Tesla Cries Foul, Sues Rivian For Stealing Employees & Trade Secrets
Tesla has sued Rivian, claiming it is poaching workers who are bringing proprietary information with them to their new employer, a claim Rivian hotly denies.
Tesla’s Strong Financial Position Allows Freedom To Expand Leasing
Tesla has always been cautious about leasing its vehicles. This is in stark contrast to other luxury auto companies (like BMW or Jaguar) that use low lease rates to get folks to “stretch” up to their products with a deceptively low monthly cost.
This Simple Rule Change Unleashes Energy Storage Rager Upon UK For Green COVID-19 Recovery
Liquid air batteries and other high capacity, long duration energy storage systems could soon sprout across the UK like mushrooms after a rain.
Elon Musk: “The thing that bugs me the most is that our cars are not…
When it comes to affordability, Tesla has come a long way but still has a bit further to go. It will get there, I believe, but it will require more hard work, persistence, and faith. Just this month Tesla announced that you can lease a Model Y for $499 a month. That is still a high price for a car for most Americans, let alone most people of the world.
Elon Musk & Tesla Put The Insurance Industry On Notice
In Tesla’s Q2 2020 earnings call, among many other things, Elon Musk gave updates on Tesla Insurance. Tesla Insurance was formulated as an answer to the high cost of insurance for electric vehicles in some places, and inadequate accounting for Tesla vehicles’ superior safety.
Tesla “Full Self-Driving” Functionality Could Be Released By End Of 2020
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving functionality could be released by the end of 2020, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In today’s Tesla earnings call, Musk stated that he is confident in FSD functionality being released by the end of 2020.
Canadian Conservative Party’s Leadership Candidates Get Failing Grades On Climate
The Conservative Party of Canada took the wrong message from their failure in late 2019. They think that doubling down on things that the majority of Canada is uninterested in is the right strategy, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Uganda’s Kiira Motors: Electric Bus Pilot Program & Jinja EV Factory Construction Update
Ugandan electric vehicle manufacturing firm Kiira Motors wants to take advantage of all those clean electrons to power the transition to electromobility in Uganda and beyond. Kiira has also been running a pilot for its Kayoola Electric buses. We caught up with Kiira Motors CEO Mr. Paul Isaac Musasizi to find out how the pilot has gone so far.
The Key To Better Batteries Is Soft Solid Electrolytes, Say Researchers
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab say they have created a new battery electrolyte that is soft but solid to solve the dendrite problem in lithium-ion batteries.
8.6% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In Germany!
While the German overall market is still recovering from the pandemic, dropping just 32% year over year (YoY) in June, the local plugin vehicle market is in much better shape, having registered almost 19,000 units, up 124% YoY.
