리 회사 PayPal을 설립한 엘론 머스크(Elon Musk) 같은 투자자로 부터
상당한 지원을 받고 있다. 하지만 신용금융의 부족과 Tesla의 고가격 제품으로 성장이
중단된 상태. 그러나 아직 Tesla측으로 부터 임시 해고에 대한 어떤 공식 언급도 듣지
못했다.

[Source: Auto Car]

October 16th, 2008 17:34 October 16th, 2008 17:34
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First test drive Tesla Roadster


Click on the Tesla Roadster for a high-res gallery

OK, so if you were wondering what could be gained by schlepping a batch of Tesla Roadsters across the pond, I have your answer: convincing European automotive journalists that EVs are wicked cool.

Take, for example, the feelings of Guido Reinking, the editor of Automobilwoche. Before feeling what it's like to be behind the wheel of a Roadster recently, he thought that EVs offered a pathetic future and that electric-powered vehicles were more suited for public transportation than cars. Of EVs, he said, "Aren't they completely sterile, bereft of any emotion, just another appliance?"

He's changed his tune. According to his piece in Automotive News Europe, Reinking now says that, "Anyone harboring such misconceptions needs to take a test drive in a Tesla Roadster." It's a feeling we know, and know well.

Sure, Reinking noted the Roadster's problems, as we noted last week, but I thought the change of mind that Reinking had should be brought up on its own. After all, everyone is going to have their first experience with EVs in the coming decade (give or take) and the more positive those can be, the better the chances will be for battery-powered vehicles.

[Source: Automotive News Europe]
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An electric car can be fun to drive

Guido Reinking
Automotive News Europe
August 29, 2008 06:01 CET

I have to admit that I don't find it appealing to consider a future in which we'll all be driving electric cars.

I don't have anything against using electrically powered public transportation, and I do so regularly. But an electric car? Aren't they completely sterile, bereft of any emotion, just another appliance?

Anyone harboring such misconceptions needs to take a test drive in a Tesla Roadster.

The all-electric sports car, which based on the Lotus Elise, boasts acceleration on a par with a Ferrari. Tesla says its 225-kilowatt (302 hp) electric motor propels it from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour, or 62.5 mph, in 3.9 seconds.

On a company-sponsored test drive in Munich, the car offered the emotional, heart-pounding ride of a street racer. Unfortunately, the drive also illustrated the car's technical weaknesses.

Of the three test cars offered at the Tesla presentation, one did not start. Another, after a fairly short drive on the freeway, emitted smoke from the battery compartment in the rear, where 7,000 lithium ion batteries are bound together.

Although lithium ion batteries offer superior range and performance to nickel-metal hydride or lead-acid ones, they are complex, expensive and somewhat prone to fires.

When the Tesla functioned, it functioned well. But as the glitches demonstrated, it hardly seems suited to volume production at this time.

In the future, major technological advances in the automobile will continue to come from large auto companies and suppliers, and not from small high-tech firms in California.

Developing and building a car requires thousands of experts and huge investment. It's totally different from writing a new computer program or designing a mobile phone with a camera or an MP3 player.

Suppliers such as Robert Bosch, Continental and Johnson Controls-Saft are investing hundreds of millions of euros to develop electric-drive systems built around lithium ion batteries. Next year, Mercedes-Benz will begin selling a hybrid S class powered by Continental's battery pack.

This kind of vehicle will make up an interesting market niche in the next 20 years.

The electric car is just one of many building blocks in the future of the auto industry, but it is one with which you can have fun.

You may e-mail Guido Reinking at greinking@craincom.de

September 1st, 2008 08:03 September 1st, 2008 08:03
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가속이 붙는 Tesla

Tesla Roadster

A host of new electric models is on the way, including a saloon.

Tesla Motors는 2010년에 시판할 다음 차종은 BMW 5-Series, Jaguar XF와 경쟁할 스포츠카라고 확인했다. Lotus Elise를 베이스로한 Tesla Roadster를 생산 판매하고 있는 미국회사는 향후 수년내에 배터리 구동 차종의 여러급 모델을 알맞는 가격으로 전세계에 판매할 것이라고 햇다.

Saloon은 후륜구동 chassis를 적용하며 회사의 특허품인 lithium-ion 파워팩과 전기 모터를 이용하며 영국에 판매할 때면 40,000 파운드 가격표를 달고 있을 것이라고 했다. 이 차종은 운행거리는 160 마일이며 속도는 0-60mph에 이르는데 6초가 걸린다고 했다. Tesla는 일년  20,000대 판매를 목표로 하고 있다.  

이 회사는 동일 플래트폼을 사용하는 쿠페, 크로스오버 에스테이트, SUV도 계획하고 있다. 이들 차종은 마즈다자동차의 전디자이너 프란츠 본 홀츠하우젠이 창안한 카본-화이버로 만든 차체을 탑재할 것이라고 했다. Tesla사는 주요 자동차회사와 공동으로 도시형자동차 VW의 Up!과 Toyota의 iQ를 포함한 미래의 자동차의 드라이브트레인을 공급하기 위해 작업을 하고 있다고 했다.


[Source: Auto Express]

August 27th, 2008 19:57 August 27th, 2008 19:57
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Electric Tesla saloon due in 2010

Tesla Motors’ next vehicle, codenamed Whitestar, will go into production in 2010 and offer mid-range practicality aimed at families, in direct contrast to the niche all-electric Tesla Roadster the company has made its name with.

The new car will be built in California, not New Mexico as previously planned, and will be a high-volume product. According to Telsa CEO Ze'ev Drori, the car's styling is nearly finished and the firm is now designing the factory.

Tesla is also planning a ‘range extender’ version of the Whitestar to rival the Chevrolet Volt, which will use a small petrol engine to charge a battery pack and drive an electric motor.

The firm then wants to continue to bring down the price of electric cars and plans to launch a cheaper, entry-level model codenamed Bluestar.

[Sopurce: Auto Car]

August 19th, 2008 15:51 August 19th, 2008 15:51
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Tesla gets good review at Bently


The Tesla Roadster electric sports car won't go on sale in Europe until the fall of 2009 (for a hefty price of about $160,000). But at least one early version has found its way across the Atlantic: Bentley, which specializes in heavyweight luxury cars, has one of the light electric runabouts.

The aluminum roadster, with 6,831 laptop batteries jammed into its rear section, has been tested by Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen and development chief Ulrich Eichhorn. Says Eichhorn: "Not as hot as a Lotus, but absolutely a great driving experience." Lotus delivers the Tesla chassis.

But don't look for an electric Bentley; the required batteries would be too heavy. And Bentleys would have to shrink.


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The Tesla: Bentley execs like it but will leave electrics to others.

July 29th, 2008 08:05 July 29th, 2008 08:05
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Tesla at BIMS



There's lots of green-car action taking place at this years British International Motor Show (BIMS) and although we can't be there in person, our vlogger pal Danny is. Today, Danny has a fresh interview with Darryl Siry from Tesla who was at the show to check out the Lightning GT reveal accompany a Roadster while it sits on display for the public to longingly cast their eyes upon. Mr. Siry was forthcoming in answering most of his queries and we were able to glean a few interesting bits of Tesla news.

The most important information was about the state of European Roadster sales. Although he wouldn't give an exact figure, Danny did manage to wrest from the marketing VP that they've sold several dozen, in fact, they are "pretty soon going to close in on a hundred". They expect to sell the entire European allotment of 250 units for 2008 before the end of the year. Another eyebrow raiser was the mention of plans for Euro stores, including one on the outskirts of London, possibly in the direction of Surrey. They go on to discuss other things such as the Model S deployment strategy, batteries and the Roadster drivetrain 1.5. If you're in need of a Tesla fix with a British accent, hit the jump.

[Source: Danny's Contentment]

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July 26th, 2008 08:28 July 26th, 2008 08:28
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Tesla CAFE rating 244mpg...Fantastic, really fantastic!

WASHINGTON -- The latest government fuel economy report says 2008-model cars and trucks sold in the United States will average 26.8 mpg, up only slightly from 26.6 mpg in 2007.

But one eye-popping number appears in the report: Tesla Motors, the upstart maker of an electric sports car, gets a 2008 corporate average fuel economy rating of 244 mpg. The federal CAFE standard for cars is 27.5 mpg.

The figures show government may have more work to do to compare fairly the energy and environmental impact of electric vehicles with those that use gasoline. But Tesla's CAFE number is more than a curiosity. It could mean cash.

Tesla Vice President Darryl Siry told Automotive News today the company is eager to sell its CAFE credits when trading begins. "It's all upside for us," he said.

[Source: Automotive News]

July 19th, 2008 10:57 July 19th, 2008 10:57
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Orange Tesla spotted in California

July 12th, 2008 12:31 July 12th, 2008 12:31
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Lightining GT to make Debut at British Int'l Motor Show



The "Electric Vehicle Village" at the British International Motor Show is getting another sports car to keep the Tesla Roadster, also to be on display, from completely hogging the electric-car limelight. The British designed and built Lightning GT will get its world-wide debut at the show which begins on the 23rd of July. Previously we've only been privy to renderings such as the one above and those in the gallery below and are looking forward to seeing what customers will be getting for their £120,000 ($237,716.55) investment.

Though no names were mentioned, it has been disclosed that "lots of people" including several celebrities have already coughed up the £15,000 ($29,716.42) deposit to go to the front of the queue. We would hazard a guess that Top Gear presenter and electric car non-aficionado, Jeremy Clarkson, is not one of those celebrities despite the fact that, with a claimed 0 to 60 time of 4 seconds and a 130 mph top speed, it is no G-Wiz.

[Source: The Guardian]


July 10th, 2008 07:58 July 10th, 2008 07:58
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Tesla 캘리포니아에서 양산 체제로

2008년 6월 19일자에 markjuhn's blog에 '꿈의 전기차 Tesla'라는 제목으로 글을 올린일이 있다. 그 동안 생산기지 선정을 위한 여러가지 얘기가 오갔는데 드디어 캘리포니아 주에서 유치 성공했다고 한다.

Tesla Motors는 2010년 까지는 샌프란시스코 베이 지역에 6만달러의 전기자동차를 대량 샌산할 게획이다. 캐리포니아 주지사 '아놀드 스와즈네거'(스와즈 제네거로 발음하는 것은 틀린 것)와 Tesla의 CEO Ze'ev Drori는 실리콘 밸리에 있는 Tesla 기자회견에서 이런 결정을 발표했다.




"우리는 부자들이나 유명인사 한테 몇대 안되는 차를 판매하는 단순한 틈세시장에서 노는 그런 것을 원하지 않습니다. 캘리포니아에서 제로 에미션 차를 생산하는 것입니다. 그리고 우리는 여기서 그치지 않을 것입니다."라고 드로리회장은 말했다.
Tesla는 순수 전기 스포츠카를 생산하는데 소비자 판매가격은 $109,000 이다.

Tesla 회장인 Elon Musk도 앞으로 4년 이내에 소비자 가격 $30,000 미만의 차를 샌산판매할 것이라고 했다. 대릴 써리 판매 부사장은 머스크회장은 합작사와 작업하고 있는 프로젝트를 말하는 것이라고 말했다. 써리는 이 차는 Tesla Roadster와 비슷한 성능을 가질 것이며 일회충전으로 220마일 까지 달릴 수 있다고 했다. 머스크는 6월초에 Tesla사는 다임러AG와 조그만 파트너쉽을 갖고 있다고 말했었다.

Tesla 는 조립공장 위치를 뉴멕시코로 고려했었으나 캘리포니아가 강력한 세제 혜택으로 이회사를 유치했다.
"나는 세계에서 가장 쎅시하고 최고의 성능을 가진 차를 만드는 회사를 다른 주로 가게할 수 없었습니다"라고 스와즈네거 주지사는 말했다.

[Source: Automotive News]

Tax breaks for Tesla, Model S sedan to get 225 miles, cost $60k

Posted Jun 30th 2008 3:57PM by Damon Lavrinc
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Green Daily

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took to the podium today at Tesla's San Carlos, California facility to formally announce a new set of incentives for EV manufacturers to call Cali home. The crux of the address centered on the new CAEATFA program, approved last Wednesday, that exempts automakers from paying sales and use tax on manufacturing equipment used to build EVs. The program is expected to save automakers – and Tesla specifically – millions of dollars, and is largely in response to Tesla's original plan to produce its new sedan in New Mexico.

Tesla used the Governor's visit as an opportunity to formally announce its new "multi-use sport sedan," currently codenamed Model S, which is estimated to get 225 miles on a single charge and to cost around $60,000. However, Tesla did not announce when the sedan would go on sale, nor would it give any indication about where the new EV would be produced.

UPDATE: Official press release pasted after the jump.
July 1st, 2008 23:31 July 1st, 2008 23:31
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꿈의 전기차 Tesla Roadster





For the last couple of months there has been an ongoing discussion on various sites (including our own) about the status of Martin Eberhard's Tesla Roadster. For those just now tuning in to this little saga, Eberhard was the co-Founder of Tesla Motors, and was supposed to get production car #2 but at least three other cars have now been delivered ahead of his car. Since we last discussed the topic several weeks ago, things have been pretty quiet on this front, but we now have some new information.

During a recent call with Tesla Marketing VP Darryl Siry, I asked about the status of Eberhard's car, given that at least two and perhaps three other cars have now been delivered. It turns out that the car is here in the U.S. and was due to be delivered to Eberhard several weeks ago. Unfortunately, on the appointed day while a technician was doing a final checkout drive to make sure everything was working properly, there was an accident and the back front end of the car sustained significant damage. Continue after the jump for more.

[Source: Autobloggreen]

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