Will Tesla ever make a cheap version of the Model 3?
Building cars is hard. Building an affordable electric car is exceedingly hard.
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Magical thinking drives optimism about EV adoption
We keep waiting for that moment when the public goes from admiring electric vehicles to purchasing them in large numbers.
Could the U.S. ever ban gasoline-powered cars?
This summer, France and Britain declared their intent to ban all sales of new gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040, replacing them with electric or other zero-emissions cars. Scotland wants to do the same, but by 2032. Read more →
So where are we with the electric pickup?
November was another solid month for electric vehicle sales in America: As InsideEVs reported, 13,337 all-electrics and plug-in hybrids were sold, 32.4 percent more than during November 2015.
Tesla’s new master plan boasts ambitious goals
Drawing of the proposed Tesla Semi.
Tesla Motors, Inc., the company famous for making electric vehicles, is dropping “motors” from its name. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, recently released a new master plan that shifts the company away from solely being a car producer. Read more →
Fuel Freedom writer Bill Tucker passes away
Bill Tucker, a longtime journalist and editor who wrote expertly on a wide range of transportation issues for Fuel Freedom’s Over a Barrel blog, died last week. The foundation mourns the loss of a thoughtful, curious person who excelled at breaking down complex material with incisive and thorough analysis.
‘Bolt’-ing toward independence from oil
Despite the fact that there are 10 different affordable (sorry Tesla) all-electric cars on the market today, battery EV sales were extremely low in 2015 — making up less than one quarter of 1 percent of total vehicles sold. Read more →
Can Tesla sell enough cars until the Model 3 arrives?
Two years before the release of Tesla’s long-awaited $35,000 Model 3, Tesla finds itself at another crossroads that may threaten the company’s welfare.
Festivus for the best of us: Our top 10 grievances about fuel
The United States has been observing Festivus for 18 years now, and this antidote to holiday crassness is vital as ever. As Frank Costanza so aptly described one of its central pillars (in “The Strike,” the episode of “Seinfeld” that originally aired on Dec. 18, 1997):
“The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lotta problems with you people! Now you’re gonna hear about ’em!”
China emerges as a global leader in EVs
It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good, and it’s an ill pollution day that doesn’t have an upside somewhere.
