Tesla Service Scheduling Is A Bit Of A Sh**show

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 03:57:21 +0000

I recently had a Tesla service visit. First of all, I have to say that I absolutely love Tesla’s mobile service option (previously called “Ranger” service). Most of the service work I’ve had done has been done in my driveway. Who would complain about that? Unfortunately, though, there have been issues with the scheduling, and […]

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Sri Lanka Aims To Reach 500,000 Electric Tuk-Tuks

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:40:07 +0000

There’s something lovable and adorable about tuk-tuks. But my goodness, they sure can be dirty vehicles — in terms of the pollution they emit. The great thing they have going for them is that they’re small and should be easy to electrify. Naturally, most of us don’t see tuk-tuks in our everyday life. However, there […]

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Tesla Drops 50 Places In Brand Reputation Survey — What Does That Mean?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:38:18 +0000

Tesla may still be retaining customers to a greater degree than other automakers (based on 2022 data), but it has taken a serious reputational hit. A recent survey of 100 top brands showed that Tesla’s brand reputation dropped from #11 in this ranking to #62. Not a great result in this survey for Tesla dropping […]

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Insider Hints You Need to Know To Buy A Used EV

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:45:47 +0000

insider knowledgeDon’t US car dealers now have a grasp of the ins and outs of EVs? You’d think so — and progress has been made — but a recent used EV car purchase indicates there’s still a lot of training needed at US car dealerships as they transition to selling EVs.

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BYD Says Inflation Reduction Act Keeping Out Cheap EVs — Does That Make Sense?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:35:38 +0000

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD thinks the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act is preventing the sale of cheap electric cars in the United States. Does this make sense? We asked BYD’s CEO whether or not the company would bring its popular electric vehicles (EVs) to the US a couple of times in the past decade. We’ve […]

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Going To The Gas Station Must Really Suck

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:19:29 +0000

I’m sitting at a car wash right now. To get to the car wash, I go through the gas-pumping area of a gas station. It’s one of the only times these days that I ever end up so close to gas pumps. As I was driving in, I saw an older lady pumping gas and […]

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“Bold” EV Predictions Revisited

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:46:11 +0000

In a recently published article in CleanTechnica, I shared the “bold” predictions of UK think tank Rethink Energy. They accorded with my own views and how fast the transition to electric vehicles was moving. I need to acknowledge that I may have misrepresented the findings from the graphs in my zeal. As I have written […]

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