Clean-tech information group Fleetcarma has released a report indicating that 8.3 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada were fully electric. Numbers from January to the end of September 2018 reveal that 34,357 EVs were sold nationwide. The bulk of these went to buyers in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, where the latter province’s EV figures amounted to 15% of…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co July 9, 2017 After confirming that Tesla completed the first Model 3 production unit at the Fremont factory late on Saturday, CEO Elon Musk has now released the first picture of the historic vehicle and a few more shots have leaked. The vehicle seen in the pictures is actually Musk’s own Model 3 since he was gifted the first…
James Locke, June 4, 2017 Yesterday my wife Lisa and I attended the invitation only Tesla VIP Tour and Model 3 event in Fremont, California. A tremendous thank you to Michael and Tammy Subasic, fellow EV enthusiasts and Tesla owners, for inviting us! If you haven’t seen M1ker’s YouTube channel check it out. The VIP Tour & Model 3 event…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, May 22, 2017 As part of Tesla’s continuous effort to anti-sell the Model 3 and emphasize that the Model S is a more high-end option, the company released a comprehensive comparison chart. Through the chart, the automaker confirmed that Model 3 will have fewer than 100 configurations to Model S’ more than 1,500 possible configurations. CEO Elon Musk…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, February 8, 2017 Tesla confirmed in a statement to Electrek today that it plans to “pause” production for a week this month at the Fremont factory in order to install equipment for Model 3 production. The company doesn’t expect that it will affect its production for the first quarter 2017 since it “added production days to compensate.” There…
Elon Musk: Tesla Model 3 Will Get Free Long Distance Charging, But Not Free Local 10 hours ago by Eric Loveday 85Comments insideevs Tesla Model 3 Tesla Supercharger Even when the Tesla Model 3 is not supposed to be the topic of conversation, it still is the topic conversation. Take, for example, the Tesla/SolarCity merger announced yesterday. In a special…
Musk’s manufacturing math: Cars should be able to exit the factory at walking speed Posted June 8, 2016 by Charles Morris, Chargedevs.com As it faces a huge pile of orders for Model 3, Tesla’s new challenge is not to build great cars (it’s already proven it can do that), but to build great cars quickly, in large volume. Along the…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk live from Code 2016 The Verge, June 2, 2016 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Walt Mossberg about his plans to send a one-way rocket to Mars in 2018. He estimates colonists could start arriving on the Red Planet by 2024. Play by play infused with jokes and…
Shareholders Meeting video starts around 30 minute mark. Lasts for 3 1/2 hours – jammed with Tesla history and stories. See below for play by play of some of the highlights. Play by Play: Elon Musk Recounts the Secret History of Tesla Motors Chris Woodyard, USA Today, May 31, 2016 Tesla CEO Elon Musk is talking to shareholders, starting with a…
Tesla Model S, 3 and X at Gigafactory 1! EXCLUSIVE: Tesla Model S, 3 and X at Gigafactory 1! – Motor Trend Presents Motor Trend Channel Published on May 10, 2016 Go behind-the-scenes with Motor Trend at the world’s first photo shoot of the full line of Tesla vehicles. We have Tesla’s entire range of S3Xy electric vehicles, from the…