Kyle and I were pretty shocked at the number of high-profile EV entrepreneurs and activists we found at the Santa Monica Tesla store on Model 3 reservation day. Paul Scott, Dency Nelson, Zan Dubin Scott, the EVANNEX boys, Bjørn Nyland, and … the founder of the first official (registered) Tesla Motors … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A number of prominent engineers behind BMW’s various electric “i Series” offerings have left the company to join a new electric vehicle company in China, according to recent reports. Amongst those who have left is a 20-year BMW veteran that was intimately involved in the creation … [continued]
It was a great honor to meet Plug In America co-founders Paul Scott & Dency Nelson in Santa Monica in the midst of the Tesla Model 3’s birthday and first reservation day. In fact, walking up to join the line at around 6:30am, my eyes quickly landed on Paul and I was surprised … [continued]
(Note that we’ve had a reader telling us more or less the same for the past several months.) Originally published on EV Obsession. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a new article stating that the Apple Car (iCar?) will be built in Austria by the firm Magna. The … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Motor Trend was recently granted exclusive access to the Tesla Model 3 for a photo session at the under-construction Gigafactory — resulting in some great new daylight images of the much-anticipated electric car. The coverage also makes some interesting points about the current state of … [continued]
Originally published on EV Annex. Based on conjecture around the Tesla Model 3 interior, we’ve already predicted that the Tesla Model 3 will have self-driving features that will surprise everyone. We’ve also examined Tesla’s unique self-driving advantages over the autonomous vehicle juggernaut Google. Now a recent article poses a provocative question: Will … [continued]
The rapid growth now taking place in the EV sector is viewed by some as an extraordinary entrepreneurial opportunity for electric utilities, which are not traditionally regarded as belonging to the entrepreneurial or innovative classes. According to Michael Shepard, chairman of energy advisory firm E Source, “Revenue growth is not … [continued]
If Faraday Future has done anything well in the 2 years of its young life, it’s generate hype. Having attended FF’s entrance onto the global media stage at the event at CES back in January, I can say that the global media was out in full force … and not … [continued]
The tension is building again as chronic innovator, visionary, world changer Elon Musk is leaning into the next iteration of sustainable transport. In a talk yesterday in Oslo, Norway, Elon spoke with the Prime Minister of Norway and touched on Tesla’s plans for what comes after Model 3, mass transit … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. Did you know that Ford has issued 16 recalls for one generation of the Escape? Probably not. That’s because the news hasn’t spread far beyond the hardcore automotive press. Why? Because nobody cares. Ford is boring. Tesla, on the other hand, is not boring. It builds things nobody else has … [continued]
