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 |  Jun 18, 8:49 AM

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A month ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk made yet another dramatic (and cryptic) proclamation, announcing on twitter that there exists a way to recharge his Model S electric sedan in less time than it takes to fill a gas tank.

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 |  Jun 05, 9:02 AM

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered the most concrete information to date on its next, smaller sedan during a shareholder meeting yesterday.

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 |  May 30, 2:33 PM

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Making EVs more practical is one of the biggest challenges still facing the electric-vehicle market, and Tesla is once again expanding its network of fast-charging Supercharger stations. 

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 |  May 28, 1:31 PM

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk must be feeling good today. The share price for his electric car company gained 7.7 percent today and rose to $104.58 shortly after noon.

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 |  May 27, 9:02 AM

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Tesla Motors is enjoying new freedom after having repaid the Department of Energy.

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 |  May 10, 9:32 AM

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Tesla’s stock price rose 24 percent Wednesday after the electric car maker reported its first quarterly profit.

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 |  May 05, 11:01 AM

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has admitted that the automaker’s online finance calculator was misleading and has confirmed it will be fixed to not include non-financial factors in the online monthly payment.

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 |  Apr 28, 10:01 AM

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The Tesla Model S will be North America’s best-selling plug-in vehicle so far this year, besting both the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf.

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 |  Apr 23, 6:32 PM

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Tesla Motors Inc. has 33 days to appeal a ruling issued Monday denying the electric car maker a dealer license in Virginia.

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 |  Apr 22, 10:32 AM

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Residents in Austin, Texas are overwhelmingly in favor of electric vehicle maker Tesla being allowed to sell its Model S sedan according to a web poll by the Austin Business Journal.

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 |  Apr 18, 5:15 PM

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There’s good news for Tesla owners: company CEO Elon Musk recently announced that he plans to create a fleet of loaner cars that owners can borrow while theirs is in service.

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 |  Apr 10, 6:45 PM

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent the day in Texas advocating that the electric car maker be allowed to sell its products directly to the public.

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 |  Apr 04, 5:06 PM

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The Tesla Roadster is still one of the most interesting electric cars in the world, but brand executive George Blankenship says the next car will “push the envelope beyond what anybody else is doing.”

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 |  Mar 28, 11:14 AM

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Luxurious, powerful and laden with cool technology, the Tesla Model S adds yet another accolade to its crowded mantel today by winning the World Green Car of the Year Award at during the New York Auto Show.

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 |  Mar 10, 1:21 PM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have published his “final word” on The New York Times’ review of his company’s Model S electric car, but apparently the finality of his remarks only apply to the written word, as he elaborated on his feelings during a keynote address at the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in Texas.

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 |  Feb 27, 5:19 PM

With confidence in spades, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said yesterday that the electric car maker will repay its $465 million government loan in “five years or less.”

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 |  Feb 19, 10:31 AM

It’s no secret Fisker Automotive is in trouble. The maker of premium electric cars is clinging to life by its fingernails. One more setback could send them plummeting into the fiery abyss of financial ruin. Still, even if they roll snake eyes the firm’s founder has more than a few thoughts on what future transportation will be like.

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 |  Feb 15, 7:31 AM

In what has turned into quite the battle between New York Times writer John Broder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Broder has issued a response to Musks’ most recent claims.

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 |  Jan 28, 7:34 PM

The Tesla Model S packing 416 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque has garnered another accolade: World Record for the Quickest Production Electric Car.

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 |  Dec 11, 6:32 PM

Despite irking the National Automobile Dealers Association and being slapped with lawsuits, EV maker Tesla won a license to sell cars near Boston.

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 |  Dec 07, 11:31 AM

A software update to the Tesla Model S will add a few extra miles of range according to the brand.

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 |  Dec 04, 5:32 PM

Anyone close to the industry would probably agree that Tesla, of all the small EV makers, is making the biggest strides toward leaving its start-up status behind.

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 |  Nov 21, 4:32 PM

Tesla confirmed in a blog post that it will soon raise the price of its Model S electric luxury sedan.

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 |  Nov 08, 12:02 PM

During a thrid-quarter profits conference call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted that the Model S will be getting some new variants sometime in the new year.

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