Articles tagged “tesla”

Business Travel

Tesla and Microsoft Are Looking For Corporate Travel Agencies to Adopt Customized Business Models

There's a lot of rhetoric about the need to find business models that work for everyone, as the viewpoints of Tesla and Microsoft demonstrate, but there has been little action so far.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Rental Cars

Self-Driving Cars, Electric Vehicles and the Future of Hitting the Road

The sharing economy hardly puts a dent in the fact that most American road trips occur with owned cars. But look out for brands adapting to electric vehicles before driverless cars change things completely.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 5 years ago

Airlines

A Qantas Plane Races a Tesla in Cross-Promotion to Push Sustainability

Qantas is making some very smart and bold branding moves. The timing of this collaboration with Tesla around the launch of the Model S is only the latest.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 7 years ago

Rental Cars

Airbnb and Tesla Solving Problems of Affluent Travelers in California

Airbnb has been adept at partnering with brands that coincide with its vibe and Tesla certainly fits right in.

Alexandra E. Petri, Skift | 8 years ago

Airlines

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Is Psyched About Its New Tesla Taxis

As the appropriately green-tied and iconically white-moustached Dutch gentleman says on the video: “It’s absolute progress.” For Tesla, at least.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

Rental Cars

Tesla’s new electric car charging expansion to allow coast to coast travel

Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News | 10 years ago

Rental Cars

Israel’s own version of Tesla calls it quits, will liquidate electric-car company

Despite the headline, this electric car company was more about building the infrastructure that would support the vehicles rather than creating ambitious new technology that would lead the way. In this case, the ambitious beat out the prudent.

Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times | 10 years ago

Rental Cars

Electric car maker Tesla pays off U.S. government loan a decade early

If you're trying to argue that you are transforming transportation in one of the more radical ways since the invention of the car, it doesn't hurt to be able to make a splash now and then. Especially one that gets your critics wet.

Alan Ohnsman, Bloomberg | 10 years ago

Rental Cars

Tesla scores first quarterly profit, despite New York Times’ mean review

Kudos to Musk and co. for hitting the first mark that really matters for a car company -- especially one that wants to reinvent transportation.

Los Angeles Times | 10 years ago

Rental Cars

Norway takes a gamble on electric cars: Are the odds any good?

Before the electric car re-invents transportation, manufacturers are going to need to prove they are realistic alternatives to common transport challenges, and so far they just aren't there yet.

Reuters | 10 years ago