Fully Electric Vehicles Reached ~6% Of Auto Sales In USA In 3rd Quarter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 03:57:23 +0000

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs’ 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

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Tesla Vehicles Automatically Open Windows & Doors When Submerged Under Water

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:57:57 +0000

Hurricane Ian has brought stories of how a solar-powered community fared much better than most, how a Ford F-150 Lightning kept some lives in full comfort while the neighborhood was lacking electricity, and how a Tesla Model X escaped floodwaters, but we’re not done with the Hurricane Ian–related cleantech stories yet. One more that just […]

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Tesla Model X In “Boat Mode” Escapes Hurricane Ian Floodwaters

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 21:47:11 +0000

Tesla Model X boat mode Hurricane Ian flooding North PortThere is no shortage of crazy stories coming out of the path of Hurricane Ian. (I’ve got my own from my area of Southwest Florida, but none of them are saucy enough or cleantech enough for an article.) One that is a definite fit for CleanTechnica comes from a Twitter friend, Jeremy Judkins. Jeremy’s house […]

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Tesla Quarterly Sales Charts Rise Again — 9 Charts

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 19:56:09 +0000

Tesla reported its 3rd quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers earlier today. That allowed us to update various spreadsheets and create updated charts of Tesla’s long-term delivery trends. Some of the charts below use Tesla’s official figures. However, Tesla doesn’t fully break out sales by models (and also doesn’t break out sales by country or […]

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17 EV Models Have EPA Combined Rating of 100+ MPGe in Model Year 2022

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:50:53 +0000

For Model Year 2022 (MY 2022), 17 electric vehicle (EV) models achieved 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) or higher. MPGe is a unit of measure used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to represent EV fuel economy in a common unit with gas-powered vehicles, where 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity are equal to the energy […]

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US Electric Vehicle Market Growing, Yet Tesla Still Dominates

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:40:07 +0000

We don’t have US sales data for all electric vehicle models, since automakers don’t break out sales of electric and non-electric versions of the same model (example: gas-powered Hyundai Kona sales and Hyundai Kona EV sales are combined in Hyundai’s sales reports). However, increasingly, automakers are rolling out standalone electric models (examples: Hyundai IONIQ 5, […]

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Tesla Model Y & Model X Are 1st Electric Vehicles To Reach Mt. Everest Base Camp (Video)

Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:01:52 +0000

Even 5 years back, no one would’ve imagined an electric vehicle reaching anywhere near the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest (Mount Qomolangma in Chinese). But the ever-expanding network of Tesla Superchargers has made it possible. A Tesla Model X and a Tesla Model Y have reached the Mt. Everest Base Camp. The incredible journey was […]

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Tesla Vehicle Deliveries Up 27%, Tesla Solar Up 25%, Superchargers Up 34%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 05:17:40 +0000

In Tesla’s 2nd quarter report released a few hours ago, the company provided an update on vehicle delivery growth, rooftop solar installation growth, Supercharger growth, service center growth, mobile service fleet growth, and more. Now that we’ve explored Tesla’s 2nd quarter financials, let’s look at these other matters. Tesla Model 3 & Y Production & […]

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Tesla Cumulative Vehicle Sales Hit Nearly 3 Million

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 03:43:28 +0000

Tesla deliveries in the second quarter of 2020 suffered a bit from supply chain challenges and covid-related lockdowns in Shanghai, China, home of Tesla Giga Shanghai. It was the first quarter in a long time in which Tesla deliveries weren’t higher than in the quarter before. However, one thing always grows — cumulative sales, or […]

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Video: Tesla Wins American-Made Index with 4 of 10 ‘Most American’ Cars

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 01:10:37 +0000

Tesla model lineupWith U.S. Independence Day occurring this week, it’s only fitting for auto fans to wish the U.S. a happy birthday by noting the most American-made vehicles. And being that Tesla electric vehicles account for so many of the country’s top 10 most American-made vehicles, it’s especially worth celebrating for fans of the U.S. automaker. A new […]

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