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April 5, 2013
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Google Co-Founder's Tesla Model S Gets Pranked with Eyelashed Pink Batmobile Treatment
Electric vehicle carnage? Or the ultimate April Fool's prank? Luckily It's Wrapped in Vinyl Luckily, for Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin, it's a well executed, though downright horrendous, prank. The employees at Google love them some April Fool's pranks, but this one resulted in the most distracting, visually unappealing Tesla Model S ever seen. The staf...
05 April 2013
Video: Electric Rimac Concept_One Smokes Ferrari 458 Spider in Impromptu Drag Race
Behold the off-the-line prowess of the electric supercar. Rimac Concept_One Versus Ferrari 458 Here's a video of the 1,088 horsepower electric Rimac Concept_One in a head-to-head impromptu drag race against the formidable Ferrari 458 Spider. The uber-exotic Rimac Concept_One, with its 1,200 pound-feet of torque, is one of the world's most powerful automob...
05 April 2013
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Tesla Sends Email Asking For Sales In Q1, Musk Says "Sales Folks" Were Overzealous (Video)
The problem with pulling forward sales from future quarters to enhance the current one, is that it really only works the first time. The second time, you are merely attempting to regain what was lost. Over 4,750 Model S Sedands Were Sold To Customer During Q1 OF 2013 According To The Company Originally, in December of 2012, Tesla asked Model S reservation ...
05 April 2013
Fisker Automotive Lays Off 160 Employees Today; Only Skeleton Crew Left (Update)
Sick of hearing bad Fisker Automotive news? Well, relief from that may be coming soon as the automaker seems to be drifting towards its last day. Fisker Badge According to Autoblog, who cites an "email received from a credible source," Fisker Automotive will today layoff its entire public relations team, as well as other employees. The layoff, or furlou...
05 April 2013
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Chevy Volt Listed Top Pick by AAA in Compact Commuter Category
Most Americans (86 percent) rely on automobiles to get them to and from work. That's known as commuting. So, with most of America using a personal vehicle predominantly to serve this purpose, wouldn't it be something if we knew which vehicles were best suited for this often boring task? Chevy Volt Motor club giant AAA says that the average commute in the...
05 April 2013
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The 2013 Mitsubishi i-MiEV That You Can't Buy In The US
Every month here at InsideEVs we do a little round-up of all the plug-in cars that are on sale in the United States, and how they fared over the past 30 days. 2013 Mitsubishi i-MiEV Interior For the i-MiEV so far in 2013, it has been both ends of the sales spectrum. After only selling 588 of the 62 mile (EPA) Japnese kei car in 2012; and in response to a n...
05 April 2013
Video: Motley Fool Says Tesla-Powered Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is "Big Win" For Tesla
The Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive took to the stage at the 2013 New York Auto Show. For Mercedes, the B-Class Electric Drive is its first production electric vehicle. It's US-bound in early 2014, too. Yes, There's an Electric Tesla Powertrain Stuffed Somewhere in There Though badged a Mercedes-Benz, the B-Class Electric Drive's heart and soul is f...
05 April 2013