The Pace Of Chinese Development
China is now the world’s largest economy, and one of the leaders in renewable energy investment and development.
Tesla
2014 US Nissan LEAF Sales Top 30,000 — Sales Record For Any Electric Car
The Nissan LEAF set yet another sales record in 2014, as per the most recent numbers — becoming the first plug-in vehicle ever to see sales of more than 30,000 units in a single year. To be precise, there were 30,200 LEAFs sold last year in the US — marking … [continued]
Highlights From Elon Musk Reddit AMA
If you were able to make the Elon Musk reddit AMA last night, I assume you had a fun time. Cutting through the reddit banter and jumping to what I thought were the interesting questions + answers, below were the highlights for me. Unfortunately, unless you are very interested in rockets and SpaceX, … [continued]
Tesla Expanding In The UK — 57 Job Openings Currently
There are currently 57 openings listed for the UK on Tesla’s website (as of right now, while I’m looking at it). The UK Tesla jobs span a wide variety of positions, from retail positions, to buyers, to real estate managers, to technicians and detailers. Those numbers give you the impression (at … [continued]
Model S Owner: Owning A Tesla Is Awesome, Until You Get In An Accident…
While many of us who have an appreciation of what Tesla Motors has accomplished over the past few years don’t actually own one of their vehicles, some do, thankfully, and as a result, they can fill us in on all of the things that you just can’t know without owning … [continued]
Ask Elon Musk Your Questions In Reddit AMA Tomorrow
[Update: The AMA is over. You can read the highlights (according to me) here: Highlights From Elon Musk Reddit AMA] The introduction to Elon Musk in the video here does a good job of capturing just how influential this man is. He’s a living legend, and Edison of our time. I … [continued]
Perovskite Plot Thickens Around VW’s New EV Battery “Stealth Attack” On Tesla
Just guessing, but we’ve uncovered some hints that a solid state EV battery using perovskite-like material is behind VW’s “disruptive” challenge to Tesla.
New Electric Cars In 2015 — I’m Counting 15
Originally published on EV Obsession. The new year is upon us, and it’s time to run down another list of the new electric vehicles that should be arriving in the US and Europe in the coming 365 days. Without much knowledge of the EV markets outside of North America and … [continued]
Elon Musk’s Deleted Tweets, + Important Range Information From Tesla
Originally published on Planetsave. Aside from press releases we receive via email (we get a lot!), I scan over 100 sources in order to find “the biggest” or “most interesting” stories I can for our team to cover. One of those sources is the Tesla Motors Club forum. Just after Christmas, … [continued]
North American Tesla Supercharger Network Surpasses CHAdeMO In Charging Point Numbers
Tesla’s North American Supercharger network now features more charging points than the network of its CHAdeMO “rival,” according to the most recent numbers. As per said numbers, Tesla’s North American network now consists of 884 individual charging points spread across 141 Supercharger stations, as compared to the 776 CHAdeMO charging points … [continued]
