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Why Tesla and other EVs are, and are not, luxury cars
With a Model S price point starting at around $70,000and a competitive set that includes BMW & Audi, a Tesla most certainly is a luxury car, or is it?
Peter Bronski

Feb 27, 2015

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Tesla targets Australian Grand Prix for test drives
Tesla accelerates as fast as an F1 Maclaren, and will be hoping to speed freaks at the Melbourne Grand Prix with a test-drive to the Albert Park circuit.
Sam Parkinson

Feb 24, 2015

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Tesla gears up for charge into home battery storage market
Tesla Motors, the electric vehicle company throwing down a major challenge to the global motor industry, says it is now looking to become a front-runner in energy storage in a major challenge to the traditional electric utility business model.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 13, 2015

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Tesla expands in Australia – and video of Model S thrashing Dodge Hellcat
Tesla continues expansion into Australia, adds battery upgrade to Roadster 3.0, and a video of the Model S thrashing a Dodge Hellcat.
Sam Parkinson

Jan 28, 2015

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Tesla battery swapping station to open in California
Tesla thinks it can eventually get a battery swap down to less than a minute. The big question is, would Tesla drivers use the service?
Zachary Shahan

Dec 22, 2014

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Texas utility wants to invest $5.2b in battery storage
Oncor is asking the Texas deregulated market to allow 5 gigawatts of utility-owned, distributed grid batteries.
Jeff St John

Nov 12, 2014

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Tesla looks to solar to power Australian supercharging network
Tesla Motors – the transformative electric vehicle manufacturer about to launch in Australia – is looking to use solar for its supercharging network.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 31, 2014

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When Tesla takes hold in Australia, your car dealer won’t like it
Tesla’s introduction to Australian roads promises to change both the type of cars we drive and potentially the way we buy them.
Nigel Martin and John Rice

Oct 28, 2014

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Tesla gigafactory to run on renewables, may produce 20% more than it needs
Elon Musk has also promised to power the Gigafactory using only its own, green energy sources. Can it be done, and if so, how?
Christopher DeMorro

Sep 12, 2014

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EV battery use trumps hybrid battery use
With plug-in car sales growing in leaps and bounds, their annual battery use already trumps the annual battery use of hybrids, but what about all time use?
Cynthia Shahan

Sep 9, 2014

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We are on the verge of an electric car battery breakthrough
Tesla could have found a battery cheap enough to make electric vehicles cost-competitive with conventional cars.
Emily Atkin

Sep 4, 2014

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Morgan Stanley: fixed charges on solar may cause ‘tipping point’ for grid defection
Could adding fixed grid charges to the bills of solar customers encourage more people to ditch their utility?
Stephen Lacey

Aug 6, 2014

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