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So you borrow your friend’s Tesla Roadster and are stopped at a construction zone waiting to get through. Suddenly a jealous Toyota Prius driver rams you from behind, pushing you underneath a nature-hating SUV driver and totaling your friend’s $120,000.00 car.

Read More: Tesla Roadster Passes the Crash Test

Tesla Motors announced what most in the industry probably saw coming: their in-house platform for the Model S sedan will be in later models too. Using a platform to create a series of vehicle models is nothing new and is, in fact, standard practice in the industry. The new models planned include a minivan, a crossover SUV, and a utility van.

Read More: Tesla Moves Towards the Future With the Model S Platform

This is a sweet ride. It’s a hydrogen fuel-cell supercar which accelerates from 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. Yes, I said 2.9 seconds. Wear a G-suit. That’s a full second faster than the Tesla Roadster.

Read More: The Vision Motors Cheetah Hydrogen-Powered Supercar

In the world’s first electric car-fueled grudge match, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and founder Martin Eberhard went head-to-head with Governor Schwarzenegger as the referee. The no-holds-barred grudge match was live on Pay Per View with the winner taking the CEO title belt and all the glory! It was a true battle to the finish because that’s where they had to stop.

Read More: Arnold Referees Match Between Tesla’s Musk and Eberhard - Winner Take All!

The first-ever Electric Motor Show starts November 6 in Helsinki, Finland. The show will feature the famous Tesla Roadster and a newcomer to the field, Finland-owned AMC Motors with their Sanifer range of electric vehicles.

Read More: Tesla Motors and AMC Power Up the Electric Motor Show

Designer Bo Zolland has come up with an electric car he’s calling the Delithium. It’s a two-seater hot-rod with a lot of cool, retro styling - and it’s all electric.

Read More: Delithium - Futuristic Performance Hot Rod Design

Full electric power trains like battery electrics, hydrogen fuel cells, and so forth are coming, but slowly. Let’s face it: most of those on the market so far are nothing more than curiosities. The Tesla Roadster and the Aptera 2e, while they look really good and are desirable vehicles, aren’t exactly mainstream.

Read More: Bosch Says Electric Vehicles Won’t Become Pervasive for at Least 20 Years

Remember the Lightning? It’s the British contender for the Tesla Roadster, which we mentioned back in October ‘08. The Lightning GT, an electric sports car with the ability to compete with the Tesla Roadster on all fronts: speed, range, and price tag.

Read More: Lightning Announces Plans for More Electric Cars

Not into the Lotus looks the Tesla Roadster has? Well, how about the classic Porsche 550’s style? The Swiss company BRUSA Electronik is banking on that with their new Spyder electric performance roadster.

Read More: The Swiss BRUSA Spyder Electric Performance Car

Tesla has announced that they expect to be profitable before the end of July, as was expected and announced in February. While some questioned that the company would ever become profitable, battery sales greatly augmented pre-sales and purchases of the Tesla Roadster. New deals with Daimler and others didn’t hurt either.

Read More: Tesla Moves Towards Profitability Despite Lawsuit By Former CEO