Because of other manufacturing delays, the 40- and 60- kilowatt-hour versions of the Tesla Model S will be delayed by 2 months, but in the grand scheme the company still intends to reach a 20,000 car/year manufacturing rate for 2013. Some Tesla Model S reservation holders will have to wait…
Quietly released today was the EPA certification of the 60 kilowatt-hour Tesla Model S, showing it to be more efficient than the 85 kilowatt-hour model. On Friday the EPA quietly released the EPA certification of the 60 kilowatt-hour Tesla Model S, giving the middle car in the Model S range…
The Formula E electric race car series is beginning to take shape for their first season, currently scheduled for 2014. Yesterday the series announced an agreement that Rome will be the first European city to host a Formula E race. In November the series announced a deal with McLaren and…
In late October, the Sonoma Raceway (previously known as Sears Point and Infineon Raceway) announced: “The raceway in Sonoma will not host an AMA Pro Racing event during the 2013 motor-racing season, track officials announced today.” That event has been the umbrella event within which each TTXGP North America season…
Saying that it has not increased the Model S price in three years, Tesla Motors announced an across-the-board $2500 price bump along with a few tweaks to standard equipment, options, and maintenance plans. The last couple weeks rumors have circulated that Tesla Motors was about to raise the price of…
Susan Rice, current US Ambassador to the United Nations, and candidate to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, has been found to hold significant investments in more than a dozen Canadian oil companies and banks, according to a report published by OnEarth on Wednesday. These holdings would stand to…
You may be good about saving energy at home, wearing sweaters, turning down the thermostat and using CFL or LED light bulbs, but what about at the office? A new project announced on Tuesday by the Univ. of Nottingham aims to look into workers attitudes around energy conservation in the…
On Friday morning local time, a fire and explosion ripped through an oil platform owned by Black Elk Energy in the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The company is a minor oil producer, and was started in 2007 by John Hoffman, a former BP Amoco…
One day after BP agreed to a $4 billion settlement over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we have news of another oil rig blowing up off the coast of Louisiana. On Friday (today) an explosion and fire ripped through an oil platform owned by…
This marks the first time that a vehicle not powered by an internal combustion engine has received Motor Trend’s COTY award. Tesla CEO Elon Musk may need to make some more room on his trophy case, because the Tesla Model S has just won another prestigious “Car of the Year”…
Modern society requires a massive amount of electricity to function, and traditionally that electricity comes from burning fossil fuels which then cause a range of environmental and climate problems. In the search for an alternative to fossil fuels, both nuclear power and renewables like wind or solar are prominent contenders…
Last week 16 Fisker Karma’s caught fire and burned after being submerged under Hurricane Sandy flood waters while waiting in an automobile processing yard in Newark NJ, and the main battery pack was ruled out as the cause of the fire. Last week in the middle the Hurricane Sandy turmoil,…
While Tesla Motors is revolutionizing the automobile, the company itself is transforming a from visionary role to that of a mass production automobile manufacturer. As Tesla Motors transitions from electric vehicle visionary to a mass production automobile manufacturer, many are wondering whether the company will make it financially. It has…
It took the Superstorm, Hurricane Sandy, for N.Y. City Mayor Bloomberg to choose a Presidential candidate to endorse. Bloomberg had criticized both candidates for failing to candidly confront the problems afflicting the nation. On Thursday, Bloomberg announced his endorsement for President Obama, describing him as a leader who is far…
The Wednesday, October 31st edition of CNN International’s Amanpour featured an interview with Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY), about the aftermath and impact of “super storm” Hurricane Sandy. Governor Spitzer talked at length about the risks from climate change, the lack of political attention on this issue, as…
