I’ve been planning to write this article for several months. It seems like a perfect time to do so with the following image recently shared on a Chinese Tesla Model X forum, and then the TMC forum, with the title, “Bio-Defense mode cuts PM2.5 pollutants about 100 fold in Beijing Smog!” … [continued]
Moments ago, Tesla released its quarter 2 (Q2) 2016 production/delivery figures — well, the generic stats, not country-specific or month-specific figures. As indicated in the title, Tesla produced 20% more vehicles in Q2 than in Q1 — 18,345 vehicles vs 14,820 vehicles. That’s another quarterly record for Tesla. Though, Tesla’s previous estimate for … [continued]
Editor’s Note: I bolded some particularly important lines that I think US regulators should act on. This week saw the sad reporting of the first fatality while Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged. There is a lot of speculation and opinion being touted. It’s worth spelling out the timeline and facts. May 7, 2016 A … [continued]
Tesla and Ruby Tuesday restaurants are partnering as part of the electric auto company’s Supercharger expansion plans, according to a recent press release from Ruby Tuesday. The partnership will see Supercharger stations installed at a number of Ruby Tuesday restaurants throughout the US. The chief marketing officer for Ruby Tuesday, David Skena, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. In another example of the way that Tesla’s passenger vehicles stand out from the crowd… a commenter by the name of “Nicomaco” on the Tesla Motors Club forum just related an interesting story about his Model S 60 being stolen — and subsequently recovered using the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Annex. It’s been a long time since our last vehicle delivery from Tesla Motors [NASDAQ: TSLA]. To be precise, it was October 12th, 2012 when a practically-prototype Tesla Model S Signature 85 (VIN #: 000184) arrived in our driveway. Since then, our Tesla Model S has … [continued]
Update: As an extra item, note that the company is planning to open a 100 MWh battery factory in Austria in 2017. No Gigafactory (Tesla’s Gigafactory target is 50,000 MWh a year), but not a bad start. Update #2: Here’s a slide (screenshot from the video in the comments) showing some … [continued]
(Full Disclosure: I own stock in both TSLA and SCTY, because I think they have strong long-term competitive advantages and are leaders in bringing us into a cleaner, safer future. I do not intend to influence stock prices with this article or any others, and I do not anticipate that … [continued]
The North American plug-in electric vehicle market is expected to experience year-on-year growth of around 62% in 2016 — bringing sales numbers up to around 200,000 — according to a new report from Navigant Research. The new report — Electric Vehicle Geographic Forecasts — also notes that, while electric vehicle (EV) … [continued]
Update #1: The fatal accident occurred in Florida. It took the life of an Ohio man, who had actually previously been greatly helped by Autopilot in what was nearly an accident. He had published dozens of videos of Autopilot in action, and just seemed like one of those genuinely nice people who … [continued]
