As a monster hurricane approaches Florida, millions of people are on the roads, creating chaos and confusion. Many companies are doing what they can to help, waiving fees and adding services to make it easier for people to evacuate. Tesla is doing its bit by remotely unlocking the full battery pack capacity of certain Model… Read more »
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Startup with former Tesla execs to introduce a commercial electric truck this fall
A new player has popped up to join the growing ranks of commercial EV makers. California-based Chanje has assembled a team of execs with impressive experience in the EV industry. President Ian Gardner is an alumnus of the Boston Consulting Group, Duke Energy and the Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator. COO Joerg Sommer has been… Read more »
More details emerge about the Tesla Model 3 powertrain
Tesla’s Model 3 is finally taking to the roads, and the rave reviews are taking to the internet (most of them based on little more than a short test drive at the launch event). Tesla gave us a good bit of information about the new EV at that event, but it’s revealing some of the… Read more »
Book review: The Tesla Revolution – Why Big Oil is Losing the Energy War
The Tesla Revolution presents an overview of the impending transformation of the world’s transformation and energy systems. Some may find the title a bit of a misnomer – this isn’t a book about Tesla, but rather about the much broader topic of electromobility and renewable energy. However, to a remarkable extent, Tesla has been, and… Read more »
Tesla Model 3 orders soar following launch event
Things are looking as bright as a new penny for Tesla these days. Reviewers are raving about Model 3, the latest financial results were better than expected, and the stock is back on an upward trend. In a conference call with stock analysts, Elon Musk said that this was “maybe the best I’ve ever felt… Read more »
Tesla Model 3 hits the streets
The last chapter of the Oil Age began last night, as Tesla officially presented its mass-market, long-range EV. Elon Musk drove his baby onto the stage at the Fremont factory to take some well-earned bows and thank his team. As expected, the interior is spare and clean, with nothing to break up the dashboard but… Read more »
Tesla names two new “independent” members to board of directors
Tesla has added two new directors to its board. Linda Johnson Rice is the Chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and Ebony Media Holdings. She has extensive experience serving on corporate boards across a wide variety of industries, including Bausch & Lomb, Quaker Oats, Dial and Kimberly-Clark. The other new director… Read more »
Tesla Model 3 enters pilot production
The moment has arrived. After 14 years of hard work, the first Model 3 rolled off the Tesla production line, and Elon Musk is keeping this one for himself. The historic event took place with an uncharacteristic lack of hype, commemorated only by a couple of photos and an unexciting video. Apparently the big party… Read more »
Analyst predicts Tesla will have a near-monopoly in EVs
As Tesla soars and the legacy automakers waffle, a classic disruption scenario, unthinkable only a couple of years ago, seems ever more likely. The latest to reach this conclusion is analyst Alexander Haissl of Hamburg’s Berenberg Bank, who predicts in a recent report that Tesla will end up with a near-monopoly of the EV market…. Read more »
New factory could supercharge Tesla’s Chinese fortune
After a slow start, Tesla’s sales are starting to take off in the world’s largest auto market. The company sold 10,400 vehicles in China in 2016 – triple the previous year’s figure – and sales for the first three months of 2017 have put it on track to double that this year. China represented around… Read more »
