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Forget Tesla Buying A GM Factory, Tesla Could Buy GM

7 years ago Kurt Lowder 0 Comments

Currently, Tesla has a market capitalization of $62.71 billion, whereas GM is only valued at $48.58 billion. However, keep in mind that in 2009, GM fell to a value of $1.06 billion. Many economists are starting to predict another recession on the horizon. Moreover, self-driving taxis could take annual global demand for cars from 88 million to a notably smaller fraction of that. Even if that does not occur, the largest car market, China, is rapidly switching to electric. It appears that GM is flatfooted and not prepared for either scenario.

Jaguar I-PACE Steps Up The Pace In The Netherlands — CleanTechnica Electric Car Sales Report

7 years ago José Pontes 0 Comments

The Netherlands had 3,499 plug-in electric vehicle registrations in November, up 221% year over year (YoY). That was the market’s best month since December 2016. Overall, it translated into a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) share of 10% and pulled the year-to-date count to 20,516 units (+153%). The 2018 PEV share has thus grown to 4.8%, with fully electric cars (BEVs) representing 87% of those registrations.

7 Reasons To Not Buy A Tesla … 8 Reasons To Buy A Tesla ……

7 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Tesla, Tesla, Tesla, Tesla — that was the name of the game last week as far as the most popular stories on CleanTechnica. Not giant wind power projects, solar company quarterly reports, or the BMW iNext. Nope, more interesting and inspiring to readers were 7 reasons to not buy a Tesla, 8 reasons to buy a Tesla, a chart highlighting Tesla’s cash history, some rumination about Tesla buyers becoming Tesla shareholders, and a concentrated solar PV efficiency record.

Here’s the full list of the 20 most popular CleanTechnica stories last week: