Posts with the tag of Revenge of the Electric Car

Filming Tesla (2 of 2)

December 12, 2008 – 2:28 pm

Our co-producer continues her account of shooting behind the scenes at Tesla.
As we captured key meetings with department heads,  Elon stressed his commitment to ramping Tesla up – and the fact that his role was hands-on. He reminded person after person that no problem or detail was too small. The buck stopped with Elon.
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Filming Tesla (1 of 2)

December 10, 2008 – 4:20 pm

Let me just give it away now….the first day we filmed this fall at Tesla, we got to see not one, not two, not three, but, and I counted—over 40 production Roadsters in the Menlo Park buildings. There is something about the sight of more than four million dollars of incredibly sleek, fast (they do [...]

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Guest blogger: Andrew Grin – From Kansas to LA

December 1, 2008 – 1:29 pm

This week we welcome Andrew Grin, a 16 year old sophomore from Kansas City who spent the day with us filming during the LA Auto Show.  Andrew owns a converted pure EV Hyundai.
My first sighting of smog-filled Los Angeles brought a sad thought to my mind.   A few weeks back, I read a study [...]

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