The Netherlands had 1,834 registrations in March, up 123% compared to March 2017. Last month actually resulted in a 4.3% plug-in vehicle share of the auto market, thus helping the 2018 share climb to 3.3%. The Tesla Model S was once again the monthly best seller, thanks to 588 registrations, allowing it to beat its own record of 576 deliveries, which dated back from December 2013…
The Tesla Model 3 appears to have been the top selling fully electric car in the United States in the first quarter of 2018. If you believe my estimates (see more on those below), #2 and #3 on the list were the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X.
Toyota has opened sales for its first hydrogen fuel cell bus, the Sora, in Japan, according to a new press release. This new model represents the first hydrogen fuel cell bus to receive vehicle type certification in the country.
Episode #49 of Cleantech Talk is here! In this episode, we talk about reinventing the wheel, a Faraday Future maybe-resurrection, and Japan’s logical hots for hydrogen.
Following the recent news that one of Uber’s self-driving test vehicles in Arizona had fatally struck a pedestrian there, execs at Toyota have decided to temporarily put a pause to their own self-driving vehicle test program.
Toyota and Uber are currently in talks concerning the potential installation of Uber’s self-driving vehicle systems in Toyota cars, according to the Nikkei.
If Tesla was to encounter insurmountable financial problems over the coming years — just bear with me, as a thought experiment here, no arguing yet — what exactly would end up happening?
Toyota will be investing at least $2.8 billion into the internal development of self-driving vehicle tech via a new venture being created with Denso Corp and Aisin Seiki Co, according to recent reports.
Here’s our February electric car sales report for the United States, which complements our just-published Europe and China electric car sales reports.
As usual, the report only includes electric cars from Tesla and companies that report their monthly plug-in car sales. Furthermore, the Tesla sales are not official and are based on several Tesla statements, Tesla reports, Tesla forecasts, and broader consumer investigation. This month, I also started crowdsourcing estimates for Model 3 deliveries. My estimate was leaning toward 3,000, but I decided to go with Knetter’s estimate of 3,030 for the report.
With the Toyota Production System making a guest appearance on the latest Tesla quarterly conference call, this is as good time as any to review what TPS – often referred to as “lean manufacturing” or simply “lean” – actually is. And what better way to do so than to read The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer? The Toyota Way is one of the most influential books about this manufacturing approach — or system of approaches.
