You Can Now Buy a $100,000 Tesla S at the…Shopping Mall

If you are into cars, your next visit to the shopping mall may become a little more interesting - if Tesla Motors gets its way. On Friday, May 25, Tesla opened its first U.S. store of the year and its 22-second worldwide, at The Westchester shopping center in White Plains, New York.

Opening a car dealership in a mall sounds like a strange idea since nobody goes to a shopping center to buy a car, but according to George Blankenship of former Apple fame, that's the whole idea.

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Toyota Introduces Production Version of RAV4 EV, Prices Start at $49,800

Toyota chose the second day of the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles to present the world premiere of the production RAV4 EV featuring a pure-electric driveline developed by Tesla Motors.

While based on the current RAV4, the Japanese automaker is commanding almost twice the price of the popular SUV's top trim-level (Limited: $25,530) for the electric model that will begin arriving in select showrooms this summer with an MSRP of $49,800 before any state and federal incentives.

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