I began this rant about Tesla and what I think the brand needs in order to continue to grow and prosper in the face of red-hot competition from established players that it’s never really had before. In part one, I talked about the brand’s need to diversify its product lines and stop selling the same… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Tesla Needs To Dominate The Market (Part 2)002199
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Clean Technica: 11% Of New Car Sales In Europe Electric (19% Plugins)002198
The overall European car market is still in the red, and the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to get affected. It was down 5% last month, with approximately 157,000 plugin vehicles registered in July. Looking closer, plugin hybrids (-25% YoY) were the ones to blame for sinking plugins into the red. Plugin… Continue reading Clean Technica: 11% Of New Car Sales In Europe Electric (19% Plugins)002198
Clean Technica: Lucid Air Sapphire Promises Eye-watering, Tesla Threshing Speed 002197
Tesla reset the bar for high performance cars when it launched the Model S all the way back in 2012. Almost as soon as customers got their hands on them, videos started appearing on YouTube of the big EV taking high-end exotic ICE cars to school — and that instant-on torque and off-the-line acceleration has… Continue reading Clean Technica: Lucid Air Sapphire Promises Eye-watering, Tesla Threshing Speed 002197
Cleantechnica: China Electric Car Sales — 28% Share Of Auto Sales In July!002196
Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins got back into the fast lane in July, growing 112% year over year (YoY). They scored over 505,000 registrations last month. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) surged 174% year over year (YoY). They reached a record 137,000 registrations in July. Their growth even… Continue reading Cleantechnica: China Electric Car Sales — 28% Share Of Auto Sales In July!002196
Clean Technica: Tesla Aero Hubcap Replacement: Hub & Lug Nut Covers — Quick Installation & Review (Video)002195
I recently lost one of the original aero hubcaps our Tesla Model 3 SR+ came with. It seems that driving into a large amount of standing water in the midst of a ginormous Florida thunderstorm tore it off. (Or it was stolen.) It was quite sad to lose a hubcap, and a couple of days… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Aero Hubcap Replacement: Hub & Lug Nut Covers — Quick Installation & Review (Video)002195
Clean Technica: What Tesla Needs to Dominate the Market (Part 1)002194
Many of us here at CleanTechnica have friends and family members who are looking to purchase an electric car, and that discussion has gotten more varied and interesting in the past year. An interesting bit of information came out in our “Tesla News” chat when Benni Schulz wrote, “most people I know are now buying… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Tesla Needs to Dominate the Market (Part 1)002194
Cleantechnica: 14% Of New Car Sales In Germany Fully Electric, & 26% Have A Plug 002193
With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in July by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 28,815… Continue reading Cleantechnica: 14% Of New Car Sales In Germany Fully Electric, & 26% Have A Plug 002193
Cleantechnica: Why Did Elon Musk Sell $6.88 Billion in Tesla Shares Ahead of the Twitter Trial?002192
Elon Musk recently dumped almost $7 billion in Tesla shares, leaving some investors wondering why. While it’s tough to say exactly why Musk does anything, the billionaire entrepreneur seems to know what he’s doing and it’s worth inspecting why he let go of these shares when he did. Musk sold $6.88 billion in Tesla shares… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Why Did Elon Musk Sell $6.88 Billion in Tesla Shares Ahead of the Twitter Trial?002192
Cleantechnica: Indonesia Wants To Be A Manufacturing Superpower 002191
The United States is desperate to move the supply chain for electric vehicles — especially battery materials — back onshore after 50 years of offshoring every facet of American manufacturing, mostly to China. The new Inflation Reduction Act is a big step forward on the path to reconstituting domestic production. But other countries want in… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Indonesia Wants To Be A Manufacturing Superpower 002191
Clean Technica: Tesla Semi Specs Change, Chinese Model 3 To Use CATL M3P Batteries002190
Covering Tesla as obsessively as we do at CleanTechnica is nearly a full time job. Just this morning, while gazing out at Montserrat from the executive dining room on the 14th floor of our ultra posh world headquarters, two tidbits came to our attention that we couldn’t wait to share with our readers. First, the… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Semi Specs Change, Chinese Model 3 To Use CATL M3P Batteries002190