Auto Expert Says Tesla Semi Is “Pointless,” Seems To Miss The Point

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:07:28 +0000

Markus Lienkamp is the chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. It seems that would make him a full blown auto expert (hence the title). Lienkamp says that “this is technically not easily feasible and it’s also pointless both economically and ecologically.”

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Tesla Semis Are Cheaper Than Rail Enough Of The Time To Reshape Ground Freight

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:00:07 +0000

All transportation is electrifying. All transportation is moving to lower labor costs. All transportation is becoming more loosely coupled. All transportation is moving to lower carbon models. But the Tesla Semi is going to have a substantial advantage once it’s on the roads and for a decade after that

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Is Tesla A Step Closer To The 1 Million-Mile Battery?

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 03:20:57 +0000

In 2019, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had a “1 million-mile battery pack” in the making. He said that it was going into production “next year,” which is now here. Tesla, while in a partnership with physicists from Canada’s Dalhousie University, filed a patent in December for new lithium-ion battery tech

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YouTuber Explains How Elon Musk & Tesla Will Disrupt 10 Industries

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:50:14 +0000

A few days ago I ran across a video from a criminal defense lawyer in Florida that brings up some points I hadn’t heard before. I’d suggest you watch the whole 30 minute video if you have the time. If not, you can read my summary and comments and just use this guide Warren provided to skip to the parts that most interest you

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Tesla #7 On FreightTech 25 List

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:58:46 +0000

Freight Waves has announced its pick for FreightTech 25, which “highlights the most innovative and disruptive companies across the freight industry.” Tesla, of course, made the list. The freight industry is just another one of the industries that Tesla is disrupting

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Tesla [TSLA] FUD: “Elon Time”

Credit to Author: Frugal Moogal| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 06:00:25 +0000

Tesla stock has been on a solid run and the bears are claiming this is in large part driven by Elon Musk’s claims regarding new Tesla products that won’t come true, or will but will be ultra late due to “Elon Time,” commonly understood to mean that Elon makes a claim and then Tesla is always late on it. I wanted to take a quick look at that, so here goes

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Deutsche Bank Claims Tesla Model Y Production To Start In 1st Quarter Of 2020 (Echoing CleanTechnica’s Oct. 15 Report)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:01:54 +0000

There are reports production of the Tesla Model Y may begin in the first quarter of next year — fully 6 months ahead of schedule.

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Deutsche Bank Claims Tesla Model Y Deliveries To Start In 1st Quarter Of 2020 (Echoing CleanTechnica’s Oct. 15 Report)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:01:54 +0000

There are reports production of the Tesla Model Y may begin in the first quarter of next year — fully 6 months ahead of schedule.

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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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