Tag: TESLA

Environmentalism has a new face, and his name is J Brave. Instead of penning an ode to his gas-guzzling Escalade or Hummer, Brave, you see, decided to wax poetic about the luxuries of "Dippin' in My Tesla." Much to our delight, "helpin' the planet" while "feelin' real sporty" in your electric car is, apparently, well within the Code of Thug Life. The song itself is awesomely awful (dare we even ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... While Facebook's membership continues to expand, the site's success has been somewhat marred, at least in the media, by a never-ending brouhaha over privacy issues. The site is now facing a California class-action lawsuit, in which five Facebook members are claiming that the site erroneously announced that its updated privacy ...

When Christmas comes around, most people pick up a fir tree, add a few choice ornaments, top it off with a string of lights, and call it a day. But Peter Terrent clearly isn't most people. The 53-year-old Bunbury, Australia native and father of three has experimented with electricity, or what he calls "electrickery," for more than a decade. By sending around 500,000 volts of electricity through ...

After a brief period of unofficial officialness yesterday morning, Tesla has rolled out the Model S to a sea of eager photographers. The company's also revealed specs for the EV: this seven-seater can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.6 seconds, boasts a top speed of 120 MPH, features a dashboard display and a 17-inch main touchscreen monitor. It's fully 3G capable, sports HD and satellite radio, uses ...

One Australian devotee of inventor Nikola Tesla has designed an awe-inspiring, if impractical, burglar system for his automobile, MagHeap spotted on TeslaDownUnder. Using his knowledge of Tesla coils, this fellow -- known only as Peter -- took it upon himself to rig up a crime deterrent system for a compact car. His method for constructing the vehicular fortress demonstrated in the above video ...

We are sooooo tired of these pansy little hybrid and electric cars put-putting around. We want to go green, but at what cost? If only there was an electric car that was perfectly silent, had a top speed of 125mph and could go 220 miles on each charge. Oh, and we want it to cost over $100,000. What's that Tesla Motors? You make a beautiful high-end coupe with precisely those specifications? ...

Following on the heels of Connaught's plan to release a 42 miles-per-gallon hybrid sports car, the newly-formed Lightning Car Company is planning on releasing an all-electric roadster, also called Lightning. The U.K.-based company hopes to release its two-seater sometime in 2008. When it ships, the car is estimated to deliver 0-60 times of less than four seconds. If achieved, this statistic ...