Originally published on EV Obsession. The ongoing legal battle between Tesla Motors and various groups in Michigan concerning the ability of the electric auto manufacturer to sell directly to consumers — thereby bypassing the car dealerships — has taken an interesting new turn. The company has gone ahead and revealed … [continued]
For Cleantech Talk #18, Matthew, Kyle, and I talked about the Tesla buying experience and “Tesla dealerships,” the planned Chrysler plug-in hybrid electric minivan, and a 1 GW Quebec-to-Vermont HVDC interconnection (as well as the transmission network and renewable energy integration, in general). As a reminder, you can subscribe to Cleantech Talk on … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The wireless electric vehicle charging company Evatran — which sells its products under the “Plugless” brand name — has received another $1.6 million in investment funding from the Chinese firm Zhejiang VIE Science and Technology Company, according to recent reports sent to EV Obsession. The investment … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. With Tesla Model X production now beginning to really pick up, some people are beginning to try and methodically determine the actual rate of production — and thus monthly estimates — using the bits that we know (VINs, etc). While such estimates are of course tentative, and occasionally … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. I was honored for the second year in a row to have a meal with Michael Liebreich, founder and chairman of the advisory board of what is now Bloomberg New Energy Finance (originally named New Energy Finance), and to be able to interview him “during” that … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Construction of the Tesla Gigafactory is proceeding at a rapid pace and is, in fact, still ahead of schedule when it comes to being on track to actually produce batteries. This may come as a surprise to many, as one of the consistent themes with … [continued]
One of the key barriers to most mainstream electric vehicles (EVs) today is their limited range, and with public charging speeds — even using “DC fast charging” — still taking quite a bit longer than a quick stop at the gas station, medium- and long-distance trips can be cumbersome. Unfortunately, most … [continued]
This 11th and final article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — is a summary of the whole report. Of course, I encourage you to read through the entire report, at least in parts here on CleanTechnica (where you can also … [continued]
Advice submitted to the UK government by its own Climate Change Committee has come under heavy fire, and been labelled as “desperately disappointing.” The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) was due to provide updated recommendations to the UK government this week following in the wake of the climate accord struck … [continued]
We talk a lot on CleanTechnica about future forms of transportation, with a lot of that focus landing on the technologies that are revolutionizing transportation for people around the world today — electric vehicles. As such, a lot of attention lands on Tesla Motors as the company bringing the most … [continued]
