Archive for January, 2007

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Powering the Tesla Roadster with ‘Green’ Electrons

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Dr. Rob Wilder is CEO of WilderShares LLC and manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index, the first Index/Fund on Wall Street for renewable energy, better energy efficiency, and zero-carbon solutions. He is also a Lecturer at University of California, San Diego, and was previously on faculty at University of California, Santa Barbara, and University [...]
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Vintage Oil and Other Hare-Brained Ideas

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Let me start off by apologizing to Dr. Robert Wilder, one of our customers who was slated to post here this week. You will hear from him next week, but today I want to comment on President Bush’s State of the Union speech. Our spies in Washington gave me a heads-up that President Bush would address [...]
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Auto Show Happenings

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been away from the blog for a while. I’ve been a bit busy lately, but I knew you would enjoy reading other perspectives from the Tesla Motors staff. Tesla Motors is definitely a cast of characters – passionate about our mission, strong opinions, interesting backgrounds. I have never before worked with [...]
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Induction Versus DC Brushless Motors

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Wally Rippel is a long-time proponent of electric vehicles. Prior to joining Tesla Motors, he was an engineer at AeroVironment, where he helped develop the EV1 for General Motors and was featured in the documentary movie, Who Killed the Electric Car? Wally has also worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on electric vehicle battery research, [...]
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