Tesla Model S "Will Be Faster Than A Porsche 911" Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, introduces customers to the Model S sedan at the company's Fremont factory. FREMONT, Calif.— Five years after shocking the automotive world by unveiling what was basically a battery-powered Lotus Elise, Elon Musk, CEO and founder of Tesla Motors, debuted his electric car company's first all-original car, the Model S, and announced that it "will build a high-performance version of the Model S that will go zero to 60 (mph) in 4.5 seconds. That's faster than a Porsche 911 Carrera. " Click to view the Tesla Model S image gallery. The crowd, naturally, went wild. "The oil companies said electric cars can't work, but the truth is, they don't want them to work," Musk said. "But here it is," he continued. And here's Musk demonstrating the interior controls in the Model S: Specifications and other notes: Elon Musk.
Trouble for Detroit? Gen Y’s Favorite Cars Are Foreign. A new study of Gen Y drivers’ preferences looks like more bad news for the Detroit automakers. Auto pricing site TrueCar.com tracked both the brands and individual models bought in 2009 and 2010 by Generation Y shoppers (ages 18 to 27). The results should strike fear into the hearts of U.S. auto executives: Not a single brand from a domestic automaker made the Top 10 list. Scion, a brand set up by Toyota Motor specifically aimed at young buyers, was No. 1. (See its Scion tC above right.) Mitsubishi, a name that barely registers with older shoppers, came in second. Some other brands among the top 10, such as Honda and Volkswagen, have a long record of youth appeal. But even the Korean corporate twins Hyundai and Kia, which have recorded surging sales in recent years, appear to have extended their appeal to young buyers as well as older ones.
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