Elon Musk’s third electric car will be delivered to customers in the US after three years of delay, with over 20,000 pre-orders Tesla’s much delayed electric sports utility vehicle is due to finally reach customers, starting in September, Elon Musk has announced. The Model X was originally unveiled in 2012 alongside the first deliveries of
It’s encouraging to hear this kind of optimisim made public! Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel was the headliner at Intersolar North America last week. He talked about the transition to lithium-ion batteries and how that opened the floodgates for electric cars and stationary storage (eventually); the synergy between EVs, solar, and grid storage; the growth
A good find by our friends at EV Obsession, apparently a trade magazine from the oil industry, Alberta Oil, has put a Tesla Model S electric car on its cover (“Hell on wheels”) and published an article with this title and sub-title: “Is Tesla’s Model-S the Beginning of the End for Oil? Why battery technology
CNET has recognised the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3, giving them the top two spots in its Top 5 Cars of 2015. Both vehicles are deserving of their rank. The Tesla Model S P85D redefines the electric car segment due to its sheer power and speed, while the i3 makes its mark by
Late Thursday night [30 April] in Hawthorne, California, Tesla revealed its “missing piece to building a sustainable future,” which the company says puts the world on the road to “enabling zero emissions power generation.” Tesla notes that the world currently uses 20 trillion kWh of energy annually, which is: “Enough energy to power a single
The 10 best ‘eco friendly’ cars of 2015 — as determined by the editors over at the noted vehicle valuation and information source Kelley Blue Book — were recently outlined in an interesting new list. The top spot for the year was (not completely surprisingly) nabbed by BMW’s all-electric i3 model — following on the
In April we organised a test drive of the Tesla Model S for a group of drivers. There was a Tesla Event scheduled for Warwick so we booked in for that. On the morning of the big day we headed over there in my ZOE. We arrived a little early and they were still setting
Norway is reviewing its subsidies for electric vehicles after generous government incentives made the country the biggest user of battery powered cars in the world, hurting state revenues, the finance ministry said. Norway registered its 50,000th electric car on Monday, almost three years earlier than expected thanks to government schemes that have cut taxes and
Automobile Magazine released one of the first reviews of the Tesla Model S 70D. Overall, the review basically states that the 70D is just a better entry-level Model S that’s slightly less capable than 85D. The new Tesla 70D that jumps in place of 60 has 10 more kWh of battery capacity and more range
April this year, Kelley Blue Book (KBB) compiled a list of the most efficient stand-out cars of the year that are chosen based on efficiency, price, practicality and powertrain, just in time for Earth Day. KBB’s “Best Green Cars of 2015″ list includes 10 vehicles, 5 of which are plug-in electric cars. For 2015, the
