Tesla Is #2 Best Selling Auto Brand In California
Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Are #1 & #2 Best Selling Automobiles In California
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How Tesla Introduced An Intelligent EV Supply Chain
The concept of vehicles being intelligent devices is relatively new, and it has largely come as a result of Tesla’s contributions to the auto industry. As the industry shifts toward Tesla’s example of electric vehicles that can be updated with a simple software update, one expert notes how far supply … [continued]
Tesla + BYD Nearly 40% Of BEV Sales Globally
As usual, José Pontes recently published his monthly report on world EV sales. There’s an enormous amount of interesting stats and takeaways in each of those reports, and you can only highlight and feature so many things. While it’s clear looking at the tables that Tesla and BYD lead the … [continued]
Charger Problem Solving in Oz
You still have to plan well and use charger problem solving skills when undertaking a long trip in Australia due to incomplete charging networks, as we have previously written about here and here. Arthur and Laurel Hunt recently made a return trip from Yeppoon in Central Queensland to southern Tasmania … [continued]
Germany’s BEVs Up, PHEVs Down — Tesla Model Y 3× Rivals
Germany, Europe’s single largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share of sales in February 2023, a drop from 24.9% year on year. Full electric share grew, but plugin hybrid share almost halved. Overall auto volume was 206,210 units, up by some 3% YoY, but still some 18% … [continued]
UK Plugins Drop Share YoY, Tesla Model Y Bestseller
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.9% share of the auto market in February 2023, down from 25.6% year on year. Overall auto volume was 74,441 units, up some 26% YoY, though still down from the ~81.000 unit seasonal norm, pre-2020. The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s best … [continued]
Two-Thirds of European Battery Production at Risk — Analysis
IRA subsidies are chief threat to gigafactory plans unless Europe offers accessible incentives and streamlined permitting.
20 News Items From Tesla Investor Day
There are somewhat mixed views on the newsworthiness of the Tesla Investor Day on March 1st, 2023. I sat through the whole event live and took notes of what I thought was news. Maybe you did too? Maybe you didn’t? Maybe you have already read and viewed a myriad of … [continued]
90,000 Miles On My Tesla Model 3 — Maintenance Costs Higher Than Expected
I am a huge EV and Tesla fanboy. I know that in principal EVs are much less complex than cars with internal combustion engines. An internal combustion engine (ICE) replacement cost is ~$7000. It is much more complex than an electric motor. In addition, ICE cars have very complex transmissions … [continued]
C Woody’s Tesla Model Y & Multi-Month Road Trip For Charity
The Tesla community is a close-knit network, and many enthusiasts have taken to documenting their experiences with the electric vehicles either for fun, to spread sustainability awareness, or even to raise funding for certain causes, among other reasons still. In recent months, Model Y owner C Woody has decked his … [continued]
