I’m a huge fan of the media and high-quality journalism. The free press is a cornerstone of democracy, and much more. The largest media outlets in the world have the resources, passion, and expertise to do tremendous investigative reporting that is invaluable to society. But they are dropping the ball on Tesla, misleading consumers in a highly biased manner.
CleanTechnica’s Maarten Vinkhuyzen recently took a deep dive into a UBS report about the Tesla Model 3. The finding was that the report demonstrated tremendous ignorance at best or intentionally misleading nonsense at worst.
Below are the most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week. Aside from Tesla, Tesla, Tesla, stories covered the Hyundai Kona, an electric camper, the Mercedes EQC, and more.
Volkswagen is a fascinating case when it comes to the electric transport transition. With some interesting news coming in this week, we are revisiting some of the key facts and forecasts we have from the company.
A handful of EV battery companies dominate global EV battery production. One of those companies is LG Chem, which supplies batteries to nearly every automaker under the sun.
After talking about artificial intelligence, samurai swords, old cars, and other tidbits with Joe Rogan tonight, Tesla CEO, Chairman, & Chief Humor Officer Elon Musk got to talking about Tesla. My favorite statement from the interview was where Elon emphasized that Tesla vehicles aren’t really cars — “a Tesla is a thing to maximize enjoyment.”
Let’s just start with some numbers. Below are USA sales totals for the month of August from several top luxury car brands. Additionally, I’ve included an estimate for Tesla’s sales in the USA. While we don’t have precise numbers from Tesla, there is now confirmation from CEO Elon Musk that Tesla sold more cars in the USA in August than BMW, which means it sold more cars than all the other brands in the headline.
Three weeks ago, I published that I expected the Tesla Model 3 would be the 5th best selling car in the United States in August. That has now been confirmed. (Note: we’re just talking cars, not SUVs or pickup trucks.)
You know what they say — “As long as there’s been Tesla, there’ve been Tesla killers.”
AVERE’s E-Mobility Conference (AEC2018), taking place on 17 and 18 October 2018 in Brussels, is gearing up to be THE conference to set the tone for the electrification of transport for the next decade.
