Even A 2-Year-Old Kid Can Learn To Drive Electric! (Mini Tesla Review)
Our 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughters are already fans of Teslas, but they are especially obsessed with one in particular — their own Tesla.
Our 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughters are already fans of Teslas, but they are especially obsessed with one in particular — their own Tesla.
You may remember months earlier this year when the financial press and certain analysts obsessed over Tesla’s declining cash balance. Perhaps it was genuine, but my impression is it was “concern trolling,” faux hysteria, and even an attempt to confuse and manipulate the public in the worst cases.
This struck me yet again while looking at a chart that a CleanTechnica reader created and shared.
The top 20 articles of the past week on CleanTechnica included a Tesla solar + Powerwall experience, reflections on the scary & concerning aftermath of California wildfires from the sky, yet another jarring wake-up call on global scorching and potential climate collapse, climate action via Tesla consumerism, the ongoing jockeying for a Tesla gigafactory in the various corners and centers of Europe, a raffle to win a Tesla while supporting climate action, and much more.
Thanksgiving is over. Black Friday is passing. Hopefully you avoided the urge to go to a nearby Walmart and t-shirt brawl with fellow consumers.
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What’s the difference between politics and policy?
While the two things may seem like they are strongly intertwined, the fact is they can be completely disconnected — and they often are, especially in the Republican Party in the USA.
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Earlier today, I highlighted the Tesla Model 3’s solid sales launch compared to the iconic Ford Mustang, which the Model 3 is outselling by ~1.5× this year so far. But the Mustang has never been seen as the car the Model 3 is really trying to retire — or at least humble a bit. That car is, of course, the BMW 3 Series (+ 4 Series).
While working on October Tesla sales reports, I noticed a few interesting comparisons that seemed worth highlighting separately. First of all, if you think of iconic sporty cars, and especially iconic American muscle cars, the Ford Mustang is surely one of the first cars that comes to mind.
According to our October sales estimates and official numbers from automakers, the Tesla Model 3 was the 12th best selling car in the United States from January through October of this year (SUVs and pickup trucks excluded). It was approximately 9,000 sales behind the #11 Ford Focus and 21,000 behind our estimate for the #10 Chevy Malibu.
The Tesla Model 3 was the 15th best selling light vehicle in California in the first half of 2018. I’m forecasting that it will be #2 for the year as a whole.