Inside EVs

Up against some particularly difficult sales comps a year ago, March 2017 was the one month that there might have been a hiccup in the surging US plug-vehicle market. Not so much. Not only did the plug-in sales post year-over-year gains for the 18th consecutive month (or 1.5 years if you will),… …read more

March didn’t bring any sales break-thoughs in Norway, as growth year-over-year stood at just 0.7%. However can we really say that sales have stalled, when 4,465 new passenger plug-ins were registered in the month, which translates to a monstrous 34.8% market share – the second highest ever? We think not. Passenger plug-in registration breakdown:… …read more

Tesla stock just eclipsed the $300 mark for the first time ever. The automaker’s market cap now exceeds $52 billion. It was less than one week ago when we reported that Tesla surpassed Ford in value (based on market capitalization), but not Ford is so far in the rearview with… …read more

Panasonic Energy of North America has announced that it’s hosting a hiring event for the Tesla Gigafactory tomorrow in Bakersfield, California. Panasonic is hoping to fill the following positions: Maintenance Technicians Product Operators Shift Leads Additional details can be found in the flyer posted above and at this link for… …read more

According to a report from Stuttgart, Daimler has retreated from hydrogen fuel cells developments, instead choosing to focus strictly on all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars as the future core alternative technology. The company still will continue some FCV projects in development, such as the plug-in GLC SUV (as shown above), which… …read more

Most recent Tesla Autopilot 8.1 software update for second gen hardware vehicles bring set of features, know already from first gen Autopilot. In other words gen 2 is catching up with gen 1. One of the features is Summon Tesla, introduced over year ago to make it easier to park… …read more

The billion electric milestones continue to fall. As of late last month, Tesla’s global fleet of electric vehicles have now driven more than 4 billion electric miles. It was just 3 months ago when we reported that Tesla’s fleet had exceeded 3.5 billion miles, meaning that is just a few… …read more

A few months back, we reported about the mystery electric vehicle start-up, Rivian Automotive, that purchased the former Mitsubishi factory in Normal, IL. The group had been working covertly for a number of years in Florida, and then California and Michigan. The deal went through and now the automaker will… …read more

VW Brings Early EV Prototypes, Rare Sporty Sleepers To Techno Classica Volkswagen is the latest major manufacturer to announce its lineup for the 2017 Techno Classica exhibition in Essen, Germany. The company’s stand will be divided into two different themes – the first highlighting the history of all-electric VW developments… …read more

California will shortly bring more Tesla energy storage systems online in Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) service area. The 50 MW projects (utilizing Tesla’s Powerpack 2) are conducted by Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing arm of Macquarie Group (a global finance corporation). Beside the large scale of… …read more