Tesla EV car sales surpassed the car sales of the entire Volkswagen Group in the USA in 2023. This was for all Volkswagens ICE and EV cars combined. The Tesla Model Y was also the best selling car in the world of any type in 2023. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and …
Nearly 136,000 light-duty EVs were sold in September 2023 – up 67 percent from last September. After months of light-duty EV sales hovering around 10 percent, September brought us an EV market share of 11 percent for new sales. The US surpassed one million EVs sold in 2023. U.S. consumers purchasing new light-duty cars or …
The governor of Nuevo León says Tesla will double or triple the size of the GigaMexico factory and they will build the next-generation car, Cybertruck, and maybe Model Y, and its 4680 batteries there. Tesla is talking about capacity increases where there will be demand for more model Y that needs another factory and cybertruck …
Tesla will send out an over-the-air software update to 2 million cars that will incorporate additional controls and alerts to those already existing on affected vehicles to further encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous driving responsibility whenever Autosteer is engaged. The picture above does not show the actual new Tesla alerts In certain …
Ford has cut back its F150 Lightning electric truck sales target in 2024 from 160,000 to about 80,000. It is estimated that Ford loses $36,000 to 60,000 USD on every EV it sells. The scaled back plans would reduce annual losses in the EV division by $2.5 to 5 billion. Ford has also postponed about …
Joe Tegtmeyer has a youtube channel where he has extensive daily coverage of what is happening at the Tesla Austin Texas Gigafactory. Joe operates drone coverage of the entire site. Joe has determined that General Assembly line 3 is being built now and it will be used for the next generation car. A lot of …
The Tesla Cybertruck is the first car with a 48 volt lower power system and this will save about 70% of the copper used in the vehicle. The Cybertruck is running gigabit ethernet cabling for data along with the 48-volt power on the same cable. This uses 4 times lower amperage and replaces the device …
The Tesla Cybertruck delivery event is happening now and the public presentation is starting. Cybertruck Delivery Event https://t.co/rWd111HvHc — Tesla (@Tesla) November 29, 2023 pic.twitter.com/vOCicwfKHJ — Franz von Holzhausen (@woodhaus2) November 30, 2023 Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com …
Analysis cited in the Wall Street Journal confirms that EVs are cheaper than gas cars. EVs will continue to improve in price. EVs will be 20-50% cheaper than gas cars by 2030. 1) EVs now cost less than gas cars in China and Europe, and should cross over in the U.S. next year. 2) Lithium-ion …
Toyota has published an advanced battery roadmap in September, 2023 which has new iron phosphate batteries and solid state batteries in 2026. Toyota’s strategy includes three new liquid electrolyte battery technologies to achieve higher power, longer driving range, faster charging and lower cost and mass production of solid-state batteries. They will have next generation batteries. …
BYD has signed a deal with local conglomerate Huaihai Holding Group to jointly build a sodium battery manufacturing base with an annual capacity of tens of GWh. FinDreams, BYD’s battery making unit, and Huaihai signed a deal on November 18 in Shenzhen, where BYD is headquartered, to build the sodium battery site in Xuzhou, Jiangsu …