Tesla shares plunged more than 15% after Consumer Reports announced it was withdrawing its recommendation of the company's flagship Model S P85D electric sedan. The price of Tesla shares had climbed by the closing bell, but it still ended the day down 6.6%. The consumer products ratings publication gave the $104,000 electric car a "worse-than-average" rating in its latest report about the predicted reliability of new vehicles.

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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Elon Musk is likely blushing.

The German automaker's dazzling electric crossover arrives in showrooms in two years.

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In August 2014, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about "a fairly exciting upgrade" (i.e., an improved battery pack) to the company's first car, the Lotus-based Roadster. Today, we can finally put a price tag on what it'll cost you to give your aging all-electric sports car around 35-percent more energy capacity and around 40-percent more range. In short, getting the new, roughly 70-kWh pack will set you back $29,000. Be warned: The new pack is heavier than the older one.

People are running "the dumbest experiment in history" by continuing to burn fossil fuels, Elon Musk said in an interview earlier this year with Wait But Why's Tim Urban. As Musk explained: "The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be.

The mine will potentially supply Tesla's Gigafactory outside of Reno, Nevada.

Tesla’s underwriters bought up all possible extra shares in the deal, boosting the amount of money the electric carmaker raised. Tesla raised $738 million from a stock sale, which closed on Wednesday, according to a regulatory filing, far exceeding the electric carmaker’s original estimates. The company originally was looking to raise closer to $500 million last week, and then boosted that number to about $650 million a day later by agreeing to sell more shares.

The new Autopilot 7.0 software has been sent out to a small group of Tesla Model S drivers, who now get to test out highway autosteer and parallel autopark.

Aston Martin intends to launch an electric version of the Rapide in the next two years, boasting 800 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and a 200-mile range. An electric DBX is also on the way somewhat later. Aston Martin is taking direct aim at the top versions of the Tesla Model S with a plan to launch a battery electric Rapide sedan boasting 800 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and a 200-mile range within the next two years.

According to Charged EVs, that accounts for every model Tesla would be able to create in the auto’s first year. Jurvetson also discussed the benefits of embracing the driving technology Tesla is developing, saying that the cars are an ideal way to eliminate traffic gridlock, get people moving more efficiently, and provide an exceptionally safe commute to travelers. “I believe they are already safer than my parents,” Jurvetson said of the “robocars”, “and I would trust my kids with them.”

Not even autos innovator Tesla Motors Inc. is immune to hackers.

Tesla is preparing to make a public case this week for leaving mileage and emissions regulations intact, or making them even more stringent. The company also will fight to keep other auto makers from loosening regulations in California, which has more ambitious targets than the federal government.

When it comes to raw acceleration relative to price, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a car as impressive as the Tesla Model S P85D.

Our good friend Bob Tregilus, host of the Plug In America podcast, has just dropped us some more pictures of the under-construction Tesla Gigafactory, which will be the largest building in the world in terms of footprint before long.

Originally published on EV Obsession. With all the hype about the new Tesla Model S Ludicrous mode and its record-breaking sprint to 60 mph (see this, this, and this), it seems that most of us have glossed over a bigger announcement. The first line under 

The first car Tesla ever built, the Roadster, hasn’t gotten a whole lot of love lately. They stopped building them back in 2012, after all. It looks like the Roadster is set for a revival, though. Buried deep in today’s other Tesla news was word of a brand new Roadster model.