Okay, a Tesla Smart Car is wishful thinking but the luxury electric vehicle company will be providing batteries for Daimler’s Smart EV. This announcement was made last week at the North American International Auto Show. The agreement has Tesla providing Daimler with the battery pack and charger for 1,000 of the new Smart electric vehicles, which will be available in the United States in 2010.

Other Tesla news from Detroit:

Tesla founder Elon Musk “detailed the company’s ambitious plans to develop a range of EV models and build a factory in San Jose, California, capable of building 20,000 cars a year.

This would cost between $300-400 million, Musk said. It would involve production of a new pure EV model, the Tesla S, a sedan model, with a family of different body styles to follow including a crossover, wagon and minivan.

This is likely to cost around $50,000 – less than half the $109,000 roadster - and is said to offer a 225-mile range on a single charge of its Lithium Ion batteries.” (Source: Newspress)

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