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Tesla Cybertruck Reservations Go Poof — Now Free Wraps For Q1 Orders

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:26:19 +0000

We reported yesterday that Tesla is already rolling out discounts to try to get people to buy a new Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Cybertruck. It seems a bit early in the quarter for Tesla to be doing this, seemingly indicating ongoing or increasing consumer demand challenges after the company’s … [continued]

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Tesla Already Dropping Prices on Model 3 & Cybertruck in 2025

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:05:41 +0000

We reported during most of 2024 that Tesla seemed to be facing a consumer demand problem. Tesla superfans did not like that and claimed we were wrong and irrationally hating on Tesla. As it turned out, Tesla’s sales dropped in 2024 year over year — far off of the company’s … [continued]

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Has Elon Musk Made A U-Turn On The US EV Tax Credit? Is The US Keeping It?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:28:37 +0000

During the 2024 US  presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked electric vehicles and Joe Biden’s EV policies, including the US EV tax credit (which was first passed under George W. Bush, but which was updated and strengthened under Joe Biden — and which revived tax credits for Tesla under Biden). … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck Insurance 45% Higher than National Average — Updated

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:16:41 +0000

New research from Insurify indicates that the Tesla Cybertruck, which isn’t cheap at this point, is relatively expensive to insure. At an average of $3,392 per year for full insurance coverage, Cybertruck insurance is actually 45% higher than the national average ($2,336). That said, it’s probably about that much more … [continued]

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Tesla Expectations for 2025

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:55:59 +0000

Former Tesla employee and occasional CleanTechnica writer David Havasi and I sat down today for a long discussion on the evolving US EV market and expectations for Tesla worldwide in 2025. To start off, we talked a bit about how much the EV market has changed around us locally, and … [continued]

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Chevrolet Equinox EV Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in USA

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:57:21 +0000

It’s time to announce the winners of 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year voting. After coming up with five finalists for the 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in the USA, we opened up voting to readers to choose the winner. Here are the results: Chevrolet Equinox EV — 45% Tesla Cybertruck — … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck, Hyundai & Kia EVs Now Qualify for US EV Tax Credit — But For How Long?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:59:40 +0000

News has broken in the last couple of days that the Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for the $7,500 US EV tax credit. A very big BREAKING NEWS to now share! The Cybertruck now qualifies for the $7500 IRA credit as of today, January 1st 2025!https://t.co/qW09N2Qxwy pic.twitter.com/LQFpnuFFn2 — Greggertruck (@greggertruck) … [continued]

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It’s A Wrap — Sprucing Up Tesla Vehicles

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Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 04:58:50 +0000

From what I’ve read, for the first time, Tesla can make more cars than it can sell. Up through 2030, Tesla promised to sell 50% more cars in the present year than it sold in the year before, at least on average, but it’s not happening. We know this partly … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck Not Off To A Good Start …

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:20:44 +0000

One of our readers who has sent along great, eye-popping Tesla milestones over the past several years just mailed in another series of updates on Tesla progress. Note that Rajan has continued to send in positive Tesla milestones even in the past year, when many former Tesla fans could no … [continued]

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Tesla Is Secretly Recalling Cybertruck Batteries

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:48:13 +0000

Something interesting has been going on with Tesla Cybertrucks. Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them. At least since September, Tesla has been swapping out Cybertruck battery packs for new ones when they are brought in for other maintenance issues. The first report we’re … [continued]

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