The following is a letter that was sent to Tesla Roadster customers on December 21 to review key developments in the Roadster program. These updates were first revealed a week prior in a customer town hall meeting, which was hosted by Chairman Elon Musk and President and CEO Ze’ev Drori at Tesla’s corporate office. More than 100 customers attended, either in person or via conference call. As he notes at the end of the letter, Ze’ev plans to contribute more to the Tesla blog in the new year. Read more…
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A Letter to Customers from Ze’ev Drori
Published on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 in Company, Performance, First Post, Vehicle Engineering.
High CARB Diet
Published on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 in Company, Performance, On the road, Batteries, Public Policy.
Last Thursday I participated in a panel at the Future in Review (FiRE) conference in San Diego, Calif. Very cool – I got to meet one of my heroes: iRobot founder Helen Greiner. (My own Master’s thesis at the University of Illinois was in robotics.) Helen took a ride in the Tesla Roadster and came away with a big smile. Read more…
Range Reality
Published on Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 in Performance, Batteries, Vehicle Engineering.
As you may have read in previous blogs, we recently built our first couple of Validation Prototypes (VPs). These cars represent a significant step forward toward production as they implement numerous corrections to issues discovered during safety and durability testing of the Evaluation Prototypes (EPs), are built from hard-tooled components for all body panels, include production headlights, taillights, and interior components (including much more comfortable seats), and many other subtle changes. Read more…
Auto Show Happenings
Published on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 in Company, Performance, On the road, Batteries, Vehicle Engineering, Motor.
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been away from the blog for a while. I’ve been a bit busy lately, but I knew you would enjoy reading other perspectives from the Tesla Motors staff. Tesla Motors is definitely a cast of characters – passionate about our mission, strong opinions, interesting backgrounds. I have never before worked with such an amazing team. I hope you enjoyed meeting a few of them – you will meet more in later blogs. As you know, we showed the Tesla Roadster in Yokohama’s booth at the L.A. Auto Show. We did not bring the car to the Detroit Auto Show, though several of us attended. Alternative fueled vehicles were definitely the hot topic at both the L.A. Auto Show and the Detroit Auto Show. Every major manufacturer was bragging about their newest direction for alternative fueled vehicles, and the governors of both California and Michigan already knew all about Tesla Motors when I met them. Read more…
Hybrids, Plug-in or Otherwise
Published on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 in Performance, Energy Efficiency, Batteries, Vehicle Engineering.
Many of you have asked me about hybrid technologies, forcing me to gather my thoughts on the subject. Let me start off by drawing a clean distinction between today’s hybrids (like the Prius), and “Plug-in Hybrids” as proposed by James Woolsey and others. Read more…
Balance
Published on Thursday, September 14th, 2006 in Company, Performance, Energy Efficiency, Batteries, Solar Power.
Many of you have asked me about several alternative technologies and why they are not used in the Tesla Roadster. These technologies range from other existing battery technologies (e.g. lithium iron phosphate) to technologies that are on the horizon (e.g. ultracapacitors) to impossible technologies that ultimately boil down to perpetual motion. I will try to address as many of these questions as I can this week. Read more…
The Future of Cars is Electric
Published on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 in Performance, Environment, Energy Efficiency.
Not too long from now, most cars will be electric. Why? Two reasons: because electric cars are far more efficient than any other kind of car, and because they are the ultimate multi-fuel cars. Sound bold, maybe crazy? Read on. Read more…
Attitude
Published on Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 in Company, Performance, First Post.
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Tesla Motors blog. This is my space to comment without marketing filters. I have quite a few subjects I want to talk about over the next several months, but I will also look to you, my readers, for suggestions and ideas for future topics. I expect this to be a lively conversation. Today, I will talk about what we are doing here at Tesla, and why it is different than any car company that has come before. Read more… |
