Author: CleanTechnica

Used Tesla vehicles have dropped in price in recent months, causing many prospective buyers to consider buying one with a lower price tag and an older battery. There’s a lot to consider when looking at used Tesla vehicles, and one outlet recently looked at the downward trend to see what purchase routes could be best […]

In this article, I explain that Tesla has dropped its lease pricing so much that it costs the same to lease a Tesla Model 3 as a Toyota Corolla!  Comparison of Buying the BMW 3 Series, Toyota Corolla, and Tesla Model 3 with a Loan I wanted to include this to show that the Model […]

Methane from cow poop is big business. Fossil fuel companies are ecstatic about the possibilities of the new

South Africa is going trough its worst ever period of load-shedding, and it seems to be getting worse. We are only in the first week of February 2023 and already 2023 has seen more load-shedding than the whole of 2019. There has been more load-shedding in one month (January 2023 — 29 days of load-shedding) […]

New activity in the vehicle-to-grid field spells bad news for gas stakeholders, except maybe for Shell.

Yesterday, I was invited back to the cluttered but always exciting electronics and engineering workshop of Francisco Shi. He unveiled his breakthrough saying: “If Elon Musk tried this modified MG ZS EV, he would tell his minions to go and modify the Tesla. An all-wheel-drive Tesla and a track with this technology would be amazing!” […]

A big portion of new car buyers are now buying fully electric cars. But more are buying non-electric cars. If you’ve been in the bigger, latter group, what’s keeping you from an EV as your next car? Here are some common responses: I would expect to have range anxiety. (Where will I refuel? How long […]

Honda (and GM) to fuel cell electric car fans: never give up, never surrender.

Mark Purcell and his family have just completed a holiday drive, travelling 8000 km from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to Hobart in Tasmania and back, all the while myth busting about the capabilities of electric vehicles. He tells me that he visited 19 Tesla Superchargers with zero wait time at a total cost of […]

Large numbers of Tesla Model 3 electric cars were delivered in January 2023 in Australia, making it the best-selling sedan in Australia and the third best-selling vehicle in the country behind the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux! January may be an anomaly, as 4600 Tesla Model 3s were held up at the ports due to […]