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Tesla Motors: Leading the Industry In
Electric Luxury Cars
10 years ago, if someone were to say that
cars would successfully run on high-energy batteries, which could keep up with
their gasoline counterparts –there would
be a few scowls, some laughter, and quite
a bit of openly skeptical responses. The
suggestion would have been outrageous,
and of course, infeasible to customers
and shareholders.
However, in the year 2014, Tesla Motors
has silenced the skeptics, converting the
dubiously theoretical into a marketable
reality. In fact, already the Tesla Motors
Model S has received a raving Consumer
Report magazine review, saying “the
Model S, which starts at $69,900, ranked
it with the best vehicles it has ever tested,” according to DelcoTimes.com. In
2013, Tesla Motors delivered 21,000 of
them; which comes as no surprise, since
this model has “the highest safety-ranking in America”. In addition, according to
a Jan 2014 Time Business article, Tesla is
also