Tesla blasted out well wishes for the holidays and included an interesting video which features an intense coordinated light show using none other than the recently released Tesla Model X. This seemed a bit out of character vs the hard work ethic Tesla is known for, until I thought about just how … [continued]
A recent Bloomberg article broke news that Google parent company Alphabet is planning to make the innovator’s self-driving car unit a stand-alone business under the new parent company. This news comes from a person “briefed on the company’s strategy,” and as such, must be taken for a grain of salt, but … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. If you’ve obsessively been following Tesla for long, there’s a decent chance you’ve already run across this 9-year-old article. But a few things this week reminded me that the majority of the population, and probably even the majority of EV drivers and enthusiasts, have never … [continued]
Faraday Future, the ever-mysterious electric car company that sprung up out of nowhere in an old Nissan office in Los Angeles and more recently announced the opening of a $1 billion dollar factory just outside of Las Vegas, dropped some news today. Or, more accurately, it dropped a tease by asking … [continued]
This past Sunday, my wife, kids, and I headed up to Santa Barbara and stopped in at the Tesla dealership that opened in August to see what a dealership looks like through Tesla-colored lenses. The short answer is — not very different, but that wouldn’t be telling the full story. Tesla … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Two of the top electric vehicle manufacturers out there currently, Nissan and BMW, have partnered to further develop charging infrastructure in the US, according to a recent press release. The partnership has already partnered on 120 new dual-port 50-kilowatt (kW) DC fast-charging stations, implemented in 19 … [continued]
I recently had first-hand experience of the vomit-inducing horrors of the fossil-fueled lifestyle of “boaties.”
Back in August, I shared a chart CleanTechnica posted from ThinkProgress regarding the climate-related plans Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley. The issues mentioned concern the country’s (and the planet’s, as well) ecological well-being. In the same commentary, Scott Cooney predicted that, “Making this public now, early in the primaries, is a necessary step, and I think it … [continued]
We are planning to implement some fun and useful solar and electric car events + workshops in the coming year. To better narrow down locations to launch these, I wanted to get feedback from readers. Please take ~30 seconds to look at the poll linked at the bottom and complete it (click “Done” … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. EVObsession.com covered the support of the Renault-Nissan Alliance with EV Shuttle At COP21 (Videos). Well, here you have some math thanks to this support — the fleet of 200 electric vehicles saved 18 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the air during two-week global summit! Think … [continued]
