Tesla Motors and Sixt Leasing recently expanded their strategic partnership to include Switzerland — now both German and Swiss customers have access to the excellent leasing service. Those interested — and living in Switzerland — can now obtain a lease offer from Sixt Leasing that works out to about CHF … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The Loan Program Office’s (LPO) success rate is impressive by any standard. Given that it works with businesses that find it difficult to obtain bank loans, it is nothing short of phenomenal. Tesla, America’s rapid deployment of utility-scale solar PV, and the first US-produced battery … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Plans for Tesla’s supercharger network in China appear to be coming along nicely, based on what was seen at the recent delivery ceremony for Tesla’s first batch of orders in the populous country. At the ceremony, Tesla showcased the first two solar PV charging systems … [continued]
Originally published on GM-Volt. So, as I’ve posted in this sub-forum, BMW has been carting a number of i3s around to their dealerships and doing test drive “events”. The events for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area dealers were all this week. I signed both my wife and myself up for the event … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. Just over a week ago we reported on the anticipated moves by network operators in Western Australia and Queensland to ditch their reliance on poles and wires in favour of new technologies that would supply and store energy locally. In Australia’s remote and distant outback, the development … [continued]
A considerable source of revenue for Tesla thus far has been California zero-emission-vehicle credits, which other car manufacturers can buy from Tesla thanks to Tesla’s 100% zero-emission-vehicle lineup. However, California recently updated its zero-emission vehicle program, and the result is that Tesla will get less for these credits than it has … [continued]
Tesla wants one thing. Car dealers in Arizona want another. Consumers mostly want what Tesla wants, but car dealers are strong in the realm of lobbying. Car dealers recently won in the Arizona legislature as a bill to grant Tesla Motors the ability to sell Teslas direct to consumers stopped … [continued]
I’ve just published electrified vehicle sales and registrations updates for Canada, Switzerland, and Denmark over on EV Obsession. This follows up on updates for the US, Sweden, and Norway. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on some data for some of the big players — the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy. Once … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. http://youtu.be/QP6xHEfGI7I Since Elon Musk’s announcement of the Tesla Gigafactory, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico have been in a race with each other to host the site. It’s been fun watching each state inch ahead only to be overtaken — at least in the news — with … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. Dan Arvizu, the head of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the US, the world’s largest renewable energy research facility, has some simple points to make when he says that the energy system of today is unsustainable. The first point is on cost, as renewables … [continued]
