After nearly 16 months with our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus (SR+), I decided to create a full summary video running through everything I could think to note from the time of buying the car until today. Watch the video for the full summary. Below the video is a bullet-point list of some highlights.
In the next two years, Mercedes-Benz is getting serious about electric vehicles (EVs). The company is announcing six new EQ models globally between now and 2022, three new electric Smart models, and an electric version of its versatile Sprinter van
I want to share my thoughts on recent events regarding Elon Musk, pronouns, LGBTQ+ rights, and how to approach this topic without harming anyone involved.
Taking part in the global transition to clean ways of living and clean technologies is one of the most exciting, valuable, rewarding, and ultimately significant things you can do. When you hasten the adoption of better ways of generating using energy, you help on so many levels.
I absolutely love copper — its shiny and warm tone is one of my favorites to work with. So, when I saw this gorgeous copper Tesla Cybertruck in my feed this morning, I knew I had to share it here.
While 2020 brought a host of challenges to the country, many states and cities still forged ahead with actions to address the climate impacts of a stubborn sector: buildings. Across the United States, local leaders are acknowledging the climate, economic, and health impacts of burning fossil fuels in buildings and accelerating the transition to modern, clean electric appliances.
QuantumScape is one of the world’s leading solid state battery companies, and it went public on November 27th (NYSE: QS). The company worked in “stealth mode” for a long time, and received considerable investment by some of the world’s most established cleantech investors, among them Capricorn Investment Group, Breakthrough Enegy Ventures, and notably from a car manufacturer, Volkswagen. We spoke to Quantum Scape CEO and Founder Jagdeep Singh.
One of our friends and faithful readers shared this morning that the Tesla Model 3 just surpassed the Tesla Model S in Norway in terms of all-time sales. At the moment he shared the news, the Model 3 had 21,070 all-time sales in the country and the Model S had 21,069.
This week, the Volkswagen Group supervisory board gave its full support to Herbert Diess and his plan to transform the company into a leading manufacture of electric cars. That’s a very good thing.
This article is an expanded version of material that appears in Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries, Edition 4.1. This history of Tesla, written by Charged Senior Editor Charles Morris and originally published in 2014, has now been completely revised and expanded, with new chapters on Model Y, Cybertruck, the Chinese Gigafactory and the events of 2020.
