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Shake-up at Tesla; a dozen UK orders

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 16 October 2008 11:22 Electric car start-up Tesla is restructuring its US operation and laying off around 100 staff, as the credit crunch continues to make life difficult for car companies big and small. It’s now on its fourth CEO in 12 months, as founder Elon Musk takes over from Ze’ev Drori. In an announcement on the chief exec’s blog, Tesla Motors said it would be ‘cash-flow positive’ within six to nine months – but only by increasing production and cutting operating costs.

Rimac Concept One electric supercar offered at Top Marques Monaco

The Top Marques Monaco show at the Grimaldi Forum doesn’t feature the best from Ford, Subaru and Hyundai. What it does feature is booths from lesser-known, bespoke automakers such as Pagani, Hamann, Noble and Croatian supercar-maker Rimac. Rimac introduced the Concept One electric vehicle at the Frankfurt motor show in September.

Land Rover Freelander 2 HSE Review & Road Test

The Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 HSE It was always something of a paradox, the original Land Rover Freelander. On paper it seemed to be all the car you could need. An iconic badge strapped to a real 4×4 of a sensible size that could cope with the urban jungle and had almost as much off-road ability as its brethren.