If you were genuinely a Tesla Motors early adopter (buying a Roadster or an early Model S), or if you just frequented the Tesla Motors Club forum much before the release of the Model X, you are very likely familiar with the name Jerome Guillen. However, if you came to the party … [continued]
While I was creating the charts for yesterday’s June Netherlands electric car sales article, a realization of sorts hit me: What if all automakers tried to sell electric cars like Tesla does? To put that thought into context, though, it is helpful to first accept what Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has already admitted … [continued]
Tesla’s move to acquire SolarCity has taken a big step forward. Below, I share the most recent facts of the Tesla–SolarCity merger (as presented by Tesla today), my thoughts on where this marriage will lead, and the overall background from which my thoughts arose. If you aren’t keen to know a little bit more … [continued]
I follow well over 100 sites (that is, I check at least the titles of every single article they publish) in order to curate most of the stories we cover on CleanTechnica, and to stimulate ideas for completely original stories of my own. One of these sites is Sunrun, which happens to be the … [continued]
José Pontes — founder of EV Sales, cofounder of EV Volumes, regular contributor to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession, and regular speaker on our Cleantech Revolution Tour circuit — has just rounded up some global EV battery cell production numbers for the first half of 2016. The thing about looking at electric car sales … [continued]
With the official Tesla/Panasonic Gigafactory Grand Opening still calming down, doing an article detailing Gigafactory 1’s building permits to date seems as though it could provide some new insight into the project’s progress to date. According to an email sent to CleanTechnica by Jack Cookson over at BuildZoom, the total permitted … [continued]
It’s a public secret of sorts that some of Apple’s electric car and autonomous driving research is based out of a relatively nondescript complex located in Sunnyvale, California. What actually goes on in the complex (175 San Gabriel Dr) isn’t something as publicly known, though there are reports of noise … [continued]
Many a sonnet is being written about Tesla’s Gigafactory right now. Here’s a short summary of what they’re saying:
It’s so gigantic that I don’t actually know how to visualize it. The number of battery cells it will produce is so large that I’m not sure I know how to count that high. It’s going to allow Tesla to produce a lot — like, a lot — of cars. It’s a big deal. Really. Believe me.
Tesla rather famously has chosen not to use LIDAR as one of the sensors on its cars to assist with its autonomous features, at least so far. Google uses LIDAR as one of its dominant sensors and insists it’s necessary. With the recent fatality in a Tesla that was operating under Autopilot, Tesla’s choice is under attack. Assessing … [continued]
The Netherlands-based Fastned, a leading installer and operator of EV-fast-charging stations, saw a year-on-year volume growth rate for the first half of 2016 (as compared to the first half of 2015) of around 368%, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession detailing the firm’s performance so far this … [continued]
