Tesla Motors gets new Investor with German Daimler
Topic: Cars & Vehicles
Posted on Tue, 19 May 2009 07:54:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
The coolest electric car maker Tesla Motors gets a new investor with German car maker Daimler. Daimler takes 10% of Tesla Motors.
Daimler paid a double digit million dollar sum for the 10% in Tesla.
The companies plan to work together on the Smart electric car and future electric cars.
The big German car makers are way behind in the electric car development. It is a smart move by Daimler to pick Tesla Motors to gain the insights on how to make electric cars everybody would want to drive if they could afford one.
Via CNET.
Posted on Tue, 19 May 2009 07:54:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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