Tesla had a wow moment in its Q1 2022 earnings call that isn’t being talked about enough. In the first quarter of this year, Tesla’s revenue grew to over $18 billion, but this isn’t the wow moment that I’m going to quickly dive into. I mean, yes, this is incredible … [continued]
Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxis are coming soon.
There’s no question that even a legacy car manufacturer like Volkswagen has a lot of catching up to do if it hopes to model Tesla’s hyperfocus on software. As one small solution, the German automaker is now offering a programming school to help train and hire software professionals in anticipation of … [continued]
Last year, I had a chance to visit Aptera and take a ride in its prototype vehicles. It was a fun experience, and we could see that Aptera is fundamentally on the right track to making a decent vehicle. We were pretty mild-mannered when we visited, but from what I … [continued]
There’s an old saying: “When someone with experience comes across someone with money, the person with experience takes the money and the person who had the money gains experience.” Nobody has fun buying a car at a dealer. Well, some people love it, but they’re so naive that they don’t … [continued]
When we think about solar car races, it’s usually multi-million dollar cars being raced by college teams across vast areas. With their only power coming from the sun, it’s a big challenge that often results in average speeds of around 15 MPH, and takes a grueling amount of time to … [continued]
Just 10 years ago, when the groundbreaking and leading EV, the Tesla Model S came out, the electric vehicle landscape was relatively sparse. Aside from the then new Model S and Tesla’s first offering, the Roadster, there wasn’t much available. The Nissan Leaf launched in 2010, and it was a … [continued]
The personal aircraft just got a lot more affordable.
One of the big problems with solar vehicles is that there’s just not much room on a car to make that much power. With a super efficient car like an Aptera, you can get a meaningful amount of power from solar panels, mostly because the car doesn’t use that much … [continued]
Aptera recently acquired Andromeda Interfaces, a company that it was already working with to develop its upcoming vehicle’s user interface. One of the biggest things Andromeda brings to the table is its Energy Tipster software. While other manufacturers have trip planning software, that requires you to pick a destination and … [continued]
