Earlier this week, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk was in Detroit to accept the “2010 Automotive Executive of the Year Innovator Award”.  At the event, Musk laid out a timeline for his company, noting that Tesla will be supplying electric drivetrain technology for the Mercedes A-Class EV in the coming years.  The news isn’t surprising, considering Daimler purchased an 8 percent stake in Tesla last year (and already collaborates with Daimler on the smart ev); the real question is how long it will be before the A-Class EV will make it to the U.S.  We’ll keep you posted if we hear anything new; in the meantime, Wired has more details of Musk’s timeline covering Tesla’s other production targets.