Autonomous Systems Can Make Driving More Stressful
Researchers say the longer a car drives in autonomous mode, the longer it takes human drivers to take back control of the car in an emergency.
Researchers say the longer a car drives in autonomous mode, the longer it takes human drivers to take back control of the car in an emergency.
The most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week were all about Ford hybrids, the Toyota Prius, clean coal … oh, wait, no. As usual, the company with the most popular, most compelling electric vehicles on the market got the most attention. Check out the 20 stories of the past week that got the most reader attention.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk draws fans and critics for his personality quirks, and the market responds — but is that a prudent investment strategy?
Speculation is mounting that Tesla will announce the location of two new factories sometime this year. One will certainly be in China, but the other?
Representatives of several large truck manufacturers told the audience at the ACT Expo last week that they favor not changing the fuel economy rules put in place by the Obama administration.
As I discussed yesterday in a couple of pieces, Tesla Model 3 sales are beginning to look very good compared to gas cars in its class, and they should even give the top selling passenger cars in the United States a run for their money by summertime. I’m probably going to start doing monthly reports on those sales, but that doesn’t mean I’ll stop doing the super fun US electric car sales reports.
Tesla is one of the most popular companies in the US, so why wouldn’t it have one of the most popular cars, right?
In the middle of last month, I published an article about expected Tesla Model 3 sales versus gas car sales in its class. To be clear, the estimates were for all models (not just the Tesla Model 3), with gas car estimates based on April 2017 sales and recent trends. It turned out that estimates for a few of the models were quite off — sometimes high, sometimes low. The good news is that makes this update all the more interesting.
I recently told the story of our solar system installation with Tesla Energy. Well, this episode of our Tesla experience is how I came to find the 2016 build Model S 75D.
In part 1 of this two-part series, I outlined the first 13 of 25 factors that will (or could) impact sales of electric vehicles. These included obvious factors such as range, charging infrastructure, cost, and gas prices.