Last week Tesla Motors announced the selection of a site in west Albuquerque where we will build a 150,000 square foot assembly facility for our planned four door sports sedan, code-named WhiteStar. Response to the news has been tremendous, and we’ve received numerous requests for more information about the decision. Ron Lloyd, who headed up manufacturing site analysis, explains the background behind our choice. Read more…
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Site Selection
Published on Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 in First Post, Company, On the road.
Blowing Hot and Cold
Published on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 in Performance, Energy Efficiency, Company, On the road, Vehicle Engineering.
Editor’s note: Our last blog, Good Vibrations, chronicled some of the safety and durability tests we’ve been running on the Tesla Roadster. It prompted a number of questions, particularly related to climate control. So we convinced Brian, who is fully booked during regular business hours overseeing the tests, to postpone his holiday shopping a little longer and spend some time after work explaining in more detail how we ensure satisfying climate control in the Tesla Roadster. Here are his thoughts… Read more…
Never a Dull Moment
Published on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 in Uncategorized, Performance, First Post, Company, British, Motor, Power Electronics.
At its heart, Tesla Motors is an engineering company. We get invited to a variety of events because of our technical expertise as well as a general interest in what we are doing and how we are doing it. I often get asked what it is like to work at Tesla Motors and to describe some typical problems we solve. Here is my take on those questions, based on my own experience and a swift survey of some of the other engineers. Read more… |
