Tesla Supercharger Superiority … Wicked Electric Bikes … GM’s Saturn History & Chevy Bolt Present…
On vacation this past week? Check out the top 20 articles of the past week (in terms of their views by humans around the world) to catch up:
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Chevy Bolt Production — An Insider’s Viewpoint
Reports that Chevrolet is cutting production of the Bolt to reduce inventories may be overstated. We have heard from a worker at the factory who has a different perspective. Read on to learn more.
Is General Motors Recreating The Saturn Disaster With The Chevy Bolt? (CleanTechnica Original)
Yesterday, we published a story about how Chevrolet will shut down the Orion Township assembly plant where it builds the Chevy Sonic and Chevy Bolt for a few extra weeks this summer. Most legacy manufacturers take a two week break from production each year to do plant maintenance and reconfigure the assembly line for next year’s models, but the Orion summer recess will be longer than normal to reduce excess inventories. The story got a lot of comments.
Chevy Bolt Production Ramps Down While Tesla Model 3 Production Ramps Up
Chevrolet is shutting down the Orion Township factory where it makes the Bolt electric car for a few extra weeks this summer to deal with mounting inventories. Meanwhile, Tesla is preparing to ramp up production of the Model 3.
“Tesla Fanboyism” vs “EV Realism”
EV realists get called “Tesla haters.” EV realists get called “Tesla fanboys.” These unwarranted and misinformed attacks should really stop.
Crazy Auto Company Exec Comments About Tesla
Editor’s Note: Below is a repost from TeslaMondo that is followed by excerpts from an EV Annex post that further builds on the topic, with the topic being crazy anti-Tesla quotes from non-Tesla auto company execs.
Tesla Model 3 Infographic Features Wicked Charts — Revolution Is Looming
This Tesla Model 3 infographic features a handful of stunning charts on auto company production, market capitalization, revenue … and of course the Tesla Model 3.
GM Aiming For 500,000 “New Energy Vehicle” Sales Per Year By 2025
GM is now aiming to sell 150,000 “new energy vehicles” a year by 2020, and 500,000 a year by 2025 — as revealed at a recent 20th anniversary of the company’s launch of its first two joint ventures in China with SAIC.
Tesla’s Market Cap vs GM Market Cap & Ford Market Cap (Update)
Tesla’s stock has been experiencing a rapid fall in recent days, with the stock price hitting a low not seen in more than a couple of months. The Tesla stock’s market cap now totals “just” $48.58 billion. Since we previously wrote about Tesla becoming more valuable than any of the Big 3 automakers, it seemed fitting to correct the record and update the comparisons.
Big Auto’s Fully Electric Car Sales Up 102% In USA
Big Auto gets a lot of criticism here. The problem for large automakers is that they will crush their own finances and have to write off massive investments if they rapidly shift to electric transport, but they are also exposing themselves to great threat if they are too slow electrifying their offerings. Nonetheless, it’s hard to sympathize when gas & diesel cars are destroying our planet’s climate and countless humans’ health — sometimes the moral high ground should trump the wrath of shareholders.
