The auto industry is home to a great many well-funded and entrenched interests. Which has resulted in some interesting coverage of Tesla and some of its controversial offerings and technologies (like Autopilot). All of that said, it’s been hard for most to deny how impressively Tesla has been performing these … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. There’s no doubt about it — 400,000 reservations for a single model is a big deal. For several months (since last year, even), we’ve discussed how this could be (likely is) decreasing Nissan LEAF, BMW i3, and other pure-electric car sales. However, that market doesn’t … [continued]
Tesla reps have publicly stated that the company expects fully autonomous driving to be only ~2 years off, but how close the company actually is to achieving this goal/expectation is something of an unknown. With that thought in mind, it seems worth discussing here a post that I saw on the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Those interested in purchasing a Tesla Model X, but not interested in having to wait several months to get it, and also interested in getting a bit of a discount, may want to consider purchasing an inventory Model X. A recent discussion on the Tesla … [continued]
I’ve been planning to write this article for several months. It seems like a perfect time to do so with the following image recently shared on a Chinese Tesla Model X forum, and then the TMC forum, with the title, “Bio-Defense mode cuts PM2.5 pollutants about 100 fold in Beijing Smog!” … [continued]
Moments ago, Tesla released its quarter 2 (Q2) 2016 production/delivery figures — well, the generic stats, not country-specific or month-specific figures. As indicated in the title, Tesla produced 20% more vehicles in Q2 than in Q1 — 18,345 vehicles vs 14,820 vehicles. That’s another quarterly record for Tesla. Though, Tesla’s previous estimate for … [continued]
Editor’s Note: I bolded some particularly important lines that I think US regulators should act on. This week saw the sad reporting of the first fatality while Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged. There is a lot of speculation and opinion being touted. It’s worth spelling out the timeline and facts. May 7, 2016 A … [continued]
Tesla and Ruby Tuesday restaurants are partnering as part of the electric auto company’s Supercharger expansion plans, according to a recent press release from Ruby Tuesday. The partnership will see Supercharger stations installed at a number of Ruby Tuesday restaurants throughout the US. The chief marketing officer for Ruby Tuesday, David Skena, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. In another example of the way that Tesla’s passenger vehicles stand out from the crowd… a commenter by the name of “Nicomaco” on the Tesla Motors Club forum just related an interesting story about his Model S 60 being stolen — and subsequently recovered using the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Annex. It’s been a long time since our last vehicle delivery from Tesla Motors [NASDAQ: TSLA]. To be precise, it was October 12th, 2012 when a practically-prototype Tesla Model S Signature 85 (VIN #: 000184) arrived in our driveway. Since then, our Tesla Model S has … [continued]
