The most popular articles of the past week on CleanTechnica included another great total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison between the Tesla Model 3 and some very popular cars, consumer demand levers Tesla could pull if it needed to stimulate more demand, an exploration of Tesla’s focus and mission beyond being a carmaker, electric bike fatalities and injuries rising, and more.
If you’re a fan and supporter of Tesla, you probably believe that the least of the company’s worries is demand for its products. Rather, scaling up production is the main issue that you think sits between the company and profitability.
Tracking and improving your own household’s carbon footprint is useful, because individual change adds up. As millions of people replace ICE vehicles with EVs, the overall impact becomes significant. Or, switching away from a car entirely and getting around with alternatives like biking, micromobility, and transit can have an even … [continued]
How Tesla can produce the vehicles and create sufficient demand to sell them in order to continue Tesla’s aggressive growth trajectory.
While Tesla fans and logistics companies anxiously await deliveries of the first electric Semis, China leads the world in low-emissions trucking. Bloomberg reports that light commercial electric vehicle sales have gone from 1% of market share to 10% in the last two years, and may be a big factor in … [continued]
Tesla’s second-quarter earnings release and call confirm it is on track to continue to expand production like never seen before in the automotive market. I want to highlight a few key trends and what they tell us about what Tesla may do in 2022 and beyond. My thesis, for some … [continued]
When you heard or read that Elon Musk claimed the Tesla Model Y was going to be the world’s best-selling car, truck, on SUV in the world in 2022 or 2023, you had one of 2 reactions, both of them valid. For the 1% of the people who are Tesla … [continued]
To hold an event with a large number of people in the time of the most severe pandemic the world has seen may not sound like a good idea, and some have been asking why do it at all. But it was a great idea.
In this article, I’m going to discuss an idea I came up for Tesla to dramatically increase demand for their cars after I watched a certain YouTube video and did some more research. Let’s start with the video.
Today we noticed that Tesla pulled another demand lever on its best selling vehicle. (Well, it’s expected to be Tesla’s top selling vehicle soon in the US, but that is unconfirmed.)
