Cleantechnica: Booming Chinese EV Market, $7 Billion For Solar From Biden, Tesla Updates Galore — Top News of the Week 003391

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It’s that time again — time for a big roundup of cleantech news from the past week you shouldn’t miss. Check out all the top stories here! China just reached 43% of new car sales being plugin cars! Full… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Booming Chinese EV Market, $7 Billion For Solar From Biden, Tesla Updates Galore — Top News of the Week 003391

Cleantechnica: Charging Stations Need A Plan & Not Random Kindness For Busy Times 003390

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A recent video from Out of Spec Dave on YouTube shows us something cool that happened at a Tesla Supercharger: drivers figuring out how to deal with a busy charger on the fly. I don’t mean to bag on… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Charging Stations Need A Plan & Not Random Kindness For Busy Times 003390

Cleantechnica: 43% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2024 Sales Report 003389

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 743,000 sales (in a 1.7-million-unit overall market). That’s up 29% year over year (YoY). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were up 16%, while PHEVs… Continue reading Cleantechnica: 43% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2024 Sales Report 003389

Clean Technica: Tesla Referral Program Not Ending, Just Paused, Says Elon Musk003388

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Earlier this week, I railed against Tesla’s decision to discontinue its referral program and the apparent cancellation (instead of expansion) of its fledgling advertising program. Well, Tesla’s advertising program looks like it is dead in the water, since they… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Referral Program Not Ending, Just Paused, Says Elon Musk003388

Clean Technica: The Revisionist Language That Tesla Used In The Q1 2024 Earnings Call003387

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Tesla, Inc. Q1 2024 earnings call was fascinating in how Tesla representatives drew on carefully phrased statements to appease and turn around what was then a largely disgruntled shareholder group. The revisionist language within the earnings call took… Continue reading Clean Technica: The Revisionist Language That Tesla Used In The Q1 2024 Earnings Call003387

Clean Technica: What Is Actually Going On With Tesla’s New “Tiny Y” and “Tiny 3” Approach?003386

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I found something a bit strange and confusing in this quarter’s Tesla shareholder letter and conference call. Much of the news in recent weeks was about Tesla reportedly dropping the lower-cost car it was supposed to be working on.… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Is Actually Going On With Tesla’s New “Tiny Y” and “Tiny 3” Approach?003386

Clean Technica: Tesla Cybertruck Might Already Be Passing Ford F-150 Lightning & Rivian R1T — Truck Wars Over?003385

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I wrote a couple of days ago that Tesla produced 1,000 Cybertrucks one week last month. It’s a notable milestone, but if that was the output every week this year, that would still just be a little more than… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Cybertruck Might Already Be Passing Ford F-150 Lightning & Rivian R1T — Truck Wars Over?003385

Clean Technica: Tesla Superchargers, Stores, & Service Fleet Up Significantly In 1st Quarter003384

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla provides updates on how much its Supercharger network, service fleet, and stores grow each quarter in its shareholder letter. However, it came to my attention a few times in recent months that a lot of people don’t catch… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Superchargers, Stores, & Service Fleet Up Significantly In 1st Quarter003384

Clean Technica: Tesla Should Roll Out Ride-Sharing Service Before Robotaxis003383

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! “I feel very confident predicting that there will be autonomous robotaxis from Tesla next year — not in all jurisdictions because we won’t have regulatory approval everywhere.” That’s a quote from Elon Musk, from April 2019. In fact, that’s… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Should Roll Out Ride-Sharing Service Before Robotaxis003383

Clean Technica: Tesla Car Computers Could Be Monetized In Other Ways — Like Amazon’s Big AWS Jackpot003382

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There was one part of Tesla’s shareholder conference call yesterday that caught my attention more than any other. That was partly because of the potential being discussed, and partly because it’s the first time I’ve heard Elon Musk and… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Car Computers Could Be Monetized In Other Ways — Like Amazon’s Big AWS Jackpot003382