Lotus announces Elise Club Racer, 31 mpg sports car
green.autoblog.com 9/8/2009 — Lotus Elise Club Racer - click above for a high res image gallery One of the upsides of Colin Chapman's philosophy of "adding lightness" is that Lotus sports cars are typically very efficient relative to their performance levels. Such is the case with the Elise, which is one of the ...

Automotive Engineer commissions Lotus to design tiny city EV [w/VIDEO]
autobloggreen.com 7/19/2009 — Lotus city car design - click above to watch the videos after the jump Developing cars quickly is nothing new to the designers and engineers at Lotus in England. They do contract development for automakers around the world all the time. With that in mind - and knowing that Lotus has ...

Frankfurt Preview: Lotus develops a range extender engine
green.autoblog.com 9/8/2009 — The latest product of Lotus Engineering's ongoing development work on alternative drivetrains is a new engine custom designed for use as a range extender in electric drive vehicles. The engineers at Lotus have developed an optimized architecture using a mono-block layout that combines the ...

Are Tesla Roadster sales dead? Order online now for Christmas delivery!
green.autoblog.com 10/22/2009 — 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport - click above for high-res image gallery We just received the October edition of the Tesla Motors newsletter and a careful read indicated a very troubling statement near the end: If you custom-order your car online, in showrooms or by phone today, you ...

Drive the Model S (or maybe just the Tesla Roadster) in Gran Turismo 5
green.autoblog.com 13 days ago — Yes, we know this isn't a Tesla. Watch the video after the jump . Speaking to the video game freaks at IGN, video game designer Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that either the Tesla Roadster or the Model S will be available to drive in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 . We already knew that "the ...

VIDEO: Tesla Roadster vs Tesla Roadster at the drags
autobloggreen.com 8/10/2009 — Click above to watch the video after the break We now know that electric cars can be fast , that much is for certain. The next logical question, then, is just how fast are they? The record for an electric car in the NEDRA street production, 349 nominal volts and above class currently ...

Lotus announces new, cleaner and more efficient Elise and Exige
autobloggreen.com 4/16/2009 — 2010 Lotus Exige S - Click above for a high-res gallery Earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show , Lotus released the newest version of the lightweight Exige S. At the time, the UK-based automaker highlighted the fact that the new model was both faster and more fuel efficient than ...

First Drive: 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport improves on original, keeps quirks
green.autoblog.com 10/12/2009 — 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery To get from zero to 60 mph in the original Tesla Roadster takes an official 3.9 seconds. The brand new 2010 Roadster Sport beats that with a wonderful 3.7 seconds. Those ...

Clearing the Air on our DOE Loan
teslamotors.com 9/29/2009 — Tesla Motors was among the first automakers to apply for a low-interest loan under the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. The program, created as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and ...

Tesla Store München
teslamotors.com 10/20/2009 — After months of preparation, Tesla Store München is now open and ready for business. We officially opened doors on 10 September. The all-electric Roadster is available for sale in continental Europe! Located at Blumenstrasse 17, the store serves as a ...