Tesla Motors' new electric car, the Model X SUV, has room for 7 adults with front-facing third row seats -and falcon wing doors. Sweet!

CNNMoney
Tesla unveils its Model X SUV with 'falcon wings'
By Peter Valdes-Dapena @PeterDrives 
February 10, 2012: 8:41 AM ET, http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/07/autos/tesla_model_x_crossover/index.htm


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See another video of the launch at:
http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/67993418/Technology/Tech-Report--Tesla-Model-X


Los Angeles Times

Tesla announces Model X SUV for 2014, starts taking deposits
The electric SUV will share a platform, components and technology with Tesla's electric Model S sedan, which is slated to go into production this year.
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times
February 10, 2012, 9:59 p.m.

Tesla Motors Inc. has yet to deliver the much-touted Model S — the electric sedan it is making at its auto factory in Fremont, Calif. — but that didn't stop the automaker from taking reservations for a sport utility vehicle it doesn't expect to begin selling until 2014. 

Read the rest of the article at:
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-tesla-suv-20120211,0,4608265.story


I last wrote about Tesla Motors' electric cars back on November 19, 2009 in a post about the introduction of their Roadster, titled, Get me a Tesla Roadster, stat! The sexy electric car that turns heads
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/get-me-tesla-roadster-stat-sexy.html

Get me a Tesla Roadster, stat! The sexy electric car that turns heads

Pull quote from below:
"And, man, talk about a babe magnet."



See also: http://www.teslamotors.com/
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Advertising Age

Tesla Motors: an America's Hottest Brands Case Study

By Jean Halliday
November 16, 2009

Unusual in the car business, Tesla Motors does no advertising and has no agency of record. Instead, the private, plug-in electric car outfit in Silicon Valley's San Carlos, has relied on the internet, word-of-mouth and CEO-co-founder Elon Musk. The South African-born entrepreneur is the reluctant face of Tesla. He described himself as "basically an engineer" whose "intrinsic nature is to be introverted."

Mr. Musk is regularly out stumping for his electric cars at conferences, with reporters and at the handful of company-owned dealerships in the U.S. and abroad. He made an appearance this year on David Letterman, who invited him after buying a Tesla Roadster. Tesla's Roadster has gotten visibility from appearing for free in 2008's "Iron Man" movie, BlackBerry ads and a coming California Tourism blitz.

Read the rest of the story at:
http://adage.com/article?article_id=140487







Here's an excerpt of the Churchill Club
interview in April where Musk explains
why fully EV trumps plug-in Hybrids
http://gas2.org/2009/05/10/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-explains-why-fully-electric-cars-trump-plug-in-hybrids-video/
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Per the article below, Ener1, Inc., which
owns 31% of Th!nk is also based in the
land of the Hoosiers.

http://www.ener1.com/ http://www.think.no/
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http://www.reuters.com/article/reuterscomService5/idUSTRE5AG5FE20091117

Norway electric carmaker Th!nk picks Indiana for U.S. factory

By Poornima Gupta

November 17, 2009