Production delays, inconsistent quality, mediocre performance and a bland appearance were some of the factors that led to the demise of CODA Automotive. With a body and chassis built in China, the company finalized construction and provided deliveries in California. The CODA looked like an early 90s Toyota Corolla (the E-100) and, with an investment of over [...]
April was not a good month for the Chevy Volt which was outsold by the Nissan Leaf and maybe even the Tesla Model S. The Volt did manage a slight sales increase of 3% over the first four months of 2013, but sales for this April were down 12% from April of last year. The [...]
Tesla announced that not only have they exceeded their Q1 sales goals for the Tesla Model S, but that for the first time in the company’s history, Tesla is profitable. Included in the announcement was the news that the entry-level Model S with the smaller 40 kWh battery will no longer be produced. Two months [...]
Elon Musk posted data from the now infamous Tesla Model S drive by New York Times writer John Broder and it’s not looking good for Broder. In Broder’s review of the vehicle, he claimed that the range dropped drastically during his drive because of the cold and that he was eventually left stranded when the [...]
Elon Musk has defended the Tesla before, most notably against the guys from Top Gear UK, but this time it’s the New York Times and their decidedly negative review of the Tesla Model S. The review comes from writer John Broder who took the car for a spin from Washington, DC to Boston and got [...]
Wow—that was the reaction of many jaded journalist to the Jestsons like dashboard of the futuristic Tesla's family car the Model S at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. Thinking of it as a giant iPhone touchscreen is perhaps the best way to describe the inter-phase between the driver and car.
