The Tesla powered RAV4 has finally been unveiled at the LA Autoshow, Elon Musk was on hand for the unveiling of the electric SUV which is the first of about 2,000 that Tesla will be producing for Toyota over the next 2 years. The Tesla/Toyota RAV4 EV will have an average range of 100 miles, a DVD navigation system, a unique front and rear fairing and the exact same cargo capacity as the gasoline version of the RAV4. Lanjut →
Akio Toyoda received the keys to his own brand new Tesla Roadster 2.5 today in Tokyo, the Toyota CEO is the first owner of a Tesla in Japan. Elon Musk was on hand to give the keys to his Japanese counterpart in a modest ceremony at the brand new Tesla store in Tokyo. Lanjut →
Tesla’s intrepid CEO Elon Musk announced yesterday that Tesla will be building 2,000 electric RAV4 SUVs for Toyota with a delivery date of 2012. The first of these RAV4s will be on display at the LA Autoshow next week, all we have to go on so far are the teaser images above and below. Lanjut →
This is great news, obviously it’ll depend on the success of the Model S but Elon Musk is already talking about Tesla’s upcoming all electric SUV which it seems will be named the Model X, although some industry insiders have indicated that Tesla will have a slightly more dynamic name for the Model S and future models before the range leading Model S begins shipping out to customers. Lanjut →
Toyota shot out a tweet a few hours ago saying “Toyota and Tesla will debut the RAV4-EV at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show in November”. As some of you will remember Tesla announced a few months ago that they had converted a RAV 4 and a Lexus RX for Toyota, Toyota also bought a 50 million dollar stake in Tesla a little earlier in the year, before Tesla’s much touted IPO. The LA Auto Show runs from the 19th to the 28th November this year and is known as one of the bigger international Auto Shows, it also takes place in the heart of California which by and large, will be the biggest market for both electric vehicles and hybrids in the US. Lanjut →
