A new trend is sweeping California: As Californians face years of intentional blackouts — a strategy by the state’s utilities to prevent wildfires — homeowners are rushing to find alternative sources of power to keep the lights on. Last month’s outages, in particular, swept across affluent areas just outside of San Francisco, hitting people who […]
Who will fund the shift to electric vehicles? Today, Volkswagen annouced that nearly 10,000 Audi workers will help pay for the transition –– with their jobs: German carmaker Audi has revealed it will cut 9,500 of its 61,000 jobs in Germany by 2025 to free up funds to invest in electric vehicles. Forbes Yikes. That’s […]
Everyone’s favorite hedge fund manager turned media personality Jim Cramer is shopping for a new car for his wife. They had to take a look at the Model X and Jim was impressed with what he saw. Of course, his wife Lisa demanded they order the car. Naturally, Jim saw it as a golden oppurtunity […]
Great roundup by Simon Alvarez over at Teslarati. They even caught a few things that I missed, and I thought I was paying attention. Fortunately, some of these hidden features have been spotted by the Tesla community, thanks to photographs and videos of the vehicle taken during the unveiling event, as well as images that were released […]
The folks over at Tesmanian noticed a funny little coincidence: Justin W. Martin, who designs and engineers flying machines, may have found a little Easter Egg for those who wanted to test the aerodynamics of the Cybertruck. According to the engineer, when the all-electric pickup truck travels as 65 mph, the local velocity over the […]
If you’re like most people, your first reaction when you saw the Tesla Cybertruck was something like: “What on Earth is that? Is that supposed to be a truck, or a joke? Who would order something like that?” By the time you’re done reading this you’ll understand why ordering a Cybertruck right now is a […]
In case you missed this story from June in the Detroit Free Press: Drivers of the nation’s top-selling vehicle, the 2018 or 2019 Ford F-150 pickup, could be spending an extra $2,000 in fuel because Ford Motor Co. falsified fuel economy tests. Detroit Free Press Another great example of hiding costs outside the sticker price. On Feb. […]
Check out this video of the first Made in China Tesla Model 3, posted by China’s Xinhua News (the official Chinese state media):
Interesting story from August on Reuters: e U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to test how drivers could use cameras to replace traditional rearview mirrors in automobiles, a technology already allowed in other countries, the agency said on Tuesday. Reuters Cars like the Audi étron have this sytem in Europe, but it’s not allowed […]
One week after Tesla unveiled the Model 3, the company collected 325,000 reservations: Tesla Motors Inc. said it has received more than 325,000 reservations for the Model 3, far exceeding its expectations as customers line up to pre-order the $35,000 electric car more than a year ahead of when the more-affordable model is slated to […]
