Carlos Ghosn was once aiming to make the Renault-Nissan Alliance the world’s electric vehicle leader. To some extent (if you look at sales of electric cars to date), it currently is, but there’s obviously a looming vehicle and sales production target that looks set to blow the Alliance out of … [continued]
Update Aug 21: The update below, published in May, incorrectly stated (based on a false assumption) that new Model Ss were being produced with the new hardware. That was incorrect, as the hardware was not yet rolling out at that time. Update: A cool human has dropped screenshots of the key points in … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. As we’ve reported previously, awareness and interest in the electric car manufacturer Tesla (as measured by internet search interest) surged following the unveiling of the Model 3 mass-market offering. The digital market intelligence firm SimilarWeb recently released some new statistics related to that surge in … [continued]
It’s amazing what qualifies as news these days. Just put “Tesla” in the title and people will read your story (present company included). A noted Tesla short seller from the investment site Seeking Alpha recently discovered that he was able to put down a paid (but refundable) reservation for not just two … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. When the Tesla Model 3 was revealed on March 31, many were confused by the car’s lack of a traditional instrument cluster. Would drivers really have to take their eyes off the road and peer at the center touchscreen to learn how fast they were going … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. Skip to 12:12 here, and you’ll hear Musk imply, without expressly stating, that Tesla is plotting a Gen 4 Tesla that everyone can afford. Model III, he acknowledges, leaves about half the population unable to swing the price. “There will be future cars that will be even more affordable … [continued]
Originally published on The Handleman Post. By Clayton Handleman UPDATE: The wildly successful unveiling of the Model 3 with 225,000 reservations and counting as well as comments from Musk suggesting revision of plans, suggests that this article may be conservative in its estimates. The transformational aspect of the Gigafactory is … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla has arguably quite a different approach to the auto industry than most of the now fossilized (but still dominant) auto manufacturers of decades ago — and also quite a different approach from most other electric vehicle startups. On that subject, some Tesla fans recently … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The European electric vehicle CCS charging standardization organization CharIN has gained Tesla as a new partner, according to some new reports. As this news hasn’t been confirmed by Tesla, some caution should be taken, but the news wouldn’t be that surprising, so it seems likely … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The response to our article on Monday “Tesla Motor’s Elon Musk just killed the petrol car” was as fascinating as it was overwhelming. It is on track to be the most read story on our web-site to date. The response was fascinating because it came from a … [continued]
