Tesla Model 3 UK Price Unveiled
Yesterday, I published this long Tesla UK update. Since then, Elon Musk has announced (at the Prince’s Trust Leadership Dinner) that the Tesla Model 3 will cost £30,000 or less in the UK (which makes sense, […]
British Columbia’s “Clean Energy Vehicles” Support Fund Nearing Depletion
The Canadian province of British Columbia (the left coast of the country, for those with a terrible sense of geography) has for the last few years offered buyers of electric vehicles a rebate in order to […]
The New Flyer XcelsiorÆ Electric Bus Crosses Florida
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Yesterday morning, I enjoyed a ride in the New Flyer XcelsiorÆ Electric Bus, a zero-emissions bus that was being explored by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. Quiet, comfy, smooth, and instant torque. Perfect for city operation and […]
Tesla Model S Lease For $698/Month For Limited Time
My mom, who’s doing a long-term review of a Nissan LEAF for us, told me the other day that Tesla had a $698/month lease deal going right now. She apparently heard this from someone she recently […]
Nissan Future-Gen EV Batteries To Be Produced In UK
Nissan has announced that it will be producing future-generation EV batteries in Sunderland, in the UK. First of all, this is exciting news for Sunderland and the UK as a whole, as it means high-quality, high-paying […]
Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes, & London Win £35 Million
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Winning cities for the Go Ultra Low City Scheme — intended to help support the adoption of electric vehicles in the UK — have been selected. The 4 winning […]
Georgia Drives Down Incentives For EVs — Is It Another Murder Attempt On Electric Cars?
How far have we come since the 2006 documentary Who Killed The Electric Car, an astute film nominated for Best Documentary Environmental Media Awards (2006) and many other awards? The film won and was a finalist for […]
Our EV Future
The topic/title I was given for my presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit was “EV R&D and the Future.” You can jump right into the presentation below. In addition to that, or alternatively, you can read […]
Elon Musk: Tesla Doubling Production Every Year
Elon Musk was recently interviewed by the BBC. You can watch the video above for the whole deal. Some key summary points are: Elon Musk had to reiterate Tesla’s “secret master plan” to explain a variety of […]
Tesla CPO Site Has 7 Teslas Under $49,000 Right Now
Kyle’s article the other day about buying a CPO Tesla, and comments about friends and/or family not realizing how cheaply you could get a CPO Tesla Model S, made me run with a piece I’ve been thinking about for awhile. I’ve […]
GM’s Electrification Path & Plans (EV Obsession Video)
GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, gave perhaps my favorite presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit. Her presentation was essentially split into two (or three) sections. She first talked about Drive Electric Florida, then Drive Electric […]
Bob Lutz: 2017 Chevy Bolt Won’t Be Profitable (I Think)
The man widely credited as being the “father” of the Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, was recently quoted as saying that he’d be “surprised and shocked” if the 2017 Chevy Bolt ended up being profitable, according to […]
Tesla’s Secret Master Plan (For Those Just Joining The Party)
If you’ve obsessively been following Tesla for long, there’s a decent chance you’ve already run across this. But a few things this week reminded me that the majority of the population, and probably even the majority […]
Petition: Get Oregon To Offer Better EV Incentives
There’s a petition on Change.org right now intended to encourage the state of Oregon to begin offering better electric vehicle incentives. To be more specific, the petition is intended to spur the state to begin offering […]
Tesla Drive Units, Ford’s $4.5 Billion EV Push, & Our Renewable Energy Future (Cleantech Talk 14)
In the latest episode of our Cleantech Talk podcast (embedded below), Kyle Field, Matthew Klippenstein, and I talk about early Tesla Model S drive unit problems and the implications for future models and Tesla as a […]