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July 21, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The picture above of me at the wheel of an electric Tesla Model S 100D sedan was taken the other day between Stockholm and Oslo, cities around 530km apart. I’m in Scandanavia to talk to...
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February 28, 2017 |
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Buy a Tesla and you get to use transit lanes – that’s the incentive the US electric carmaker wants city councils in New Zealand to put in place to hasten the adoption of zero-emission...
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January 16, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 is near Reno, Nevada, and occupies 1215 hectares (3000 acres). Gigafactory 1 itself takes up 510,000 square metres, roughly the same area 70-odd rugby fields...
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January 16, 2017 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Electric carmaker Tesla is about to step up production of lithium-ion battery cells at its ‘Gigafactory 1’ in the US state of Nevada for use in its Model 3 cars and home energy...
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November 21, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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US electric carmaker Tesla has opened up its order book for right-hand drive New Zealand – and those buyers who pony up with the readies for the Model S sedan or Model X SUV can expect...
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November 14, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk (above) is looking beyond his planned ‘Gigafactory 2’ in Germany and towards Britain, where he says he is likely to set up an engineering group for his...
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October 7, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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News that Tesla will set up an outlet in New Zealand next year means, in a roundabout way, that the company is ‘coming home’. Why? Because if it wasn’t for a born-and-bred Kiwi the US...
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April 19, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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The absence of a traditional instrument cluster in the mid-size Tesla Model 3 sedan has sparked speculation that the US electric carmaker is about to unveil a spaceship-like driving...
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April 5, 2016 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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A convoy of electric cars (EVs) will make its way from North Cape to the Bluff over the next couple of weeks, stopping at selected points to talk up the environmental benefits of...
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March 28, 2015 |
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Alastair Sloane |
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An all-electric SUV from US company Tesla Motors will almost certainly be available in New Zealand within the next couple of years. The all-wheel-drive prototype Model X (above and here)...
