What are tesla motors?

Tesla Roadster - Specifications - Battery System
... Tesla Motors refers to the Roadster's battery pack as the Energy Storage System or ESS ... Tesla Motors stated in February 2009 that the current replacement cost of the ESS is slightly under US$36,000, with an expected life span of 7 years/100,000 mi (160,00 ... Tesla Motors provides a 3 year/36,000 mile warranty on the Roadster with an optional 4 year/50,000 mile extended warranty available at an "additional cost" (2 ...

Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program - Conditional Loans
... in 2009 $8 billion in conditional loan agreements for Ford Motor Company Nissan North America, Inc ... and Tesla Motors, Inc ... and advanced batteries, and a $465 million loan to Tesla Motors to manufacture its new electric sedan ...

List Of Nikola Tesla Patents - American - Patents #51–#100
... field magnet poles in excess of the number of armature-circuits Motor having independent energizing circuits connected to the armature-circuit of the alternating current generator Rotating ... Patent 0,511,559 - Electrical Transmission of Power - 1893 December 26 - Method of operating motors having independent energizing circuits Passing alternating currents through circuits and retarding ... Patent 0,511,560 - System of Electrical Power Transmission - 1893 December 26 - Motor having independent energizing circuits connected with a source of alternating currents Means of rendering the magnetic effects to ...

Tesla Roadster - Production - Timeline
... Tesla Motors' first two transmission suppliers were unable to produce transmissions, in quantity, that could withstand the gear-shift requirements of the high ... In December 2007, Tesla Motors announced plans to ship the initial Roadsters with the transmissions locked into second gear to provide 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h ... By September 10, 2008, Tesla had delivered 27 of the cars to customers ...