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Today on Planet 100: Eat, Pray, Love, and Shop? (Video)

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Tesla Co-Founder: Electric Cars with 500+ Mile Range by 2020

Martin Eberhard with a Tesla electric Roadster. Photo: Flickr , CC EV Forecast: Sunny, But Uncertain Martin Eberhard, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors in 2003 and now director at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), is predicting that that within the next 10 years, electric cars will have a range of 500 miles and more. It’s a bold prediction considering that the Tesla Roadster has a range of 244 miles (at a very high cost, and for a lightweight 2-seater) and that most other e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tesla Roadster Featured in Popular XKCD Comic

Image: Randall Monroe, XKCD, Creative Commons license. Non-Geeks Can Skip This One Geek-favorite XKCD has a new strip that features the Tesla Roadster electric car. It’s about the ” Green Flash ” phenomenon, as described by the evil Hat Guy (you can see him use eBay here and nerd sniping here ). Of course, this isn’t as good for Tesla business-wise as a New York Times or Wall Street Journal piece, but it’s still cool to see an electric car featured on a comic r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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