Tesla stock [NASDAQ:TSLA] soared after Donald Trump was elected. Since then, Elon Musk has effectively become shadow president — like, almost literally if you watch the latest “press conference.” One would think that would be good for Tesla, right? Well, aside from all kinds of craziness and nonsense with this … [continued]
Update: I have corrections to make on some statements here. See: “BYD God’s Eye More Advanced Than Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD)?“ The media is ablaze with a big announcement from BYD. The company is going to be putting a new ADAS (advanced driver assist system), “God’s Eye,” into every … [continued]
A Tesla Cybertruck in Full Self Driving mode crashes head on into a light pole. Is this a joke? No, sadly, it is not.
January saw plugin EVs take 30.3% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.0% year-on-year. BEVs grew volume by 42% YoY, while PHEVs grew 5.5%. Plugin growth comes despite overall auto volume down 2.5% year-on-year, at 139,345 units. Volkswagen was the leading BEV brand in January. January’s sales figures … [continued]
The Tesla Cybertruck hit the electric pickup truck market with a bang at the end of 2023, but brand reputation issues and competition from other truck makers may cloud its future
The unavoidable demise of the western car industry in China is not on the forefront of managers’ minds, and neither on those of journalistic or financial followers of the industry. And that is strange. For many conglomerates in the industry, China is their biggest and most profitable market. Losing it … [continued]
In the comment thread for our article “BYD Shocks — Is Winning the EV Revolution,” Larry Evans added some very interesting and useful perspective. Because of how things stood a few years ago, some people claim that BYD’s got a really low gross margin whereas Tesla has a very high … [continued]
January saw plugin EVs take 96.9% share in Norway, up from 93.9% year on year. BEVs alone took almost 96% of the market. Overall auto volume was strongly up on seasonal norms, at 9,343 units, up 82% YoY. The Toyota BZ4X was the best-seller. January’s auto sales saw combined EVs … [continued]
A couple of weeks ago, Michael Barnard published a great article on Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, what he thought about it a decade ago, what’s happened since then, and whether Tesla can ever achieve robotaxi-level self-driving. There were a lot of great comments under the article. A few articles … [continued]
It’s no secret — Elon Musk has been something like a shadow president early on in Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. So far, that has largely focused on things not very related to Tesla. However, one has to wonder how much Tesla business might start getting rolled … [continued]
