Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Tesla has now published its 4th quarter and full-year financial details and various updates on vehicle models, robots, factories, and its energy business. Steve Hanley is going to cover some of the vehicle and robot news, so I’m jumping into the… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s First Ever Annual Revenue Drop Is Not The Concerning Part004338
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Clean Technica: Tesla Removed Autopilot. The Data Says Safety Wasn’t Lost004337
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Tesla’s decision to remove Autopilot and Autosteer as standard features in North America initially struck me as a step backward for safety, a cash grab for the Full Self Driving monthly subscription and as such an attempt to boost TSLA stock… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Removed Autopilot. The Data Says Safety Wasn’t Lost004337
Clean Technica: Elon’s Promises At Davos: A New Era?004336
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human… Continue reading Clean Technica: Elon’s Promises At Davos: A New Era?004336
Clean Technica: Tesla Became Popular Selling the Fun of Driving, Now Selling Cars to Not Be Driven004335
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! It is quite ironic: Tesla became such a popular company, sold millions of vehicles, and became profitable by selling people on the fun of electric driving. The instant torque, all of the YouTube videos of drivers stepping down on the pedal… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Became Popular Selling the Fun of Driving, Now Selling Cars to Not Be Driven004335
Clean Technica: Time to Trade Your Old EV for a New One?004334
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! New front and rear styling on Premium 2026 Tesla Model Y. Tesla Service and Sales Center Pleasant Grove, Utah. January 12, 2025. Fritz Hasler photo. I have a Tesla Model 3 that is more than 6 years old, so I will… Continue reading Clean Technica: Time to Trade Your Old EV for a New One?004334
Clean Technica: Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA004332
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! … in a fairytale. Naturally, there have been so many claims and forecasts about Tesla “Full Self Driving” and robotaxis over the past decade that it’s become easy to forget them and to brush new ones under the rug quickly. However,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA004332
Clean Technica: (Another) Record Month for EV Sales in China!004331
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BEVs represented 35% of the total Chinese car market in December. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in December, reaching a record 1.34 million units (in a 2.26-million-unit overall market, down a harsh 14% YoY). Last month’s result put plugin vehicles’ market share at… Continue reading Clean Technica: (Another) Record Month for EV Sales in China!004331
Clean Technica: Addressing the Scale-Up Challenge for Clean Energy Process Technologies004330
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. By Dhruv Soni, Senior Technical Program Manager at Tesla Battery Minerals and Metals, CELI 2025 Fellow In the clean energy boom of the 2020s, the United States has continued to lead the world in early-stage innovation, especially across next-generation chemical process industries such as carbon… Continue reading Clean Technica: Addressing the Scale-Up Challenge for Clean Energy Process Technologies004330
Clean Technica: US EV Sales Drop 2% in 2025, But Up 162% Compared to 2021004329
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I just wrote about 4th quarter US EV sales. As expected, they don’t look great. Sales dropped a ton in the 4th quarter after Republicans killed the $7,500 US EV tax credit. However, we all know that the 3rd quarter was a blockbuster quarter for… Continue reading Clean Technica: US EV Sales Drop 2% in 2025, But Up 162% Compared to 2021004329
Clean Technica: Wild — Tesla Valuation 111× Company’s Forward Free Cash Flow004328
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Naturally, I see a lot of headlines every day. Many of them are basic news stories or repeat what’s been published many times before. However, one really caught my attention yesterday and piqued my curiosity. The headline was “Tesla: Little More Than A Gamble On… Continue reading Clean Technica: Wild — Tesla Valuation 111× Company’s Forward Free Cash Flow004328