5 Model X Videos
Tesla Model X spy shots keep rolling in, and the past few days have seen some really interesting ones, including some colorful ones! Previously, we had just seen black and white mules, but this week has brought […]
Tesla Following Ford Model T Production Trend (Sort of)
A big tip of the hat to Bloomberg for uncovering the interesting point that Tesla sales are basically tracking the sales ramp-up of the Ford Model T (and to TeslaMondo, where I found this story). Bloomberg nicely […]
Tesla Snake Charger Gets Real
I was just writing about Tesla’s elusive automatic “solid metal snake charger” last week, when discussing Volkswagen’s recently unveiled automatic electric vehicle charger. Perhaps Tesla heard, as it just unveiled a video of its work-in-progress snake […]
JB Straubel (Tesla CTO) Talks About Disruptive Shift To Lithium-Ion Batteries, + More
Earlier this year, Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel gave a presentation at the THINK 15 conference. I recently caught word of a video of his presentation and checked it out. It’s a good one (of course), so […]
Dutch EV Incentives — Diving In
In my recent trip to the Netherlands, I got to speak with a handful of electric vehicle experts. Of course, I was quite curious about EV incentives, so I probed them about those. The Netherlands is one […]
Electric Car Tipping Point (For Domination) Within 10 Years, Tesla CTO JB Straubel Predicts (Video)
Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel was the headliner at Intersolar North America last week. He talked about the transition to lithium-ion batteries and how that opened the floodgates for electric cars and stationary storage (eventually); the […]
Tulip Concept EV Looks Pretty, & Cool
A concept electric vehicle called Tulip was recently unveiled by designer Ognyan Bozhilov on Behance and YouTube. I’m not sure what Ognyan needs to actually produce this vehicle, and I typically don’t cover vehicles unless they look like […]
This EV Fast-Charging Company From The Netherlands Rocks!
Thanks to Karel Beckman of EnergyPost.eu and the enthusiastic crew over at Fastned, I recently got to visit the Fastned headquarters in Amsterdam and interview cofounder Bart Lubbers, as well as other key staff. Don’t know […]
Can Tesla’s Door Handles Trap Your Hand? (Video)
I’ve seen some fuss on a “top” car website (Edmunds.com — not too surprisingly) about the potential for getting your hand trapped in a Tesla Model S door handle. Tesla’s door handles, of course, close on […]
Tesla Model S 1 Billion Miles Video
Here’s a quick, fun video from Tesla Motors on Tesla Model S drivers passing 1 billion miles. The location seems to be Australia, Tesla’s newest market. Enjoy! 1 billion miles. Let that sink in.
EV Charging In Amsterdam, Holland (Original Videos)
As you may know by now, I went on a little cleantech tour of the Netherlands last month. Spending a few days in Amsterdam, Holland, I got to see dozens of plug-in cars parked and driving […]
Volkswagen Golf GTE Reviews (Videos)
The Volkswagen Golf GTE (a sporty plug-in hybrid electric car) is one of the more popular cars on the European electric car market these days. In fact, it was the top-selling electric car in the Netherlands in […]
Route 55 — Volvo Shows Off Electric Buses In New Short Film
A new short film from Volvo showcasing the many advantages of electric buses — dubbed “Route 55” — was recently unveiled. For those who don’t know, Volvo is currently involved in the ElectriCity Project, an electric bus […]
Enormous Scale Of Tesla’s Gigafactory Demonstrated In New Drone Flyover Video
I’m sure that you’ve repeatedly heard about how massive Tesla’s currently-under-construction Gigafactory is, about how much money is going into creating it, and about how huge battery production capacity will be; but without actually seeing it, […]
EV Obsession Reader Creates Much Better Chevy Volt 2.0 Ads In Response To Boring GM Chevy Volt Ad
There are some great electric car ads out there, but there are also a lot that are complete crap. Sometimes it seems like we are back in the 1990s and manufacturers are really trying not to sell […]