Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
A partner in Baillie Gifford, the asset management firm that is the third largest shareholder in Tesla, isn't worried about Tesla's future, but it is concerned about the future of many legacy automakers as they approach their own personal "Kodak moments." ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
The silence was deafening at the Buttonwillow raceway in central California this past weekend as Mountain Pass Performance (MPP) headed off to the raceway to support customer and longtime racer Cameron Rogers in his assault on the track in his brand spanking new Tesla Model 3 Performance... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India has recorded perhaps its highest-ever renewable energy penetration in overall energy generation in the quarter of July-September 2018. The event is on expected lines after the country reported a historically high monthly share of renewable energy generation in July and August ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India continues to add record volumes of solar and wind energy capacities even as the net capacity additions in the coal sector remain stunted... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
Getting Mars right (or not): Nat Geo's new TV series makes the case for a successful mission to Mars, if only we could all just get along... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Loren McDonald
In August, 1 out of 10 (9.90%) new vehicles purchased in the state of California were EVs (PHEVs + BEVs), according to the latest numbers from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Advanced Technology Vehicle Sales Dashboard... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
While the federal government is busy propping up coal and natural gas, governors in several states won elections in which they pledged to ramp up renewable energy goals, with many aiming for 100% renewables within 20 years. ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Editor's note: For many moons and months, TeslaMondo was perhaps my favorite thing on the internet. It is a blog that offers insightful and hilarious commentary on Tesla. Hold on, let me rephrase that — it offers tremendously insightful and insanely hilarious commentary on Tesla. Alas, for more than one year, the person* behind TeslaMondo stepped deeper into the shadows and TeslaMondo went silent (*no, that person isn't me, despite what some people have claimed and how much I wish that were the case)... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by The Beam
A critical look at the sustainable development narrative. ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Peter Forman (aka Papafox)
For years now, Tesla has enjoyed a market capitalization sufficient to distinguish it as one of America’s 500 most important publicly traded companies. The missing ingredient for Tesla’s inclusion in the granddaddy of all indexes, the Standard and Poor’s 500, has been consistent profitability. Now that Tesla has shown a profit of more than $300 million in Q3 of 2018 and its CEO Elon Musk predicts continued profitability ahead, inclusion in the S&P 500 index is extremely likely in the not-so-distant future. Let’s look at this event’s implications for Tesla and its stock price, plus consider the likely timing of such a move... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
In the past week, CleanTechnica stories of all stripes were popular and spread far and wide across the internet, but the most popular stories were the 20 below. The biggest eyeball earners covered: 5 years of poor Tesla analysis by one prominent short seller, an estimate for the introduction of Tesla Model 3 deliveries in China, Tesla Autopilot vs lidar-based autonomous driving, automotive giants vs. the EV revolution, Jaguar I-PACE efficiency, China's electric car sales, and more Tesla, autonomous vehicle, EV, and cleantech fun... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Chanan Bos
Before we start, we would like to give a shout-out to Zac & Jesse from the YouTube channel "Now You Know" for mentioning our reports on their show. You guys are awesome! Some might say this has been a slow news week for Tesla. There were only 122 articles this week and the average over the past 9 weeks is around 190. This slow news week, however, is quite artificial. It's a choice, because there was plenty of news that the mainstream media just decided to not report at all or only briefly cover... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Saurabh
Saudi Arabia–based ACWA Power has added another major project to its solar power portfolio. The new project will be part of the iconic Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
I've had a lot of fun recently while highlighting 50 "tips" for slowing the electric car revolution and writing about what the end of gasmobiles could look like, but the discussions left some people scratching their heads. Why would automakers conscientiously try to delay a switch to electric vehicles? Why would they not try to create attractive electric cars once they were shown how popular Tesla's models have been... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
You're going to be shocked — the electric car respondents most frequently said they were most likely to buy next (or for the first time in the case of non-EV drivers) was the Tesla Model 3. Over 100,000 reservations ($1,000 each) were placed for the car in under 24 hours — even before the car was shown. The demand was through the roof and ended up being the single biggest product reveal in history by certain key metrics. So, it is not a surprise in the least that this electric car tops the list of “expected next EV model.”... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Matt Pressman
Eli Burton is the President and Founder of My Tesla Adventure, a California-based Tesla Owners Club. The club's mission is to bring together Tesla owners to embark on fun adventures, make great memories, and form lasting friendships. Eli is also a long-time space enthusiast, amateur rocket maker, SpaceX fan, and creator of an exciting new comic book series, The Adventures of Starman... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by The Beam
Women and girls are among the most negatively impacted by disasters: not due to any inherent vulnerability, but as a result of social construction of gender norms and the related power imbalance in which women often have limited access to and control over resources. ... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
US cities and states can foster stronger, more resilient US military facilities by promoting stronger clean power policies... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
EV Driver Desires, Demands, & Dreams explores the preferences of current electric car drivers in North America and Europe regarding electric car models, classes, special features, range, battery options, and more. It also takes a deep dive into key consumer benefits of electric cars and respondents' views on the best ways to promote electric car adoption... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
eMotorWerks is bringing its JuiceNet intelligent EV charging software platform to EO Charging as part of a partnership to develop the new EO Mini Pro EVSE for UK and European customers... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Electrical utilities which own the generation and distribution network will love smart contracts. They get all of the advantages while purchasers get most of the disadvantages. They have guaranteed payment, no accounts receivable problems, and the contracts will be between only two entities, so they’ll be simple... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Israel is considering a ban on the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles after 2030 as a way of taking meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions after the latest UN climate change report. ... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Sponsored Content
Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) High School District was the first district in the state to combine energy storage with solar power generation and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in partnership with ENGIE Storage. Engie has years of experience helping K-12 school districts generate cost savings and improve the economics of sustainability measures with our GridSynergy® energy storage systems and software platform... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Paul Fosse
Want a Tesla Model 3 and want the $7,500 US federal EV tax credit? Here are 5 potential ways you can get a Model 3 and the tax credit... Read More →
Published on November 11th, 2018 | by Frugal Moogal
The goal of this series is to examine current topics being written about Tesla [TSLA] that appear to be stirring up "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" (or FUD). The plan is to try to provide reasonable analysis about the validity of the claims. I generally do not link to the articles that "inspire" me to write this, as I do not wish to reward analysis I feel is poor with increased traffic. However, I will freely admit that my analysis may contain incorrect assumptions, and will do my best to acknowledge them in future articles... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2018 | by Jose Pontes
The French plug-in electric passenger car market registered 3,888 registrations in October, with all-electric models growing fast (+60%), while plug-in hybrids remained in a post-NEDC hangover (down 2%) — year to date (YTD), though, PHEVs are still jumping 35% year over year (YoY)... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2018 | by Matt Pressman
As anyone who’s stuck paying an onerous bill to a local internet monopoly will agree, there’s a great market opportunity out there for any company that could offer a global wireless internet connection. SpaceX has been working on just that since 2015, developing a broadband satellite constellation called Starlink. A recent article in SmarterAnalyst proposes that Tesla could be an integral part of the plan... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2018 | by Matt Pressman
Elon Musk has accomplished some jaw-dropping feats at SpaceX and Tesla. Louis Sarkozy, son of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, asks (via Washington Examiner), "Should he be recognized as a capitalist example, champion of science, and hero of the environment? Yes. Is the media fawning over his countless moral deeds and wishing him success in his progressive endeavors? No. Rather, he is constantly berated, belittled, and criticized for trivial reasons."... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2018 | by Andy Miles
The popularity of electric vehicles is becoming very apparent in so many ways. In many places, the price of used electric vehicles is actually increasing, because demand is so high. In the case of the Tesla Model 3, some people are paying more for a recent used car, than the price of a new one. This is because they are not prepared to wait in the reservation list to get one. In my own experience, I see more and more electric vehicles on the road. Where I used to have the charging stations to myself when on my travels, now I see more and more electric vehicle drivers charging alongside me. I think I will soon be joining a queue, as there will be more drivers needing a charge than available chargers... Read More →
Published on November 10th, 2018 | by Guest Contributor
The 2018 Tesla Owner’s Club Leadership Summit was simply a smorgasbord of all things Tesla. Ninety board members of Tesla Clubs from all around the world descended upon Milpitas and Fremont, California. Including those from Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Finland, the UK — so many made the effort to come from far and wide. Deep in conversation on membership and events, Tesla allowed us time (over gratuitous amounts of food) to share valuable ideas on how to better serve our local Tesla owners... Read More →
