New Fire Fatalities Report Adds to Cybertruck … Mystique?
The Tesla Cybertruck hit the electric pickup truck market with a bang at the end of 2023, but brand reputation issues and competition from other truck makers may cloud its future
The Tesla Cybertruck hit the electric pickup truck market with a bang at the end of 2023, but brand reputation issues and competition from other truck makers may cloud its future
We reported yesterday that Tesla is already rolling out discounts to try to get people to buy a new Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Cybertruck. It seems a bit early in the quarter for Tesla to be doing this, seemingly indicating ongoing or increasing consumer demand challenges after the company’s … [continued]
We reported during most of 2024 that Tesla seemed to be facing a consumer demand problem. Tesla superfans did not like that and claimed we were wrong and irrationally hating on Tesla. As it turned out, Tesla’s sales dropped in 2024 year over year — far off of the company’s … [continued]
During the 2024 US presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked electric vehicles and Joe Biden’s EV policies, including the US EV tax credit (which was first passed under George W. Bush, but which was updated and strengthened under Joe Biden — and which revived tax credits for Tesla under Biden). … [continued]
New research from Insurify indicates that the Tesla Cybertruck, which isn’t cheap at this point, is relatively expensive to insure. At an average of $3,392 per year for full insurance coverage, Cybertruck insurance is actually 45% higher than the national average ($2,336). That said, it’s probably about that much more … [continued]
Former Tesla employee and occasional CleanTechnica writer David Havasi and I sat down today for a long discussion on the evolving US EV market and expectations for Tesla worldwide in 2025. To start off, we talked a bit about how much the EV market has changed around us locally, and … [continued]
It’s time to announce the winners of 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year voting. After coming up with five finalists for the 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in the USA, we opened up voting to readers to choose the winner. Here are the results: Chevrolet Equinox EV — 45% Tesla Cybertruck — … [continued]
News has broken in the last couple of days that the Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for the $7,500 US EV tax credit. A very big BREAKING NEWS to now share! The Cybertruck now qualifies for the $7500 IRA credit as of today, January 1st 2025!https://t.co/qW09N2Qxwy pic.twitter.com/LQFpnuFFn2 — Greggertruck (@greggertruck) … [continued]
From what I’ve read, for the first time, Tesla can make more cars than it can sell. Up through 2030, Tesla promised to sell 50% more cars in the present year than it sold in the year before, at least on average, but it’s not happening. We know this partly … [continued]
One of our readers who has sent along great, eye-popping Tesla milestones over the past several years just mailed in another series of updates on Tesla progress. Note that Rajan has continued to send in positive Tesla milestones even in the past year, when many former Tesla fans could no … [continued]