The Link Between China’s 1 Child Policy & The Tesla Model 3’s Rise

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:26:21 +0000

It’s going to take me a little while to explain the headline, but I’ll get there. It has been well documented that China’s 1 child policy (from 1979 to 2015) caused the sex ratio in China to skew heavily male. The preference for Chinese parents was to have sons, since sons in Chinese society have been traditionally responsible for taking care of their parents in old age

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NIO’s Q3 Financials Are In

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 07:48:39 +0000

NIO Day EC6 Unveiling. Photo: Nicolas Zart CleanTechnicaFresh from Shenzhen where NIO unveiled its new EC6 and an updated ES8 at its packed NIO Day, the company also announced its Q3 earnings before the end of the calendar year. Despite a tumultuous 2019 in which NIO maneuvered the end of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) subsidies and a battery recall (partly due to the battery company), it managed to increase sales towards the end of the year

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Top 10 Tesla Moments of 2019

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 07:00:45 +0000

Tesla Top 10 2019Eli Burton, the creator of The Adventures of Starman, gives us his version of 2019’s top 10 Tesla moments

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NIO Unveils EC6 In Front Of Cheering Home Crowd

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 04:59:04 +0000

NIO Day EC6 Unveiling. Photo: Nicolas Zart CleanTechnicaCleanTechnica was in the middle of a wild crowd of NIO fans tonight waiting for the rumors to be confirmed, and we weren’t disappointed. The new NIO EC6 electric crossover, presumably aimed at the Model Y market, was revealed with fanfare. That joins the ES6 and

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Audi Announces €12 Billion For EV Development, BMW €400 Million For 2021 iNEXT Production

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:24:04 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution continues to heat up, and while we’d love to be reporting on more electric models hitting the market in 2020, the fact is traditional automakers were a bit too slow for that and there’s much more being put into models for 2021 and beyond. Audi and BMW both recently had announcements about investments for the coming years

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“Model 3 & The Disciples” — China EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:00:53 +0000

When you find yourself in times of trouble, Model 3 comes to thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in this hour of darkness, it is standing right in front of thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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100% WWS Part 3: Jacobson’s New Study Leans Into The Green New Deal

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:07:15 +0000

While Jacobson’s latest Stanford study on 100% renewables by 2050 will draw fire for leaning into the Green New Deal, it strongly supports that policy

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Tesla Automatic Emergency Braking In Beijing Saves Pedestrian

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 04:47:38 +0000

A pedestrian was crossing the highway in Beijing, and it could have ended badly for her, but she got lucky. She and the driver of the Tesla were both saved from an accident by Tesla’s Automatic Emergency Braking system

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