I finally got to see the new Tesla Model YL, Model Y Standard, and Model 3 Standard in person a few weeks ago and wanted to give my thoughts on the three models. I drove the two Model Ys and just looked at the Model 3 Standard. I was visiting … [continued]
Tesla just passed Waymo in Austin in weekly driverless miles. If its recent 20% weekly growth holds, it passes Waymo nationally in roughly 11 weeks and is doing the volume of Uber + Lyft across three Texas metros by mid-February. The accumulating unsupervised miles are already large enough to start … [continued]
I haven’t covered a Tesla earnings release and call in a while, but I thought I’d give a quick summary since this quarter was pretty interesting. Last quarter I wrote this after the delivery release, but I didn’t write up the earnings call. Observations From The Shareholder Deck: Gross margin … [continued]
Here at CleanTechnica, we prefer fully electric cars to hybrids. I’ve driven electric for 16 years, but I like to meet people where they are and many people just aren’t ready to make the change, even though it might work fine if they were willing. I wrote about that 3 … [continued]
To read the market overview, see part 1 of this article here. I visited Leapmotor, BYD, Great Wall Motors, and Geely dealers in Sao Paulo. Leapmotor The first dealer I visited was Leapmotor. Leapmotor, the Chinese EV maker sold abroad through Stellantis, entered Brazil in late 2025 with the C10 … [continued]
Last week, I traveled to southern Brazil to visit my wife’s family and took the opportunity to visit 4 dealers in Sao Paulo selling Chinese brands of cars (although some are assembled in Brazil). At CleanTechnica, we have written quite a bit about the the Brazil market, but we don’t … [continued]
In this article, I’ll make a five-year bet. I’m not making a claim about your local lot in 2026, but about where we’ll be in 2031. I think ordinary gasoline and diesel cars in the US will be worth less than the fuel, maintenance, and repairs it takes to keep … [continued]
If you’re a company like Honda, Toyota, GM, Ford, Nissan, or any other volume manufacturer that’s still playing catchup on electrification, the next few years will decide whether you remain a real product company or slowly turn into a dealer network for stronger players. Capital is finite. Engineering talent is … [continued]
In this article, I’ll document (mostly through pictures and video) my two test rides in the new Tesla Robotaxi in Tampa and a Waymo I ran across on the way to church this morning. Success After Failure I tried for an hour to call the Tesla Robotaxi in Tampa on … [continued]
I’ve been driving electric vehicles (EVs) for 15 years, so you may think this is a strange question for me to ask, but I’m not asking for me, I’m asking for the “regular Joe” in the US. If everyone was like me, it would be easy to answer — EVs … [continued]
