The delivery schedule for Tesla’s Model X SUV is still on track, going by the company’s most recent filing with the SEC (on April 23) — which reported that both the Alpha and Beta prototypes of the electric […]
Tesla has several big competitive advantages, imho. I’m going to discuss 5 below, but 3 tangible ones and 2 intangibles. [Full disclosure: I’m long TSLA… for obvious reasons.] Tesla’s huge competitive advantages, imho, are: 1) The […]
One of the hot electric car stories of the week is that Apple may be working on an electric car of its own. A lot of sites have been eagerly reporting on this, but with little […]
Based on Tesla’s sales, delivery, and production statements from its conference call the other day, I’ve updated US Tesla delivery (what we’re calling “sales”) estimates for 2014 and 2015. I’ve left the estimate for January 2015 as […]
Mitsubishi has gone and unveiled yet another plug-in hybrid electric SUV — at the Chicago Auto Show yesterday. This follows several other plug-in hybrid SUVs that have been announced by major manufacturers, including Mitsubishi’s own Outlander Plug-in, […]
The folks at Tesla aren’t stupid. They know what to highlight to make a point. The first sentence in the 4th quarter & full year shareholder letter Tesla published last night reads: “Tesla continues to drive […]
We’ve got a lot to report from Tesla’s 2014 4th quarter earnings report and conference call. This post will discuss some of the Tesla Model X stuff. First, however, the Model X has been spotted testing a […]
Electric vehicle registrations in Europe rose by more than 60.9% in 2014, as compared to 2013, according to recent figures. Overall, 65,199 electric cars + commercial vehicles were registered in Europe during 2014 — representing a […]
EV Obsession is still very much a baby, but it has been growing strong. 2014 was a great year for us, and the top articles we published were these 12: 1. Electric Cars 2014 — Prices, Efficiency, […]
How does Tesla’s soon to be released Model X SUV compare, specs wise, to some of the other top models out there? This wonderful graph below (coming to us via Tesla Motors Club forum member MartinAustin) […]
Mitsubishi debuted the new XR-PHEV concept car at the 2014 LA Auto Show. It is a two-door compact crossover equipped with a 295 HP (combined) powertrain that can take it 53 miles on electricity alone, or […]
The Nissan LEAF continue to hold the top spot for electric car sales/registrations in Norway. In October, it came in #1 with 372 sales, followed by the VW e-Golf (a newbie) not far behind it with […]
The European EV market is continuing to grow at a steady pace, as the most recent sales figures for the old continent show. The unofficial September 2014 sales figures were recently compiled by the folks over at […]
The German electric vehicle market has nearly doubled in size since last year (comparing new sales in September 2014 to new sales in September 2013). To be specific — the market saw 1,099 electric vehicles registered in September, bringing […]
On October 10, Tesla CTO & co-founder JB Straubel gave a presentation at the Southern California Energy Summit. Unfortunately, I wasn’t at that one, but JB’s presentation was posted online, so I decided to pull out […]
