Category: Electric

According to Rethink Energy, Dr. Andrew Forrest, the founder of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group, has clearly articulated the way forward for hydrogen at the Financial Times Hydrogen Summit in London last week.  According to speakers’ notes from the conference: “In 2021, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) was established as a […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said for years that Tesla needs to “unwind” its delivery wave. It has always had an issue of delivering (aka selling) a lot more vehicles in the 3rd month of a quarter. This has especially been the case on continents where Tesla hasn’t had factories. What has happened recently is […]

VinFast has unveiled the VF 3, a compact electric car designed specifically for the Vietnamese market and positioned to become the “national vehicle” of choice because of its size and mass market intentions. The introduction of the small two-box vehicle isn’t a surprise, because Vinfast made it clear on several occasions that it was readying […]

Potomac Riverkeeper Network and NRDC File Lawsuit in Federal Court in Maryland

As the saying goes, “the only constant in this world is change.” The Tesla Model 3 was once king of the hill in the EV world. Even for years before the first Model 3 was produced, demand for the model was through the roof and the car shattered records for reservations of a product (in […]

More and more automakers are joining the switch from CCS Type 1 adapters to the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug, most recently including Rivian. According to a recent announcement, Rivian will make its next vehicle generation with the NACS plug, joining Ford and GM and putting even more pressure on other automakers. A Tesla […]

Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on the surface. You have to […]

Numbers appear to be relatively stable.

There have been some concerns about consumer demand for Tesla vehicles in the US lately. That’s not because there isn’t massive demand for Tesla vehicles. It’s just that Tesla production and sales have risen so high that there are questions and concerns about whether they can stay at this level, or even grow from here. […]