It has been just over one week since the Tesla Model 3s were delivered to the first 30 customers. This is what we have learnt from the launch, press comments and Tesla’s Q2 earning call. Safe: Safety is key: The pitch last week started with a comparison with Volvo who are judged to make super…
France’s new environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, has announced a series of measures today aiming to make France a carbon neutral country by 2050. The most radical one is a ban on petrol and diesel cars in 2040. That’s still over 20 years away and a great deal can and will happen in that time. Several countries have suggested…
Last night Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted that the Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule. ”Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1,500,” Musk said on Twitter. “Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in Dec.” “Expecting to…
The Volkswagen Group has invested some €3 billion in “alternative” drive technologies over the past five years, and plans to triple this amount over the next five years, said CEO Matthias Müller at the company’s Annual General Meeting in Hanover. By our calculation three times €3 billion is about €15. billion. That’s a lot of money. “The…
Electric vehicle advocate Plug In Adventures has created a specially modified Nissan LEAF that will be the first all-electric car to enter the Mongol Rally, driving 10,000 miles from the UK to Mongolia this summer. Dubbed the LEAF AT-EV (All Terrain Electric Vehicle), the vehicle is based on a standard 30kWh Nissan LEAF Acenta, which offers…
