Originally published on EV Obsession. I was lucky recently to go test drive the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) with a friend, Michał Wnuk (Facebook profile here). The Outlander PHEV is the top-selling electric vehicle in Europe… by far. It has reportedly been delayed in the US for a few years due … [continued]
Green cars are becoming more and more popular as time passes. This is partly due to the fact that the world is showing a distinct preference for tech that factors in the well-being of the environment. And the next obvious avenue for this to influence is the cars we drive — … [continued]
That’s it. That’s the full list. Story over. Well, actually, the story isn’t over…. Quite hilariously (or not), the media is fond of writing about “Tesla fighters” who will finally give Tesla* some competition. But the thing is, there isn’t a single actual “Tesla fighter” on the market. If you … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Note the usual disclaimer about European EV sales.* Electric vehicle (EV) sales figures for the European market during the month of April 2015 are now in, and things are looking good. The continent had its third best month ever with regard to total EV sales … [continued]
Here’s my latest electric vehicle sales report, originally published on EV Obsession: US February electric car sales are in, and the medals go to Tesla (Gold), Nissan (Silver), and BMW (Bronze). They were head and shoulders above the rest. Of course, when it comes to Tesla, it was an estimate … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Time to wrap up reporting of 2014 electric car sales. I’ll run down the highlights below, but first, I’ve got a very important matter that I want your opinion on. Assuming Tesla doesn’t start reporting monthly US deliveries in 2015, I want to know if you want … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. 2014 was another big year for electric vehicle progress (or “the Evolution of Electric Cars,” as I called it earlier this year). Six new mass-market electric vehicles arrived on the market in the US and Europe, and some of them have been produced and selling at … [continued]
Prices for the Polestar 3 electric SUV have been announced. The car will be manufactured in the US alongside the XC90.
I’ve followed Tesla closely for about 7 years. Confident predictions about Tesla’s imminent death have been commonplace for much longer than that. These have come from armchair auto experts, retired auto executives, non-retired auto execs, high-rolling short sellers, low-rolling short sellers, clueless or pretending to be clueless TV hosts and journalists, paid trolls, and probably others I’m forgetting to honor here.
I recently had some fun digging up old Tesla news, putting it in the context of the company up to today can make it fascinating. I’ve also elaborated on 11 years of hyped up FUD about Tesla and claims of its eminent demise for the past decade, as well as 8 “impossible” goals the company has achieved. I forgot, though, that a reader sent along a list of his own back in October. It’s a great list as well, so I’m writing about it here for another round of “Tesla Flashbacks.”
