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Jun 30, 2008

Tesla's Next Electric Car to be Called "Model S", New Factory to Open in North California

Tesla Electric Car Factory in the Bay Area This story is still breaking, but here's what we know so far: The Tesla Motors electric car factory that was supposed to be built in New Mexico will instead be built in California, in the Bay Area, thanks to help from governor Schwarzenegger (a $9 million incentive package is mentioned by TechCrunch). Whitestar Electric Sedan now "Model S" From the start, we knew that Tesla's plan was to start at the top of the market with the Electric Roadster, and then progressively move down. The second step is an a...