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Tesla Filed Model Y Certification Papers With CARB On January 9. Will Deliveries Begin Next Month?

January 14th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley

Tesla has filed certification papers for the Model Y with CARB. Does that mean deliveries will begin next month?

Sony Electric Car … Australian Fire Insanity … Zombie Solar Energy Storage System — CleanTechnica Top 20

January 14th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

The biggest, hottest, most enticing CleanTechnica stories last week were led by Sony unveiling an electric car, the impossible-to-comprehend scale of this month's Australian wildfires, and a solar energy storage device from the 1980s that has come back to life. You may have noticed something unusual by now — there wasn't a single Tesla story in the top 3! That's the first time in a long time, and ironic considering that Tesla stock [TSLA] went bonkers last week (and is still going bonkers)

Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla’s Full Stack Disruption

January 12th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan

Tesla concepts of mobility outgrew legacy brands from the day the first Tesla rolled onto the market. The new company did not fit into any existing auto-manufacturer slot. Tesla jumped away from the crowd conceptually, and as we can see by now, landed on its feet

Cars

Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran Loves Her Tesla & Elon Musk’s Roughness

January 10th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider

In a Yahoo Finance video discussion about Tesla and its stock, Barbara Corcoran of Shark Tank cuts right to the chase: "I own a Tesla and don't say anything wrong to me about it." She also points out that she invests in Tesla as well. Her thoughts on Tesla's "slumping after a double downgrade" are that these guys are just "hedging their bets" and that they don't want to be wrong. "It's all nonsense," she says

Clean Transport

For Police Departments, The Tesla Cybertruck Is A Must-Have Vehicle

January 8th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna

What would a Tesla Cybertruck look like if owned by your local police department

Autonomous Vehicles

Raindrops On White Tesla Model Y Performance (Spy Video), + Different Tesla Model Y Designs Raise Questions

January 7th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan

The Model Y is the next technologically brilliant, useful vehicle that Tesla is putting into production for the masses to adopt, something in between the Tesla Model X and Tesla Model 3. It is like a mild but active middle child, needing little attention as it jumps into the flow of things

Cars

Breaking! Elon Announces Intent To Open New Tesla Design Center In China To Design A New Vehicle For Worldwide Consumption

January 7th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse

After seeing Elon dance, I suddenly don't feel so bad about my dance moves, which have been compared to those of Elaine from the "Seinfeld." The announcer was impressed with Elon's dance, though

Air Quality

Tesla Roadster to 2012 Model S to 2022 Cybertruck (Reflections & Videos)

January 5th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan

I became more aware of electric cars around 2013, but it was a few years later when conversations popped up with more people who were interested in electric cars, and in particular Tesla (and Elon Musk). Then, from diverse directions, old and young mentioned Tesla. I began sensing the rise of a new kind of techno folk hero

Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla Sales Grew 47× In 7 Years

January 3rd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

Comparing Tesla's Q4 2012 sales (deliveries, not orders) to Tesla's Q4 2019 sales, we can see that Tesla vehicle sales grew 47× in 7 years. Anyone going along with Elon Musk's forecast of such growth back in 2012 or subsequent years (even up through 2018 and a large portion of 2019) was frequently seen as unrealistically optimistic or "biased."

Cars

Tesla [TSLA] Was The Best Performing Auto Stock In The 2010s

January 3rd, 2020 | by Johnna Crider

A recent article by Bloomberg indicates Tesla was the best performing auto stock of the decade. Tesla had its IPO in 2010. What were you doing ten years ago

Cars

Tesla Hits 2019 Guidance — Delivers 367,500 Vehicles, Grows 50% Over 2018

January 3rd, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland

This morning Tesla released its Q4 2019 vehicle production and deliveries results, delivering an all time record of approximately 112,000 vehicles in Q4 and ~367,500 vehicles in 2019 overall. This result exceeds the lower end of Tesla's annual guidance (360,000 to 400,000 vehicles) and is a 50% increase over 2018 deliveries

Autonomous Vehicles

2020 Tesla Predictions

January 2nd, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

Starting from this year onwards, I will place my predictions for the next 12 months in article form. Most of these predictions are based on historical facts or behavioural economics, and I would be happy if I am 50% correct by end of next year. My purpose for doing this is to mainly get a much broader critique to my predictions in the comments section, so please leave a comment whether you agree or not

Autonomous Vehicles

11 Autonomous Driving Stories You May Have Missed

January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

The news is coming fast and strong these days. Even with much greater output, it seems we have a harder time covering everything important now than we did a decade ago. One of the hottest areas of intrigue and rapid development is autonomous driving. Below are 11 autonomous driving news items from recent months that you might have missed

Autonomous Vehicles

6 Years of CNBC’s “Top” Tesla Coverage

January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

Back when we published "Pravduh About Tesla" reports, it became clear that CNBC was the media outlet that published the most about Tesla. We tracked Tesla and Elon Musk coverage in the 22 or so largest media outlets, and CNBC routinely had the most stories published each week on Tesla or Musk. (Bloomberg was 2nd, Business Insider 3rd, and Fox News 4th)

Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla Cybertruck vs. Garage … Dutch EV Sales Explosion … 2012 Model S Still Beats New Non-Tesla EVs — Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories of December

January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

The Tesla Cybertruck may be "old news" by now (ah, the not-so-endearing ADD of the internet), but a piece of ours explaining why it doesn't really need a garage was still king of the hill last month. Tesla took silver too, with a story explaining that the 2012 Tesla Model S still has superior specs to new 2020 EV entrants from other companies than Tesla. In third was a piece on world-leading research from our friend Mark Z. Jacobson and several colleagues on how the world could be a galaxy-leading 100% renewable energy planet!