Paul Fosse A Software engineer for over 30 years, first developing EDI software, then developing data warehouse systems. Along the way, I've also had the chance to help start a software consulting firm and do portfolio management. In 2010, I took an interest in electric cars because gas was getting expensive. In 2015, I started reading CleanTechnica and took an interest in solar, mainly because it was a threat to my oil and gas investments. Follow me on Twitter @atj721 Tesla investor. Tesla referral code: https://ts.la/paul92237
July 3rd, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
I was browsing the Tesla site at the start of the 3rd quarter, noticing that new inventory of cars was very low according to both tesla.com and ev-cpo.com. Tesla didn't sell out of inventory in the same way they did some quarters, but they drew it down pretty low
June 26th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
The press release doesn't even mention hybrid in the title or even as a heading. Wow, it doesn't even look like they are even trying to try and fool the public on this one. Then I found this bullet point
June 20th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Let's take a closer look at the new Toyota RAV4 Prime plugin hybrid and the fully electric Tesla Model
June 7th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
The 4 ways I'm going to look at the auto market is by looking at supply and demand, looking at each from a Tesla perspective and from the perspective of the rest of the industry. My gut feel going into this analysis was that all cars sold would be electric by 2025. I was wrong. Let's look at why
May 31st, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Most writers at CleanTechnica don't cover hybrids at all. They prefer to focus on the leading edge cars like Tesla's vehicles or the Ford Mustang Mach-E. There are several reasons I am writing about the Sienna Hybrid Minivan, though
May 30th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
A year ago, I didn't know much about crossovers, so I researched them and wrote an article about why they are so popular. Today, I finally got to drive a Tesla Model Y at the Tampa Delivery Center
May 27th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
According to Reuters, Tesla has cut prices in North America on all of its cars except the Model Y by up to 6%
May 23rd, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
About 6 months ago, I wrote an article about how I was going to sell my home and downsize my life. Sound a little like Elon's recent tweets? An excerpt from that article is below
May 19th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
HyperChange's Galileo Russell (Gali) has been on the leading edge of trying to figure out all the things that Tesla will announce on Battery Day next month (or whenever it happens)
May 15th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
I started off writing this article about a week ago, but the article turned into a breaking news story on the Tesla lawsuit against Alameda County
May 9th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
About a month ago I wrote an article about how my wife accidentally backed our Tesla Model 3 into our home's garage door. In that article, it looked like the repair was going to be fast and reasonable in price, similar to repairs I've done to Honda and Toyota cars I've owned in the past
May 9th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Those in the auto industry are well acquainted with the concept of "bait and switch." This is where a retailer runs an appealing ad for a car or other good at a great price, but when you drive to the retailer to get the great deal, you find out that good isn't available and the salesperson then tries to sell you a higher priced good
April 12th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Most people think of comparing the Model Y to either a Model 3 (which it was derived from) or a Model X (Tesla's first SUV), but I thought it would be interesting to compare it to the original "designed from the ground up" Model
April 10th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
As we reported yesterday, Tesla was expected to add the locally made Model 3 Long Range (rear wheel drive edition) to its lineup soon to reduce pricing on that option. Tesla surprised us by releasing a locally made Model 3 Performance also!
April 10th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Overnight, Tesla added a trailer hitch to the Model Y design studio in North America and Europe! The only country I found that didn't have it was China. Prices vary a bit, but all are about a thousand US dollars
March 28th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
After comparing the Tesla Model Y to BMW’s high-performance SUVs a couple of weeks ago, and the more practical but less fun Lexus RX 350 last week, I noticed Mercedes is just coming out with a new performance SUV this summer as a 2021 model year SUV and thought I would compare it to the Model Y Performance
March 14th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
After comparing the Tesla Model Y to BMW's high-performance SUVs last week, I thought it might be a similar story comparing it to the best selling luxury SUV, the Lexus RX 350. Where the BMW was comparable in performance, but MUCH more expensive, the Lexus is comparable in initial price, but has MUCH slower performance
March 8th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Accidents seem to always happen when we are distracted. That's the recent case with my Tesla Model
March 7th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
On the last day of February, BMW launched a pair of high-performance SUVs, the X5M Competition and the X6M Competition. I was inspired to create this article comparing the Tesla Model Y to these BMWs after viewing the YouTube video from The Fast Lane that compared the two stylish, sporty, and very high-performance SUVs
February 9th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse
Recently, we reported that Elon asked twitter if Giga Texas (a Tesla gigafactory in Texas) made sense. With Tesla's aggressive global goals to expand auto production an order of magnitude within 5 years, I added to the discussion that Giga Mexico might be worth considering, since they need to start thinking about markets beyond the US, Europe, and Asia
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