As previously reported, Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to take a 6-day, cross-country road trip with his five sons at the end of the year. He said it will be “an adventure, kind of like those Chevy Chase movies.”
As they make their way from Los Angeles to New York, the Musk family will rely solely on Tesla's supercharger network, which is able to charge a
Model S in 20-25 minutes only, the equivalent of stopping for a quick meal. This operation will provide a range of about 240 kilometres.
Musk said they'll need a little more than 20 stops to cover the 5,150 kilometres that separate the two cities. The route is now finalized, but remains undisclosed.
Tesla expects to have hundreds of superchargers cover about 98% of the U.S. population as well as parts of Canada by 2015.
Source : money.cnn.com
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The spectacular crash that brought Kris Meeke's Rally Australia to an end didn't help his chances of signing a deal to extend his stay at Citroën in the Word Rally Championship (WRC).
Meeke, who was only entering his second event with Citroën on a one-off basis, rolled his DS3 during the Nambucca stage.
"I went into a second gear corner and I arrived five or ten kph too fast," he recalls in a interview with
WRC.com. "I thought I'd got away with it, but the car just slipped off the road.
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Kris Meeke, Citroën DS3 (Photo: Citroën Racing) |
"It nearly stopped, but unfortunately there was a very steep bank down into a field and it just kept tumbling."
British magazine
Autosport revealed Meeke's Citroën rolled over a total of six times.
When asked what were Meeke's chances of staying at Citroën, team principal Yves Matton replied the crash "will not help". Although he expressed his wish to talk with Meeke before jumping to conclusion, Matton added: "For sure it was not what I ask him to do."
Ford's newest board member, Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, first met Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford at a Michigan business conference.
Ford's newest board member, Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, first met Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford at a Michigan business conference.
We can't say that the Datsun 280ZX is our favorite Z-Car -- we far and away prefer the clean lines of the 240, 260 and even the
We can't say that the Datsun 280ZX is our favorite Z-Car -- we far and away prefer the clean lines of the 240, 260 and even the