Those waiting impatiently for the new features arriving with the version 8.0 update to Tesla’s operating system, which we discussed in our article on the subject not long ago, will be probably be very happy to hear that worldwide rollout will probably begin on Wednesday. That news comes from a recent … [continued]
Tesla will not offer battery packs above 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) anytime in the near future, if at all, going by new comments made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. Here’s the tweet: Glad you like it! I think we will probably stop at 100 kWh on battery size. — Elon … [continued]
The Chevy Bolt is getting a great deal of attention right now as the company has promised more range than the Tesla Model 3. But it’s from a company which doesn’t have clear plans to deal with three major strategic blockers to large scale electric vehicle sales — dealerships, batteries, … [continued]
An email that was reportedly sent by Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to employees on August 29, that is now apparently available in full via a leak Bloomberg obtained, features a number of interesting comments. In particular, Musk’s comment that the company is tracking a few percentage points negative … [continued]
Update (Sept 1): I’ll note that it’s clear Elon has multiple reasons for wanting us to pursue space exploration and become a multi-planetary species, and the title was a bit of a simplistic play on that goal. However, unless I hear him say otherwise, I think he does see runaway … [continued]
In this edition of the clean energy and transport news roundup, we’ve got stories about Colorado solar fees, sheep as solar workers, solar microgrids, a new integrated energy storage system, driverless car insurance policies, a 2500 mile EV roadtrip, automatic braking systems, Musk’s pessimism about slowing climate change, Chinese EV … [continued]
Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive, co-founders of the leading US solar developer, SolarCity, will take an extreme pay cut ahead of planned job cuts to streamline the company’s business in the wake of lower than expected PV installations for 2016. As reported earlier this month, SolarCity posted a net loss … [continued]
I’ve got one more segment of the Q2 Tesla Shareholder Letter that I’ve been wanting to highlight and then tie to a couple of other key points of interest. Here’s the short and sweet bit from the shareholder letter: “We are also accelerating store openings and plan to add a new … [continued]
California has long been one of the leading jurisdictions supporting electric car use. Its policies, incentives, and practices are studied globally. A key policy is its high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane single-occupancy access program. This enables cleaner vehicles of various types to share the HOV lanes with multi-passenger vehicles, rewarding electric and other clean … [continued]
Originally published on SolarLove. During the Q2 earnings call for SolarCity, Elon Musk and Peter Rive laid out their vision for the future as Tesla and SolarCity combine forces. In his remarks, Musk told the analysts and investors on hand that demand for electrical power will double or triple, as … [continued]
