Tesla Motors, Inc. released its first quarter financial results yesterday, which featured a number of milestones for the auto maker. Among them, Tesla’s revenue rose 83% from the last quarter to $562 million, a record high for the company.
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Despite a chorus of largely uncritical reporting, there is a growing contingent of those who question VW’s claim that their new MQB modular architecture will bring about significant savings. The latest among them is Bernstein Research. A report by noted analyst Max Warburton (who recently authored the definitive study on Chinese cars) questions VW’s claims and shows how MQB may be helpful, but not nearly as significant as VW claims. On the other hand, it’s worth noting that these reports are meant for end-user investors, not necessarily industry types.
Tesla Motors Inc. released its Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2012 Shareholder letter on Wednesday. While the letter provides a very positive outlook for Tesla’s future, there are some questions looming in the background once we dig deeper into Tesla’s balance sheet.

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Marcelo de Vasconcellos - Agreed, agreed, agreed. In my opinion though, the exterior can also be considered artsy. All around great design. Shame people didn’t get it.
hreardon - I would bet that one of the primary reasons you don’t hear complaints about Tesla’s system as compared to Ford’s is because Tesla’s...
CJinSD - It seems like an appropriate response to what I wrote.
krhodes1 - Hard enough crash and they sure do. I have posted on here previously about the big-rig annihilating a...
doctor olds - He actually said “What is good for America, is good for General Motors, and vice versa.” GM accounted for something like 4% of US GDP then. Their...
eggsalad - They’re all superfluous. Within a short amount of time, there will just be Chrysler dealers, selling Ram, Dodge,...
Austin Greene - Das Auto.
philadlj - Some may bemoan Fiat seemingly going the way of MINI by expanding with larger and arguably odder-looking models, but to them I say two things: 1.)...
I've got a Jaaaaag - Looking at the video, I have a scenario that seems likely. Driving way to fast for residential...
philadlj - It’s not just the exterior of the Mulipla that’s so ugly I like it…the center stack is a true work of abstract expressionist art. All of the...