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Perplexing Accord & Camry Buyers … 7 Year Old Tesla Model S Battery Degradation … Old Nissan LEAF vs. New Tesla Model 3 — Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories in September

October 9, 2019 admin auto industry, batteries, cars, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 20, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, honda, honda accord, lithium-ion batteries, market research, Nissan, nissan leaf, porsche, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar prices, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla sales, top cleantech news, toyota, Toyota Camry, Volkswagen, volkswagen id, volkswagen id.3

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 02:00:21 +0000

The most popular CleanTechnica article of September did not have “Tesla” in the title, but if you read the piece, you can see the story is closely tied to the Tesla Model 3. The shock I just couldn’t stop shaking was about how many people continue to buy new Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords. Compared to the Model 3, I get it — even if they have the same 5 year cost of ownership (possible), they have a lower upfront price. That said, if $100–200 a month is a dealbreaker for someone looking at these options, my opinion is that they definitely shouldn’t be buying a new car at all. But hey, that’s just my opinion

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Our Failed-Businessman President Is Working To Tank Another US Industry

September 24, 2019 admin auto industry, California, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, EPA, gm, green economy, Manufacturing, policy & politics, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:40:26 +0000

Whether it’s due to pure business ignorance, immense ignorance in general, or poisonous malice, our current president, a consistent business failure over the past several decades, is working feverishly to destroy another major US industry — the auto industry

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Tens of Thousands of GM Auto Workers Are on Strike Today. This Is Why.

September 16, 2019 admin auto industry, flint michigan, general motors, gm, labor unions, uaw

Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:18:00 +0000

Unionized General Motors workers walked off the factory floors in about 30 facilities across 9 states in the industry’s biggest major labor action in over a decade.

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Ugh — Germany’s Automakers Slow To Respond To Tesla Challenge

September 14, 2019 admin Audi, auto industry, automakers, autonomous vehicles, BMW, cars, China, clean transport, consumer technology, daimler, diesel emissions scandal, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev charging, ev sales, GERMANY, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, mercedes, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:47:02 +0000

After growing fat on expanding sales and record profits, the world’s automakers are now facing lean times. The decade-long global economic expansion is running out of gas, and the industry-changing trend of electrification, which automakers happily ignored when the profits were rolling in, now looms as an existential threat

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Trump’s So-Called “Justice Department” Drops Anti-Trust Bomb On Car Companies

September 9, 2019 admin antitrust, auto industry, automakers, BMW, carb, clean air act, clean transport, climate change, daimler, Donald Trump, dorian, Electric vehicles, EPA, ford, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy, gm, honda, mercedes, policy & politics, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:00:04 +0000

The US government has put car companies on notice that if they dare oppose the president’s plan to roll back fuel economy standards, they will be accused of antitrust violations.