If you missed it, the first half of our interview with Tesla President of Automotive Jerome Guillen is here: “Jerome — The Man, The Myth, The Tesla Super-Engineer — #CleanTechnica Interview.”
In the second half, we covered topics such as Model 3 design, manufacturing lessons from the Model 3, Tesla’s continuous vehicle upgrades and production improvements, the Tesla Semi, and much more. Read on for the details.
In an article by Ivan Penn published this weekend, the New York Times has stretched the truth beyond breaking point to suggest that EVs cannot make the LA–Las Vegas–LA round trip without needing over 5 hours of charging. Let’s clean up their mess.
Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino came out with a bearish downgrade for Tesla [TSLA] this week. Those who closely follow Tesla stock and analyst statements weren’t that surprised. Tamberrino has a long history of recommending that investors/traders sell TSLA, as one Tesla Motors Club forum member made clear with this chart:
After a strong start of the year, May saw the Chinese plug-in market hit the brakes. With some 104,000 registrations in the month, the plug-in vehicle (PEV) market was up only 2% year over year (YoY). However, because the mainstream market is falling significantly (−17%!), the May PEV share reached an amazing 6.6%, pulling the 2019 PEV market share to 5.6%, well above the 2018 result (4.2%).
The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market continues on the right track in May, having registered 7,899 units. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) grew at a faster pace (+100% year over year) than plug-in hybrids (+33%). In May, the PEV share was at 2.4%, with BEVs alone hitting 1.4%, keeping the 2019 plug-in share at 2.5% (1.5% BEV).
At this point, Tesla has awoken the giants to the need to transition to electric vehicles (EVs). They are slowly coming around due to competitive pressures. But all that being true, we need to drastically accelerate the rate of transition away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles (gas and diesel … [continued]
My increasingly good friend Paul Fosse wrote an article yesterday giving 5 reasons to buy a Tesla before July 1. At the end of the article, he linked to a 2016 article of mine that I had forgotten about. It’s a simple listicle but it’s actually one of my favorite articles. So, thanks to Paul, I’m reposting it today. In 2016, it was titled, “30 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be Electric.” At this point in time, I think it’s more appropriate to say that you should buy that car today, not wait any longer. Hopefully you’ll agree after reading through this list.
Editor’s note: Matt Pressman is one of the coolest, sweetest, best guys I know. And he’s also a great dad. So I’d like to send him a happy Father’s Day as a preface to his article.
This story can now begin for real, as I am finally the owner of a Tesla Model 3.
In this article, I’ll go over the 4 real reasons to buy a Tesla now. The fifth one is just that they are fun to drive and who wants to wait? In summary, those 4 reasons are:
