Tesla Model 3 Easter Eggs (Video)
Tesla Model 3 Easter Eggs … need I say more? This is probably not the most important news item that you’ll ever read here at CleanTechnica, but considering that you clicked through despite the article title…
Electric Cars
Baojun E100 Launched In China — $5,367 (RMB 35,800) After Taxes & Incentives
The Chinese firm SAIC-GM-Wuling recently launched its first all-electric vehicle, the Baojun E100. Variants of this new offering reportedly sell for as low as RMB 35,800 ($5,367 at current conversion rates) after national and regional incentives are factored in.
Toyota (Still) Banks On Lithium-Air Energy Storage For Next-Gen EV Batteries
Dream on, Klingons: a low cost, 500-mile energy storage solution for electric vehicles might not happen by 2020 — but it probably will happen, eventually.
2040 & 2050 Pollution Car Bans Not So Bold
Several countries have now announced or considered plans to ban gas- and diesel-powered cars by a certain year. These eventual bans are certainly welcome and helpful from a messaging and persuasion standpoint, but if you look at the expected exponential growth curve of electric car adoption, banning polluting cars in 2040 or 2050 doesn’t actually look like a very bold move. More or less, it looks like that will happen anyway from simple market forces.
Tesla Model 3 vs Electric Competitors (The Straight Specs)
I recently compared the specs of the Tesla Model 3 to the specs of 22 gas-powered competitors that are more or less “in the Model 3’s class.” Naturally, readers also requested that we compare the Model 3 with other electric cars in such a detailed way. So here we are!
$0 In Tesla Advertising = 455,000 Model 3 Reservation List
Have you ever wondered why you haven’t seen a glitzy TV commercial for Tesla’s new Model 3? According to Advertising Age, “Tesla still doesn’t need [any] paid advertising to make sales.” E.J. Schultz reports that, “even as the Model 3 goes on sale for anticipated delivery starting in the fourth quarter, word-of-mouth and free media coverage seems to be enough to fuel demand for the foreseeable future.”
Electric Cars vs Gasmobiles, Technically Speaking (VIDEO)
Considering the far-reaching cascade of change that is about to be unleashed on human society by the transition from the internal combustion engine to the electric motor, there’s a good case to be made that everyone should have at least a rudimentary understanding of how these two competing forms of propulsion work (many journalists, to say nothing of political and business leaders, are in dire need of a basic primer).
The Economist Announces The Death Of The ICE (Finally)
The most recent cover story in The Economist announces, “The death of the internal combustion engine… it had a good run. But the end is in sight.” In a remarkable account, The Economist reports that the internal combustion engine’s “days are numbered. Rapid gains in battery technology favour electric motors instead. … Today’s electric cars, powered by lithium-ion batteries, can do much better.”
Tesla Model S 75 & Model X 75 Get Upgrades, & “1 Second Quicker” To…
A recent over the air upgrade has made the Tesla Model S 75 and Model X 75 a full second faster to 60 miles per hour.
Consumers Buy Performance, Convenience, & Status, Not Environmentalism
Walmart founder Sam Walton once said businesses should focus on what customers want and then deliver it. It may sound obvious, but when it comes to eco-friendly consumer goods, it’s taken marketers a while to figure it out.
