Electric Tour Boats In Paris To Use Repurposed Renault EV Batteries
The Seine Alliance, a river tourism developer in Paris, has partnered with Renault to utilize used EV batteries to power its electric tour boats.
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The Chinese Market For Tesla Is Vast
The Chinese market for Tesla is potentially much bigger than that of the U.S., despite a common myth about Tesla’s affordability in China. There’s a common implication that many people in China are poor and cannot afford to buy a Tesla, so there is not much of a market for Tesla in China. A new study shows just how wrong this common lie is that Tesla short sellers tell each other as they convince themselves that they will get rich shorting Tesla.
Volkswagen Will Invest $4 Billion In China, Adds ID.3 Production To Dresden Factory
To keep growing its market share, VW says it will invest $4 billion in its China operations in 2020 with 40% of that dedicated to electric car production at its factories in Anting and Foshan.
Honda & Toyota To Emphasize Hybrids Over Battery Electric Vehicles
The head of Honda says he doesn’t think there is a place for electric cars in the company’s lineup. Instead he thinks hybrids are the answer. Toyota seems to agree.
All Electric Taxi-Hailing Service Nopia Looks To Scale Up In Kenya
Nopia Ride, a taxi-hailing service that only uses electric cars is scaling up operations in Kenya. Nopia ran a pilot phase from August 2018 to March 2019. Three used Nissan Leafs imported from Japan and the United Kingdom were used in the pilot program. The pilot phase allowed the company to test its business case and showcase the business plan to potential investors with real trip data to validate its case.
Going Back To The Future: What It’s Like Riding In Tesla’s New Cybertruck
Tesla’s new Cybertruck is unlike anything the world has seen, and I was one of the first non-employees to get a ride in it at the grand unveiling last night at Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. I’ll share what I thought of it from the inside and up close.
Idea For Elon Musk & Tesla: Put CO2 & Energy Savings On Touchscreen
An idea for Elon Musk and Tesla is to add a new measure to the dashboard that shows how much CO2 is saved per car per mile. This would show how much electric energy each Tesla owner saves. The tweet below is where this idea originated. It includes a link to an article from SpringerProfessional.
Tesla Cybertruck: The Spaceship Has Landed
It’s here, and it’s … VERY different. We just got some of the press updates from Tesla with details, specs, and actual photos, so let’s take a look, followed by a few quick thoughts and a handful of tweets from the event…
Tesla Cybertruck Unveil Liveblog, Photos, & Video
Tesla is unveiling its Cybertruck tonight, and if you’re out there waiting like I am right now, refreshing the Tesla Twitter account over and over to try to find out where the stream will be hosted, you can join me here and refresh this page over and over too. I will be liveblogging from here throughout the night.
China EV Sales Report — GAC Aion S The Only Ray Of Light In A…
There seems to be no end to the incentives blues, with the Chinese plug-in market plunging 46% year over year (YoY), and this time both powertrain technologies crashed at the same speed (-47% for BEVs, -46% for PHEVs), a worrying drop, considering the overall market was down just 6% YoY.
