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Electric vehicle maker Tesla makes the Roadster and plans on making the next-gen Model S and debuted on the Nasdaq in June.

VIDEO: Tesla Model S on the Road!

Tesla’s next-generation electric sedan, the Model S, won’t be out until 2013, but the EV maker has already started testing the alpha version of the car on the roads. And Tesla has just released this video of the alpha Model S in real world driving tests. … Read More »

The chief engineer behind the electric RAV 4, which is under development by electric car startup Tesla Motors and auto giant Toyota, sits down with us to chat about the future of the deal and the details of the car for this week’s Green Overdrive Show. Read More »

Detroit Auto Show: 7 Green Moves to Watch

It’s that time again, when automakers haul their wares out to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show. The event, which kicks off on Monday, will include an array of concepts for more efficient and less polluting cars, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles. … Read More »

Tesla Shows Off the Alpha Model S [video]

Tesla shows off the design of its Model S, next-gen electric sedan, via a series of videos. It’s some Model-S porn for ya, since we’re going to have to wait almost two years to buy one of these. Read More »

Electric car startup Coda has been in the process of raising $125 million — so now that the company has pushed back its launch date, how far along is the fund raise? Out of a planned $125 million Coda has raised $76 million. Read More »

Leave it to cooler-than-thou electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors to know its mobile graphic chips. Tesla announced this morning that it will use two NVIDIA Tegra chips to power the 17-inch screen and the instrument cluster for Tesla’s next-gen electric sedan the Model S. Read More »

Top 10 Green Overdrive Videos of 2010

After 6 months and close to 30 shows on green vehicles, we’re ready to ring in 2011 with a brand new year of eco-vehicle content for the Green Overdrive. Here’s my personal favorite 10 (+1) episodes from the Green Overdrive Show in 2010: Read More »

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Electric car maker Tesla Motors is about to hit a public company milestone: the company’s 180-day lock-up period is reportedly up on Monday, and some analysts think that means the stock is headed for a major slide. Read More »

The “other” electric sports car company, Fisker Automotive, has bumped up the price of its inaugural vehicle the Fisker Karma — yet again. According to Green Car Reports, the Fisker Karma will now cost $95,900 for the baseline price. Read More »

Since influencers are what makes the greentech industry world go round, we thought we’d bring you the 10 individuals that we think had the biggest effect on the greentech sector this year. From corporate bigwigs to policy wonks, these are the people changing the sector. Read More »

While Uncle Sam has tapped a select few companies as winners for its green car loan program, it has left a much longer list of loan applicants disappointed or stuck in limbo. Here’s the state of the ATVM awards at the end of 2010: Read More »

The world’s greentech industry is likely meeting the end of 2010 with a mix of relief and trepidation. Clouds are on the horizon for global investment in renewable energy, and VCs fret about realizing returns on their existing investments. Meanwhile, China boasts the world’s largest population …

Tesla is showing off an investor presentation this morning that, while not earth-shattering, has a few tidbits of information, one of which is that a result of the Panasonic’s deal will be a custom-made battery cell that will have improved life cycle, performance, safety and cost. Read More »

The cloud provides on-demand resources likes of which their target users have never had access to before without buying their own clusters. GPUs already seem to be everywhere. For this reason alone, it seems likely that HPC architectures of the future will be a lot more …

Either you love or hate this time of year: Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers rush to malls to score deals, or Cyber Monday, the online equivalent. Whatever route you take, here’s 7 gift-giving ideas that encourage green tech innovation and lifestyle. Read More »

With the launch of Nissan’s LEAF and GM’s Volt this year, the first mainstream electric cars are finally reaching customers in the U.S. But it’s clear that Big Auto as a whole is still in the baby step stage. Read More »

Japanese auto giant Toyota and electric vehicle upstart Tesla Motors unveiled for the first time the new RAV-4 EV concept, which has a 100-mile range, and is in so-called “Phase 0″ of development. Read More »

When it comes to the first mainstream electric cars on the market, expect consumers to take a cautious “wait and see,” approach, according to a survey out this morning from Pike Research. Read More »

When it comes to predicting the future of electric car maker Tesla Motors’ business as a supplier of powertrain technology for major automakers, it’s like the old Magic 8-Ball said: Reply hazy, try again. Read More »

Tesla and Panasonic cozied up this week, with the Japanese electronics giant investing $30 million in the upstart electric vehicle maker and agreeing to jointly develop battery modules. The move deepens one of a growing number of alliances being formed among car companies and battery makers. Read More »

Tesla’s VP of manufacturing Gilbert Passin pretty much summed up Tesla’s newly acquired automotive manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif. on a rare tour on Wednesday, when he said: “This factory is huge.” Check out my two dozen photos of the tour. Read More »

The PR machine for Tesla has been firing on all four cylinders ever since the company hit the public market in June, and Wednesday morning is going to be one of the biggest days post-IPO for the Silicon Valley-backed firm: the NUMMI plant factory opening. Read More »

The ongoing dispute between Fox and Cablevision is becoming the fall’s best drama, full of exciting twists and turns and exciting guest stars — in this case, the FCC, which hopes to end this conflict by getting both sides to submit information on their negotiations. … Read More »

Space tourism might sound like a vacation that’s well, out of this world, but making trips to the great beyond (in hopes, perhaps, of nabbing that Foursquare badge from astronaut Douglas Wheelock) will come at a heavy price for the climate. Read More »

Nissan formally began production of its electric LEAF in Japan, a milestone in the trek to see a global automaker cranking out tens of thousands of electric vehicles. Now a long list of companies are racing to get their own EV factories up and running. Read More »

As part of a record-setting environmental settlement package, the bankruptcy estate of General Motors will set aside more than $11.7 million for the cleanup of an old factory site in Delaware where plug-in hybrid car startup Fisker Automotive plans to manufacture its Fisker Nina sedan. Read More »

It’s official: Tesla Motors has completed the purchase of a long-sought home for its Model S electric sedan, and received the title to the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, Calif. Read More »

It’s a new day for V-Vehicle, an auto startup with ambitions to produce low-cost efficient cars. The company has just taken two steps common among startups whose investors are unhappy and pushing for a restart: a new name — Next Autoworks Co. — and a new … Read More »

Tesla Motors expects to reap about $60 million from Toyota for its work developing technology for an electric version of the Japanese automaker’s RAV4 SUV, according to a filing with financial regulators this afternoon. Read More »

Tesla and Better Place might seem like swell partners, given the EV startup connection, but think again. A Tesla VP says the companies look at batteries fundamentally differently. Read More »

Tesla Motors gave a rare tour of the company’s Palo Alto headquarters on Wednesday, where flush with its IPO proceeds, it’s swiftly hiring, and developing the next-generation tech for the Model S. Can it cross the chasm from startup into big auto maker? Read More »

Electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors has issued its second recall. The company, which started trading on the NASDAQ in June, said on Friday that it’s recalled 439 of its electric sports cars, the Roadster, to fix a problem with a cable that could start a fire. Read More »

Hey green soccer moms, a new electric mini van is coming your way. Taiwanese automaker Yulon, with the help of AC Propulsion, have converted the luxury mini van the Luxgen MPV into the first 7-seater electric mini van. Read More »

Everyone agrees that the batteries that will run the next-generation of our electric vehicles need to operate within a certain temperature range. But not everyone agrees on what to use to baby the battery. The debate over liquid vs air-cooled batteries rages on. Read More »

Today on the Net: an analyst estimates that NBC Universal is worth negative $600 million while USA Network is worth $11.7 billion, broadcasters like NBC are holding back the available ad inventory for sale on Hulu and Imax’s CEO says not every 3-D movie will work. Read More »

Solar thermal player BrightSource has raised another $26 million of its previously raised round, and reportedly has moved closer to an IPO by hiring Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Will the solar thermal leader hit the public markets in 2011? Read More »

Can the grid handle the growing flow of wind and solar that will come online in the next few years? According to California’s grid operator the answer is yes, but with a particular attention to energy storage policy. Read More »

Microsoft has backed off demands for content owners to use its proprietary streaming format for live video, enabling publishers like ESPN to stream video in HTML5 instead. That could lower the cost of video delivery and open the door for more content on the game console. Read More »

Google has acquired the Israeli video tour start-up Quiksee, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Rumors of the sale first started this weekend, but were confirmed today by a post on the Quiksee site, making this Google’s 28th acquisition since last August. Read More »

Check out our latest Green Overdrive video where we drive around LA in a Tesla Roadster 2.5, which goes 0 to 60 in a slammin’ 3.7 seconds. We’ve even got a bonus tip: how to get in and out of a Roadster in a short skirt. Read More »

If you’re sold on a plug-in car, one of the next questions to answer is whether to lease or buy your chosen model. Here are five things to consider as you hunt for a plug-in car deal that fits your budget, driving habits and preferences. Read More »

GM has filed a trade mark for “range anxiety” for the purpose of “promoting public awareness of electric vehicle capabilities,” or basically marketing. Will that be good for the budding plug-in vehicle market? Read More »

Startups, in particular, need tools that don’t get in the way of the big project the team may be focused on. They often have a need for a simple tool that will keep the team on track while still allowing for flexibility as the project evolves. Read More »

LaCie’s cloud file storage service Wuala (which Om wrote about quite a while back when it was first launched) has announced the availability of a new feature, Wuala Sync, which allows users to automatically synchronize their files online and across multiple computers and operating systems. Read More »

General Motors’ long-awaited S-1 filing spotlights work on the Chevy Volt, OnStar communication system and Google partnership as evidence of GM’s commitment to next-generation technologies. Here’s 12 things to know from the S-1 related to greener vehicles and Car 2.0:. Read More »

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