In July of 2016, right before the election that would transform the federal government, Obama’s Department of Energy launched the Battery500 consortium. The goal was to provide funding and resources to a group of top universities and institutions to figure out how to create a next generation battery cell. The reason the project was started […]
Did you ever think you’d live to see the day when electric vehicles would begin outselling all of their polluting competition? Well, if you live in places like Norway or California, that day is today. CleanTechnica is now reporting (based on data from the California New Car Dealers Association) that the Tesla Model 3 managed […]
Ben Franta, a Stanford PhD student, has some unfortunate news for us on Twitter. This morning, Ben attended a meeting of the Stanford University faculty senate as they prepared to vote on whether they would recommend divestment from fossil fuels to the board of trustees. Surprisingly, “They voted overwhelmingly to *keep* investing in fossil [fuel]s”. […]
Katherine Blunt has some good news at the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. consumed more renewable energy than coal last year for the first time since 1885, according to the Energy Information Administration. The inflection point mainly reflects a steep drop in the use of coal as source of electricity, as well as steady growth […]
Simon Alvarez has the latest on the Mercedes-Benz EV, the EQC: The Mercedes-Benz EQC, a vehicle once considered as a potential “Tesla Killer” and a legitimate threat to the Model X, has reportedly sold less than 700 units in its home country since it was launched. This was according to data from Germany’s Federal Motor […]
Urvaksh Karkaria has the latest on the Taycan’s American launch: The coronavirus pandemic has complicated Porsche’s rollout of a “milestone” model in the U.S. Automotive News Who could have seen this coming? I’m shocked. If it hadn’t been for that meddling virus, everyone would be driving a Taycan by now! Gosh darnit!!! Deliveries here of Porsche’s […]
Christoph Rauwald and Bruce Einhorn have an interesting piece on changes in the global EV market as we enter economically turbulent times: Much of the story focuses on Volkswagen’s plans to launch the ID.3: The Zwickau assembly lines, which produce the soon-to-be released ID.3 electric hatchback, are the centerpiece of a plan by the world’s […]
All over the world, governments are taking action to stimulate the economy. Many countries are earmarking a portion of these stimulus funds specifically to help accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. Peter Sigal has the latest from France over at Automotive News: To help reach that aim, Macron said France would increase the state bonus […]
Matthew Green and Simon Jessop have a great story at Reuters about the future of the global oil market: Oil companies may be facing uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic triggers a collapse in demand for their products, but auto makers are betting the crisis will help accelerate an electric future. Reuters This is a little […]
The FSD price will continue to rise as the software gets closer to full self-driving capability with regulatory approval. It that point, the value of FSD is probably somewhere in excess of $100,000. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2020 Well, looks like I’ll be ordering my Model 3 Performance on June 30. If I […]
