Audi Startled By Tesla Sales Success? Deleted Press Release Seems To Say So

Audi Startled By Tesla Sales Success? Deleted Press Release Seems To Say So

greencarreports.com 21 May '13, 2pm

Investors, press and a lot of front-runners are enthusing over the progress of Tesla in selling all-electric vehicles, and doing so profitably, when other EV brands are faltering. But some reports are giving Tesla too much credit. A headline on CNNMoney.com this week, for instance, said "Tesla sales beating Mercedes, BMW and Audi." But the fact is that Tesla's reported sales of 4,750 units of its Model S electric car in April were less than half of Audi of America sales of 13,157 vehicles in the month, which represented a 16-percent rise from a year earlier. BMW and Mercedes-Benz sold even more than that. The story's misleading headline ca...

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teslamotors.com 22 May '13, 8pm

PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. I...

Chevy Spark EV priced at $27,495; will lease for $199/month

green.autoblog.com 23 May '13, 4am

Chevrolet Spark EV Lease as Low as $199 per Month Could save owner average $150 monthly in fuel costs based on EPA assessments DETROIT. – Che...

Announcement: Plugshare and Recargo Merge

plugincars.com 22 May '13, 2pm

Recargo, Inc. and Xatori, Inc., the companies behind the two leading EV charging locater apps, today announced they are merging. The merger w...

Worldwide Capacity of EV Lithium Ion Batteries To Multiply More than 10-Fold by 2020

hybridcars.com 21 May '13, 5am
Worldwide Capacity of EV Lithium Ion Batteries To Multiply More than 10-Fold by 2020

Improvements in lithium ion (Li-ion) battery technology are helping to accelerate the worldwide market for electric vehicles (EVs). In the la...