Cheap EV Leases … Visions Of A Cybertruck Future … Model 3 vs. Model Y Visual Comparison — CleanTechnica Top 20 in November

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 04:10:09 +0000

The most popular CleanTechnica stories of November involved romance, murder, secrecy, drama, and the most shocking finale in the history of entertainment. Oh, wait, no, they mostly just involved a bunch of cleantech news updates and analyses

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Powering The EV Revolution — Battery Packs Now At $156/kWh, 13% Lower Than 2018, Finds BNEF

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:40:33 +0000

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has released the results of its 2019 Battery Price Survey, finding that industry-weighted average battery pack prices have already fallen to $156 per kWh. This is over 13% lower than the 2018 average ($180/kWh, when adjusted for inflation), and BNEF foresees cost reductions continuing, with $100/kWh potentially being reached by 2023. Let’s dive in

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$79–$178 EV Lease … Tesla Cybertruck’s Enormous Implications … Potential $108/kWh Tesla Battery Pack — CleanTechnica Top 20

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 04:20:52 +0000

A whopping 14 top 20 articles last week were about the Tesla Cybertruck! I think that’s a new record for a single product. Nonetheless, quite humorously, the #1 article was about low leases for the Hyundai Ioniq Electric rather than anything about the Cybertruck. The #2 article is an epic article about why the Cybertruck is much more than it seems on the surface, and the #3 piece delves into implications regarding the low battery price Tesla seems to be showing with the Cybertruck pricing and specs

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Tesla Raj Debunks Common Electric Vehicle Misconceptions Head On

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 23:30:54 +0000

Anyone who has driven an electric vehicle like a Tesla knows about the barrage of incoming questions from uninformed members of the public. YouTuber and friend of CleanTechnica Tesla Raj took to the ‘Tube to address a few common misconceptions about electric vehicles and, more specifically, Teslas

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Tesla Cybertruck: Battery Price Dive

Credit to Author: Frugal Moogal| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 03:30:37 +0000

Following the Cybertruck reveal, I went to bed not being sure exactly what I had just seen, and woke up still thinking about it. My oldest son took one look and said it was the “sickest” car he had ever seen (this is a good thing), and my wife thought it was far more interesting than I expected

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What A $108/kWh Battery Pack Would Mean For Tesla

Credit to Author: Frugal Moogal| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:05:55 +0000

I broke down in an earlier article why I have a hunch that the Tesla Cybertruck is going to include a battery pack that is costing Tesla around $108.26/kWh at the pack level (or better!), but I decided to keep running the math to calculate what it would mean for other Tesla products

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What A $108.26 Per kWh Battery Pack Would Mean For Tesla

Credit to Author: Frugal Moogal| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:05:55 +0000

I broke down in an earlier article why I have a hunch that the Tesla Cybertruck is going to include a battery pack that is costing Tesla around $108.26/kWh at the pack level (or better!), but I decided to keep running the math to calculate what it would mean for other Tesla products

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Tesla Experience Centers In China Receive First Model 3s, Panasonic Passes On China Battery Factory

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 04:40:29 +0000

Tesla has 49 so-called Experience Centers in China where people can go to learn more about Tesla automobiles. CNN reports that Model 3 sedans built at Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai are now available at those Experience Centers for test drives, citing a post Tesla made on WeChat. The Model 3 is also featured at an international car show in the city of Guangzhou that opened last Friday

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Volvo Uses Blockchain To Ensure Ethical EVs

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:13:39 +0000

Blockchain technology is (in the simplest way I can think of to describe it) a time-stamped series of transactions that are linked together, mathematically, to form a “chain.” Each transaction in the chain is a “block,” and they’re tied together using a cryptographic algorithm (fancy math) in a way that makes it impossible for the chain to be modified

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Tesla Model Y Prototype Spotted, NHTSA Looking Into Tesla Battery Fires As Trolls Swarm

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 17:41:11 +0000

There is good news and bad news in the Teslasverse today. Click to read all the news while it is news.

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