The Electric GT Racing Series — a racing series slated to make use of modified Tesla Model S sedans — is now officially sanctioned by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the governing body of the Formula One and Formula E racing series.
On January 17, I received a text from my wife: “Did you get the invitation for the Tesla (Model) 3 in Aventura mall?” My response: “?!?!?” Tesla sent her an email for an invitation-only event to celebrate the grand re-opening of the Aventura store in Miami, guest starring Model 3. Needless to say, I was extremely excited to check it out.
Bills have been introduced in the legislatures of Wisconsin and Nebraska that would carve out an exception so Tesla could sell its electric cars direct to the public. Franchise dealer groups, predictably, are vehemently opposed to such foolishness.
Annual reports filed with the California DMV show Waymo leading all other autonomous car companies in most miles driven and least number of “disengagement events.” Tesla reported if conducted no autonomous driving testing on public roads in California last year.
Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] has been confounding Wall Street’s naysayers for years, and 2018 has not departed from that trend. According to Schaeffer’s Investment Research, “Tesla stock was trading near its highest levels since late October earlier — topping out at $349 — after JPM reported on the company’s private investor meeting at the Detroit Auto Show. The brokerage firm said TSLA’s head of investment relations indicated Model 3 production will reach 1,000 cars per week this month — an increase from fourth-quarter numbers, with the recent bottleneck issues resolved.” [Update: Tesla stock is currently at $352.71.]
The market/product analysts at Strategy Analytics have given the Tesla Model 3 a fairly low appraisal with regard to the “user experience” — with the notation being that there’s a drop in quality as compared to the Tesla Model S or Tesla Model X. Well, no kidding.
Sources tell The Daily Kanban that Tesla is soliciting quotes from automotive suppliers for the Model Y and telling them to expect production to begin in 2020. Is there any truth to the rumors?
Credit to the CleanTechnica reader who used the email subject “car gangsters” when he sent along news of ethically sketchy German auto industry “research.” Aside from the catchy phrasing, the astoundingly immoral approach that was employed on so many levels to deceive and harm society brought me back to a question that often pops into my head: Should buyers support car gangsters’ efforts to change their ways and offer electric cars, or should we just support companies that are “all in” on clean transport?
The hottest CleanTechnica story of the past week was, no surprise, a Tesla-related story. It initially seemed to be a rather humble, inconspicuous, unpretentious but interesting reflection of Steve’s time driving and riding in the Tesla Model S, Tesla Model X, and Chevy Bolt in the Middle East during a 2018 Global EVRT adventure, but then it blew up and is now approaching 200,000 views. I imagine you’ve already read it, but have a gander if not — at least for the pics!
In this second part of a 2-part series, Global EVRT participants share insights and expertise into urban mobility for future sustainable communities.
