Name That Shifter, No. 117: 1972 Lotus Europa

On Monday, we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle whence it came. A few of you figured out that this week’s shifter belongs to a Lotus Europa, but the first commenter to correctly specify it as a 1972 model was...

Tesla DOE Loan Repayment to Finish Years Early

With confidence in spades, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said yesterday that the electric car maker will repay its $465 million government loan in “five years or less.” The announcement came just days after Musk said he expects the company to be profitable in 2013. Indeed,...