Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Two recently introduced initiatives at Tesla caught my eye in the past week, and got me wondering again. First of all, Tesla has started offering rental cars, which brings all kinds of questions. Secondly, right before launching the rental program, the company started engaging in… Continue reading Clean Technica: Did Tesla Find Its US EV Tax Credit Loophole? Tesla Rentals? Plus New Marketing Efforts004251
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Clean Technica: As EV Sales Slide, Tesla Will Adopt Its Own Semi Electric Trucks004250
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The waiting is finally over. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first teased the idea of producing a Tesla-branded heavy-duty electric truck back in 2017. After much delay, volume production of the new Tesla Semi will finally arrive next year. The question will then be one of… Continue reading Clean Technica: As EV Sales Slide, Tesla Will Adopt Its Own Semi Electric Trucks004250
Clean Technica: More Tesla FSD Expansion, & More “Interesting” Comments on Robots & AI004249
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last night I wrote the article “Tesla’s Hail Mary — Signs of Progress vs. Recent Sales Concerns,” but I wasn’t really happy with how I wrote it and the core points I wanted to make. Well, there’s a bit more news from Tesla on FSD… Continue reading Clean Technica: More Tesla FSD Expansion, & More “Interesting” Comments on Robots & AI004249
Clean Technica: Tesla’s Hail Mary — Signs of Progress vs. Recent Sales Concerns004248
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Earlier today, under an article by Steve Hanley on Tesla’s sales crashing even further in Germany and China, in response to another commenter, I wrote that there were “a lot of potential building blocks toward good news,” but the actual real, hard news of the… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Hail Mary — Signs of Progress vs. Recent Sales Concerns004248
Clean Technica: Tesla Sales Crater As Top Executives Flee004247
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Elon Musk may be the $1 trillion man, but when it comes to running a car company, he is a dismal failure. Years ago, he was smiling like the Cheshire Cat and begging other automakers to bring compelling electric cars to market — and boy,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Sales Crater As Top Executives Flee004247
Clean Technica: Could You Drive An Older Used Tesla Model 3 For Half The Cost Of A Newer Used Honda Civic?004246
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla has been quickly expanding the states you can lease a used vehicle in. It was only a few a month ago, and now it is up to 17 states. I’m always looking for ways where people who can’t afford the price of a new… Continue reading Clean Technica: Could You Drive An Older Used Tesla Model 3 For Half The Cost Of A Newer Used Honda Civic?004246
Clean Technica: Global EV Sales Report — Record Month!!!004245
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There were over 2.1 million plugin vehicles registered in September, a new record, with BEVs representing 1 out of 5 cars sold worldwide. Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 22% in September 2025 compared to September 2024. There were over 2.1 million registrations, which is… Continue reading Clean Technica: Global EV Sales Report — Record Month!!!004245
Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It makes sense that adequate compensation is a primary driver of human workforce behavior. At least that’s the case in the western world, where we’re grounded in capitalism. More precisely, though, does increasing the compensation of CEOs improve firms’ profitability? This question is relevant in… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US electric car market is at an interesting point. We’ve looked at the market as a whole, the top selling brands and auto groups, and the long-term trends of 7 top electric models. However, in that latter piece, we left out the electric giant… Continue reading Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Clean Technica: Tesla Dropped to 41% of US EV Sales in Q3 — Who Rose?004242
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Following our quarterly report on US electric vehicle sales overall and broken down by model, let’s now get to the breakdown by brand and auto group. Instead of just looking at the 3rd quarter, though, I will compare quarter over quarter and year over year,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Dropped to 41% of US EV Sales in Q3 — Who Rose?004242