Ahh the EV announcements come daily from VW and while we’re truly excited about what’s to come, we can only hope that it’s all a reality in the making. How about a grand slew of affordable EVs that can perform like that of Tesla vehicles? How about long-range electric vehicles that you can buy just…
You have to consider all of an EV’s long-term ownership costs to determine which is the best deal. There’s a distinct difference between what it costs to purchase a given vehicle and what you’ll actually pay to own it over time. Electric vehicles are no exception. To determine which would be the best long-term deal,…
Tesla’s solar systems received a price cut Thursday of as much as 25 percent. Prices for solar customers are now around $3,000 and $5,000 lower, representing savings of about 15 to 25 percent, Sanjay Shah, the company’s senior vice president of energy operations, told Reuters. Tesla said in July it planned to increase efforts from…
SpaceX’s plan to beam broadband internet to earth from a constellation of thousands of satellites crossed a hurdle this week when it won permission from U.S. regulators to launch the spacecraft. This week’s decision included a plan for more than 7,000 satellites, which is in addition to 4,425 satellites that were previously approved. SpaceX has said…
Long-range, all-wheel-drive version will be first Tesla Model 3 will be launched in China within 5 months, by the end of the first quarter of 2019 or, more specifically, in March, according to the latest reports that confirm the Model 3’s arrival in the world’s biggest EV market. Tesla is expected to deliver the Long-Range all-wheel-drive…
Yes, Tesla is on that list, but so too is Chevy, Ford and Honda. For electric cars, the way we gauge reliability has always been a bit skewed. After all, most of the models available on the market today, didn’t really exist until a few years back. Pair that with the well-known sympathy towards newcomers on the…
Our model suggests that the upcoming Tesla Pickup Truck will have a 200 kWh battery, 380-mile range, and a 3.9 second 0-60-mph time. We don’t know much about the specifics of the Tesla Pickup Truck but what we do know was summarized in an Electrek article: Tesla pickup truck-Everything we know so far. Here’s a…
Tesla has added to its online store a new $350 security feature for Model S and Model X vehicles called “Enhanced Anti-theft.” Here’s the feature’s description from the Tesla website: “Increase your vehicle’s protection with active sensor technology designed to detect motion inside the cabin as well as sense if the vehicle is moved or…
Come together, right now, for EVs. Getting the various manufacturers of electric vehicles to agree on something has, in the past, been challenging. A single high-speed charging standard springs to mind. Now, though, it seems there has been a joining of hands on the issue of the federal tax credit. Tesla, GM, Nissan, and a…
