These are the top 10 cars traded in for a Model 3

The latest part of Tom Randall’s Model 3 Survey is out, and as usual there are lots of interesting tidbits. In particular, I thought their list of top trade-in cars was interesting. Here’s the top 10: Toyota Prius –– Average $27,080 BMW 3 Series –– Average $46,477 Honda Accord –– Average $25,428 Honda Civic –– […]

Dissecting Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin Anouncement

Today at Das Goldene Lenkard, the German new car-model award ceremony, Tesla made a surprise announcement: the location for the European Gigafactory will be in the Berlin area. Leaving aside the announcement itself, the video of the ceremony itself feels surprising and historic in a lot of ways –– so let’s pick it apart together […]

New 16 inch Macbook Pro launching as soon as tomorrow

Someone has been leaking to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg: This will be the first major update since the MacBook Pro line was redesigned three years ago. Apple is moving from a 15-inch screen to a higher-resolution 16-inch screen, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced products. The display will likely appeal […]

Kettleman City Supercharger being upgraded to V3

Reports are coming in that the Kettleman City, California supercharger, which features solar power and a lounge area, is being upgraded to Tesla’s faster V3 supercharging technology. Only half the stalls are being upgraded at a time, so this should not affect availability of the station. Hopefully, the station will be completely upgraded before Thanksgiving […]

Chrysler sends dealers 40,000 cars they didn’t order

Filed under “this is fine”, we have this news from Bloomberg reporter Gabrielle Coppola: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has been manufacturing more cars and trucks than its U.S. dealers are willing to accept, at one point creating a nationwide stock of about 40,000 unordered vehicles and stoking tension with some of its retailers. Bloomberg No […]

Daimler Profits will be hit by pollution compliance costs

Interesting story over at Automotive News this morning: Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler has discreetly warned financial analysts that CO2 compliance costs and market headwinds for next year would be much larger than previously thought and asked them to reduce their earnings estimates for the automaker by billions of euros Automotive News “Hey guys we saw your […]