Of the plethora of pundits who publish predictions, prognostications and polemics about Tesla every day, some “get it” and some don’t. Many will simply never be able to understand how a company that supplies less than one percent of the global auto market could grow to a market value of more than a trillion dollars—more than…
There are a lot of ways you can charge your electric cars, but in this article, I want to show that the big 3 ways that matter are either in great shape today or will be soon. Even before we get the chargers that will be built out based on the recently passed infrastructure bill,…
Nestled in the greenery of Hillsborough, California, lies a 100-year-old estate built in the early 1900’s by French nobleman Count Christian de Guigné. The vast estate and its demure, cozy mansion is currently owned by Elon Musk, who seems poised to pass it on to the next owner soon. Elon Musk might have found a…
As media pundits (including myself) never tire of telling us, Tesla and Apple have a number of things in common—both grew very quickly on the strength of a revolutionary invention, and each has created an ecosystem of products and services, some of which consumers never knew they needed, until they did. Ironically, the companies’ respective…
While this story has some cringe moments and its subsequent video is a bit difficult to watch at one point, it should be noted that this tale comes with a rather happy ending. For a Tesla owner and a driver of a Chevrolet Volt, however, there was a moment in this story when things didn’t…
Elon Musk’s poll to survey his Twitter audience about whether or not he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock (TSLA) has caused a media frenzy, and the company’s market valuation to plunge. The stock — which was already identified as driving up the S&P 500 index’s exposure to disruptive technology — is again volatile. With about…
Supporters of EVs will tell you that electric cars are just like regular cars. For the most part, they’re right. You step on the pedal on the right and the car goes, you turn the wheel and the car turns, and the only real difference is what kind of fuel goes in it. If we’re…
Car buyers who ultimately end up purchasing Tesla electric vehicles end up having the longest average auto term loans, a new study from LendingTree says. LendingTree surveyed over 29,000 auto loans spanning over three years to conclude that Tesla drivers are applying and receiving the longest term loans. On average, Tesla drivers have an auto loan term of…
Mainstream electric vehicles have been around for some time, and they are only getting more and more ubiquitous. Yet despite this, incidents of non-electric cars — whether unintentionally or intentionally — blocking EV charging stations (a practice known as ICE-ing) still happen on a relatively regular basis. This is especially true for Tesla Superchargers. Being…
When considering the transition from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles to electric, it is easy to see the disruption this will bring to the auto industry, where fewer workers are required to construct an electrical motor than a fossil fuel powered engine. But it goes further than that. We won’t need people (or machines) who make…