The First LEAF Owner in the World was ... French, from SF Bay Area, Olivier Chalouhi

Already 3 years ... I remember watching this Event set up by Nissan at the San Francisco city hall and this French family man, Olivier Chalouhi, getting the keys to the First LEAF in the World

Now, after 3 years and 30,000 miles driving it almost everyday, to commute, but also to go on family trips, many of his friends and colleagues have been converted to Electric Drive ...

Tesla Delivers First Model S In France, "Mais Oui" !

Tesla has been making lots of “first” deliveries of the Model S lately; so why not mention one more than happened last week?

This “first” delivery happened in France.




Actually. Tesla delivered a total of a dozen cars to the country last week in various roll-out ceremonies, but the first Model S P85 sedan (in white) was given out in Paris on Monday, September 23rd.

Some of the first owners had reserved their cars more than 3 years ago.

Tesla held a formal reception on the Tuesday where 4more cars were released in the capital, followed by another 7 in Aix-en-Provence and Paris to round out the week.

Also of interest, Tesla says that Model S orders booked today in France are expected to arrive in February of 2014 – only 5 months wait.

Source: Inside EVs

Tesla delivers its first Model S !!

Largely ahead of schedule (previously announced for june 22nd), Tesla has delivered its first Model S to a lucky customer, Steve Jurvetson, a close friend of Elon Musk, who came to Palo Alto HQ to pick it up :-)

He wrote: ..."it was such an incredible experience, driving out through the proud employee ranks, all shooting photos and cheering…"

The whole TESLA Team is here (but Elon Musk (?))

Keys handover by co-founder J.B. Straubel

Congratulations from the whole Tesla team

After a short speech, the new owner is adjusting seat, mirrors, etc

Puts his seatbelt

And leaving the crowd

Nice licence plate : TSLA S1 !

Another video from the new owner who test drove the Model S Beta on Tesla's track
(introduction by Elon Musk)