The heir apparent, Prince Charles, is reportedly considering adding a new electric car to his stable of alternative fuel vehicles and has narrowed the choices down to just two: a Tesla or Jaguar’s new I-PACE.
Actions have consequences. Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale trade war with China. Has he considered what the consequences may be for American companies like Tesla and GM?
Welcome to today’s “Cleantech Talk Today” discussion of fresh electric vehicle (EV) news. In this daily podcast and video series, we talk about anything electric that moves, crawls, flies, rides, drives, swims, swings, or skips. In this episode, #5 of Cleantech Talk Today, we cover CleanTechnica’s fresh review of the Jaguar i-PACE, Elon Musk’s recent comms regarding Tesla and other matters, and Denmark squeezing cargo space!
What does the “Tesla 2018” video tell us about what’s important to the all-electric company?
During Tesla’s last conference call, concerning the first quarter of 2018, Mr. Deepak Ahuja, Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while answering a question from Rod Lache, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., said: “Rod, we are very CapEx-efficient, overall. Let me just start from that point. And if we look at our depreciation costs on a per unit basis at steady run rate of 5,000 or so cars per week, we are in my mind well below most of our competitors – well below $2,000 per unit depreciation cost.”
Tesla built a brand new assembly line for the dual-motor high-performance version of the Model 3 in 3 weeks. There was no room at the factory, so the new line is housed outside the factory inside a large tent.
A Tesla Model S burst into flames in West Hollywood, California recently. It made the front page but was are battery fires really news?
Discussions about a possible new epic “short squeeze” on Tesla stock are trending these days. The company is going through the most important transition in its young history, as the electric car and energy company strives to achieve mass market production of its more affordable Model 3 and finally reach profitability after years of massive R&D and infrastructure expenditure. As such, Tesla shares have always caught the attention of investors and speculators alike, including record levels of “short selling”. What could the next short squeeze look like?
Elon Musk has set Tesla on a 0% cobalt future, which is — again– shattering all other EV manufacturers’ plans.
Life is a fragile, wonderful gift. And all lives must come to a close on this Earth. I lost, as they say, someone very close to me a few weeks ago. As a result, I forgot to do a the weekly #CleanTechnica Top 20 article and a May #CleanTechnica Top 20 article. As such, below were the top 20 CleanTechnica articles from the first two weeks of June. Following that list are the top 20 CleanTechnica articles published in May. In both cases, the lists are based on pageviews — they’re not lists of my favorite articles.
