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Mar 28, 2014

Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S

By Elon Musk, Chairman, Product Architect & CEO — In 2013, two extremely unusual Model S collisions resulted in underbody damage that led to car fires. These incidents, unfortunately, received more national headlines than the other 200,000 gasoline car fires that happened last year in North America alone. In both cases, the occupants walked away unharmed, thanks to the…

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Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S
Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S

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Feb 16, 2014

Tesla’s Cross Country Rally, Supercharger by Supercharger

A photo essay of an electric journey across the US — Photo: Tom Pocrnich Early in the morning of Sunday, February 2, 2014, two Tesla Model S sedans pulled up to New York’s City Hall to mark the completion of a cross country trip done without a drop of gasoline. The two cars used 24 Superchargers in 14 states to fuel…

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Tesla’s Cross Country Rally, Supercharger by Supercharger
Tesla’s Cross Country Rally, Supercharger by Supercharger

9 min read

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