Despite reports to the contrary, Telsa Motors says that it will not use any Ford running gear in its WhiteStar project all-electric four-door sedan. There have been several reports that suggested that Tesla’s WhiteStar project will use Ford’s CD3 platform as the basis for the sedan. The CD3 platform underpins the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, […]

Tesla has released three videos of its all-electric Tesla Roasdster during cold weather testing in northern Sweden. The first two videos show the Roadster drifting on snow and ice. The third video shows the Roadster performing a simple braking test on a half ice/half snow surface.
Videos after the jump.
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Tesla Motors officially opened its Michigan Technical Center in Rochester Hills on Friday. The new facility will focus on research & development for future Tesla products, starting with a four-door electric sports sedan to be built by the Silicon Valley-based company. That project, named “WhiteStar,” will be a four door, five-passenger, lightweight, high-performance sedan planned […]

Silicon Valley-based electric car maker Tesla Motors is opening an engineering center in Rochester Hills, MI. Telsa CEO Martin Eberhard has said that the company has already hired a dozen engineers for the new technical center.
In an interview with the Oakland Press, Eberhard said the Rochester Hills staff is focused on Tesla’s “White Star” program […]