Model S boosts Tesla, but mass market electric cars still elusive

Model S boosts Tesla, but mass market electric cars still elusive

But the Tesla still has too limited a history on the road to earn it CR's equally coveted "Recommended Buy" rating. "Despite its stratospheric road-test score, we can't recommend the Model S until we have sufficient reliability data," Consumer Reports

A Tesla Roadster Sport sits in a dealership showroom in Chicago, Illinois. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife). Rejoice, aggressive growth investors. Your bet on Telsa finally stopped making you miserable. The electric-car company yesterday

The electric-auto maker's stock is at $66.81, or up about 20 percent, after opening up even higher.

Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), the maker of electric cars run by billionaire Elon Musk, surged 24 percent after posting a first profit, beating estimates and earning a top evaluation for its Model S sedan from Consumer Reports. Tesla reached $69.40 at the

Matthew Inman, the artist behind The Oatmeal, put up a comic strip announcing the purchase to his readers on Thursday, saying Tesla's former laboratory on Long Island, N.Y., had been successfully saved. He said the Tesla Science Center, a nonprofit