Tesla 2019 Highlights & Lowlights — Electric Vehicles
It’s been quite a year at Tesla! Check out the all-electric carmaker’s year-in-review.
Tesla Model 3
Tesla Says Shanghai Gigafactory Already Producing 1,000 Model 3s Per Week
Earlier today, Tesla hosted the first vehicle delivery event at its Shanghai Gigafactory, delivering a small number of Shanghai-made Model 3s to employees. At the event, Tesla China general manager Wang Hao said that 1,000 Model 3s are already being produced each week, with 280 units per day having been demonstrated. This production level comes less than 12 months since Tesla broke ground on the Shanghai Gigafactory site.
Owning A Tesla At 18
Our friend “TeslaRaj” has shared a story of someone who owns a Tesla and is only 18 years old. When I was 18, I was still in high school and working full time because my mother lost her job and was going to school full time. Of course, this was back in the day of non-smart TVs, mostly landlines, and cell phones that were heavy brick things almost no one owned. It’s safe to say a lot has changed. Let’s get to this youngin.
Breaking: 1st Made in China Tesla Model 3 Delivered to Customer (Updated with Video)
I think we’ll have more to come on this, but for now, the breaking news is that the first Made in China Tesla Model 3 has been delivered to a lucky customer. More are surely flowing out as I write this.
Volkswagen Increases 2023 & 2025 ID Production Targets
Previously, Volkswagen announced an intention to produce and sell 1 million fully electric ID vehicles in 2025. The target year for that is now 2023, while the 2025 target has increased to 1½ million.
Electric Vehicle Ownership: Purchasing vs. Leasing
For our new report, Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams (2019), we investigated whether EV drivers bought their cars new, bought them used, or leased them. The split was interesting. We then dug in deeper as well, for the first time ever, to learn a bit more about the cars they replaced, and why they went electric.
Tesla Model 3 Winter Tips, Tricks, & Top Products from Aniseh Sharifi
Aniseh Sharifi has been working in the auto industry for the past 10 years. She says, “I grew up around cars — my brother and dad were car fanatics and that’s all they ever talked about.” When profiled in Toronto Life magazine she confessed, “I’m an electric vehicle nerd.” Aniseh says, “My EV has changed my life — and yes I realize how cheesy that sounds.” She drives a Tesla Model 3.
Tesla “Full Self Driving” Preview & Software Updates
It is the night before Christmas and it is 2 AM. The only one stirring is Tesla’s Starman (Eli Burton) as he sits in his Tesla opening the gift that Santa Musk has given. Eli, aka Starman from My Tesla Adventure, gives us a preview of Tesla’s Full Self Driving technology and also a first look at Tesla’s latest software version 2019.40.50.1 update. Eli shows us several new and exciting things that came with this Christmas Eve update.
Despite SUV Craze, Tesla Model 3 Dominates US Luxury Vehicle Market
If there’s anything Elon Musk loves, it’s bringing a gadget out of a sci-fi novel to life. In December 2014, he said Tesla was working on “a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake.” Shades of Doctor Octopus’s robot arms, and the human-hunting robotic snakes from the Terminator universe! Surely Elon knows better than to hook up an AI to this monstrosity?
EV Ownership + Rooftop Solar Ownership — New Report & Charts
We were curious whether EV ownership/leasing correlated with rooftop solar panel ownership, and also whether driving an EV encouraged people to drive more efficiently or even conserve energy more at home, so we surveyed thousands of EV owners. Guess what the results were.
