The long-awaited Tesla big rig is due to be shown tomorrow, after being delayed a few times supposedly because of focus on ramping up Tesla Model 3 production. Of source the Model 3 is the make-or-break product of the moment and therefore Elon Musk and others at Tesla Motors must…
This video shows a 2011 Leaf getting a new battery under warranty, when the original degraded too rapidly.
A couple weeks ago Tesla Motors held their yearly shareholders meeting. As always it was chock full of good information, and in general a big love-fest between shareholders and Tesla Motors. Aside from the people requesting that Tesla Motors offer an interior which doesn’t involve the deaths of animals…
According to several sources today, Tesla Motors is going ahead with their robotic battery exchange technology and will deploy one battery swap station somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The service will launch by December 2014, and no I don’t know anything more than that. The news came first…
While it’s understood electric car owners gain range confidence after a couple months of EV ownership, a question still lingers how an EV owner handles longer trips. The easy alternatives are to either rent a gasoline powered car, buy a plug-in hybrid (like the Volt), or use a fast charging…
Apparently some of the upcoming commercially available electric vehicles will separate the battery pack and vehicle purchases. Famously that is the business plan of Project Better Place who is proposing that customers lease the battery pack and buy the car. Nissan has not made a clear decision regarding the LEAF…
