Note: if you’re totally disinterested in Tesla’s business plans, there’s a nice gallery of Model S glossies after the jump. Skip dinner and get to dessert. For the rest–

As it works toward production of its Model S, Tesla is poised to go public. The electric carmaker is looking to seize upon the heightening public interest and hunger for green tech by making the firm a publicly traded company. According to a Reuters source familiar with Tesla’s plans, its IPO filing is expected within the very near future, though no specific date was given. Tesla provided no official comment. [via Reuters]

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So far the story of the Tesla Model S electric vehicle has been a give and take of Tesla providing specs and looks and customers ponying up the funding in the form of down payments. Over 1,000 future Tesla owners have made the $5,000 commitment. Pushing it one more step from vaporware to the car in your neighbor’s driveway, Tesla has released some on-road pics of the car in action with Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen behind the wheel. While video would have been a tad more telling, the stills demonstrate that the car has some lively chops in addition to saying all the right things on paper.  [via Motor Authority]

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