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If You Didn’t Think Elon Musk Was Insane Before …

February 6, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Coal, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:23:50 +0000

This is absolutely bonkers. Even after a bonkers 12 months, or a bonkers 5 years, or a bonkers 9 years, they continue to shock. In particular, Elon Musk continues to shock. Regulations — Completely Gone, Eliminated, by Default Reportedly, Elon Musk said on a call early Monday morning, just after … [continued]

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EVs Take 21.6% Share In France — Renault 5 Back In The Lead

February 5, 2025 admin byd atto 2, citroën e-c3, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, dacia spring, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, France, france ev market share, france ev sales, france ev transition, hybrid electric cars, hyundai inster, market research, phev, renault 4, renault 5, renault scenic, research, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:14:15 +0000

January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs take 21.6% share in France, a drop from 25.0% year on year. Most of the drop came from weak PHEV performance, whilst BEV share grew slightly YoY. Overall auto volume was 114,673 units, down over 6% YoY, and far from pre-covid seasonal norms (around … [continued]

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Model 3 Referral Discount Now $2500, Inventory Discounts on Model Y — Time to Buy?

February 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla discounts, tesla model 3, tesla model y, tesla referral discount, tesla referral program

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:26:48 +0000

Tesla has been known to tweak its referral program discounts from time to time and also adjust pricing of inventory (in-stock) models when it needs to move cars off the lot. Right now it’s doing both. The company just boosted the referral program discount to $2,500 on the Model 3 … [continued]

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Concerned About US EV Tax Credit Going Away? Lease Any EV Today! Or Buy One Of These 15.

February 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev subsidies, ev tax credits, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, us ev tax credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:05:11 +0000

At the moment, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate that the following fully electric vehicles are eligible for the $7,500 US ZEV tax credit: Acura ZDX Cadillac LYRIQ Cadillac OPTIQ Chevrolet Blazer EV Chevrolet Equinox EV Chevrolet Silverado EV Ford F-150 Lightning Honda Prologue … [continued]

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Shocker: Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Tesla

February 3, 2025 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, tesla, uk

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 04:50:04 +0000

One of the funny things about a convincing con man: you believe all of the good stuff he tells you, but you ignore the warning signs. Going back a century or more, there’s been the story of a slick-talking con man from the city defrauding good but simple country folk. … [continued]

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Tesla Robotaxis Coming to Austin in June — Probably. Maybe.

February 2, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, robotaxis, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:21:19 +0000

During the Tesla conference call for shareholders this week, where Tesla reportedly some not entirely positive financial results (and bad financial trends), there had to be a big announcement, right? Aside from Elon Musk thinking out loud that Tesla might be worth more than the next 5 most valuable companies … [continued]

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Nissan Ariya Wins Best Pre-Owned EV Award!

February 2, 2025 admin chevrolet bolt euv, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford mustang mach e, hyundai kona, Nissan, nissan ariya, research, tesla, tesla model 3, used electric cars, used evs, volkswagen id.4

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:38:56 +0000

Well, this would not be my first guess, or even my 5th, but the 2023 Nissan Ariya has just won the best pre-owned EV in 2025 award from Recurrent Auto. This was from a comparison of 30 EV models. “The award recognizes Ariya’s strong value retention, advanced technology and standout … [continued]

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UK Survey Finds 60% Of Car Buyers Turned Off By Elon Musk

February 1, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, uk, uk ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 02:23:45 +0000

The UK’s Electrifying.com recently conducted a survey of car buyers in the UK. The survey found that “60% of car buyers now say Musk’s controversial reputation actively puts them off buying a Tesla,” the company writes. 60%! Is there any other company where 60% of potential buyers aren’t willing to … [continued]

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Counterargument to Tesla Cars with Full Self Driving (Unsupervised) Appreciating in Value Dramatically

February 1, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:28:12 +0000

Yesterday, I wrote about Elon Musk’s long history predicting robotaxi-capable Tesla Autopilot/Full Self Driving. We then got another update from Tesla, stating: “2025 will be a seminal year in Tesla’s history as FSD (Supervised) continues to rapidly improve with the aim of ultimately exceeding human levels of safety. This will … [continued]

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A Real Take On Tesla’s Finances — Good, Bad, & Unknown

February 1, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, green economy, investment, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, tesla, tesla financials

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:53:11 +0000

There are clearly Tesla fans (and, more importantly, shareholders) who will try to spin any news as positive for Tesla. It happens constantly, and it’s quite annoying when it’s obviously false and unrealistic. On the flip side, I’ve covered Tesla closely for 13 years, which means I’ve covered the dramatic … [continued]

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