The people at Tesla Motors are almost as good at making videos as they are at building cars. Here’s a four-minute story of a guy whose job entails building run-of-river hydro plants, using the enormous water resources of Norway. He …
A Life of Pleasure and Sustainability with the Tesla Model S Read More »
It seems that almost every day, there is news, most of it incredibly good, about what Tesla, driven by charismatic entrepreneur Elon Musk, is up to. Recently, the news is the “Gigafactory,” to be located somewhere in the U.S. southwest, in …
Here’s a general article on electric transportation in the U.S. — strangely in “SeekingAlpha” — a blog site associated with the minute details that drive stock prices. I thought I’d present it here because of the cool maps that show …
Fast-Charging Stations Are Strategic To the Success of Electric Transportation Read More »
I’ve mentioned a few times that even Shell Oil believes the market for oil (gasoline and diesel – liquid hydrocarbons) is going away, and will be very small by the year 2060 – almost entirely replaced by electric vehicles – …
Shell Oil, the Future of Transportation, and Coal in the Grid-Mix Read More »
Here’s Elon Musk’s response to the extraordinarily well-publicized fire in a Tesla Model S, in which he explains that statistically, fires per mile are five times less frequent in electric vehicles than they are in gasoline-powered cars.
It looks like the driverless car game is about to become much more competitive than it has been so far, as electric car company Tesla Motors has started working on an autonomous car project, and we should be able to …
From Guest Blogger Jordan Perch: Tesla To Work On Autonomous Vehicle Read More »
Here’s an “InstaBlog” I wrote on SeekingAlpha.com, in which I explain why I think EV naysayer-from-hell John Petersen is wrong, and that electric transportation generally, and Tesla Motors in particular, are not doomed because of a shortage of some obsolete …
Electric Transportation Has a Future, Despite Its Naysayers Read More »
As the success of Tesla becomes more and more obvious, the largest car makers in the world are starting to feel threatened by this small start-up company. Tesla has reported a profit in two consecutive quarters this year, which is …
Jiminy Cricket, Tesla Motors is really standing the automotive industry on its ear. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the Tesla Model S a 5-star safety rating, not just overall, but in every subcategory without exception; it’s the …
A friend who follows the world of transportation just wrote, bemoaning the horrible congestion on our freeways and suggesting that we need a paradigm for personal mobility, insofar as our current cars are so big and bulky, and that they’re …
