While everyone is still talking about the upcoming Model 3, Tesla quietly changed its flagship Model S sedan and Model X SUV today with a design refresh and a few upgrades, as well as a slightly higher base price price for both. The Model S, as Kyle already noted, now gets … [continued]
The Tesla Model X is actually quite different from the Model S. That was one of the key takeaways for Kyle and me while test driving the electric SUV in Santa Barbara. Below is a video combining my first drive in a Model X and Kyle Field’s first drive in a Model … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Going by recent (but now deleted) tweets from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the Model X online configurator is slated to go live on the company’s website today. The new online configurator will reportedly be very similar to the Model S configurator — allowing for the … [continued]
Apologies for the late US EV sales report — the trip from Poland to Los Angeles and then our big CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR event have demanded a tremendous amount of time. In any case, enjoy! Originally published on EV Obsession: Electric car sales in the US were a mixed bag … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla delivered 14,820 vehicles worldwide during Quarter 1 2016 — representing a roughly 50% year-on-year increase from Quarter 1 2015 deliveries — according to the company’s most recent financials release. Of that figure — 12,420 of the units were Model S vehicles; and 2,400 were … [continued]
Rumors have been milling around the ‘nets for a few weeks about Tesla launching some sort of Supercharging assistant program where there would be a person staffed at key Supercharging locations to facilitate charging and we have confirmation that the rumors are true. Bjorn Nyland, who we met at the … [continued]
At the Model 3 reveal event on Thursday, March 31st, the mainstream media and general attendees stuck to the confines of the event property where they ate the message Tesla was serving up, and let’s be clear — it was a great message. They eagerly drank in the presentation and the admittedly … [continued]
In Cleantech Talk #23, Matthew, Kyle, and I talked about the coming Tesla Model 3 unveiling and a solar farm being built on land where a coal plant once lived. The solar power plant is supposed to be built by SunEdison… but given SunEdison’s currently shaky position, we discuss options should SunEdison have … [continued]
I know we already publish more clean transport stories than most readers can consume, but the arena is getting so popular that there’s a lot of bike, rail, bus, electric car, and even Tesla news that we can never get to. Below are several stories I think are worth a read, or … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. China has begun to receive its first Tesla Model Xs, going by new images that recently cropped up on a Chinese discussion forum showing two of the electric SUVs at the Beijing airport cargo terminal. The two Model X electric vehicles (EVs) are presumably either … [continued]
