Lotus Set to Crank Out Range Extender Engines for Plug-in Cars

For British sports maker Lotus, a range-extending engine for plug-in vehicles just got a green light. The automotive consultant arm of Lotus Cars (a Tesla Motors supplier), has joined hands with Fagor Ederlan to develop and eventually sell the engine globally.

Tesla Taps First Loan Funds, Shrinks Roadster Gap with Lotus Deal

Tesla has just filed its first amendment to its S-1 filing, noting that it has begun drawing funds from its federal loan facility and has struck a deal that could shrink or eliminate a potential gap in Roadster sales anticipated for 2012.

3 Lessons for Green Cars From Toyota on Money, Money, Money

Managing perception is nothing new for alt-fuel vehicles: Part of what made startup Tesla Motors so high-profile for such a small-scale, young venture in its early days was that it refuted the longstanding perception of electric cars as slow, utterly un-slick vehicles for do-gooders. Now one of the biggest of the bunch — Toyota, the [...]

Why Tesla Motors Is Still Terrific

To car guys across the world, the name Tesla Motors brings one of two reactions: An instant bout with cold sweat and nausea, perhaps tempered with some fist waving and a mad dash for the whiskey bottle, or, on the rare occasion, guarded curiosity. The truth is, as great as an electric car that can [...]