I'm not going to write too much in this post except to say Tesla does not disappoint. The video runs for 30 mins but it's worth the watch. Another historic moment in the evolution of the automotive industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUz_EXSmp9w Don't forget to become one of our switched on subscribers - you get exclusive content
Elon Musk announced a level faster than the already crazy Insane Mode when he recently talked about the latest upgrades to the Model S. Insane mode was not enough for the Tesla Team - they craved Ludicrous! Insane mode, if you recall, gets you from 0 - 100kph in a shockingly quick 3.2 secs. Just to put
Tesla Motors have signed an exclusive 5 year research agreement with Dahn Labs. Dahn Labs are a battery research group at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada headed up by professor Jeff Dahn. Global battery research has undergone a transformation over the past decade as the advent of electric vehicles and battery storage expand
There's been much speculation over recent weeks that Apple are ramping up to enter the car market. The best guess scenario to date is that they will produce an electric vehicle around 2020 under the codename 'Project Titan', possibly shaped like a mini-van, that will compete with Tesla & GM and that it will be autonomous.
Elon Musk casually announced Tesla's official entry into home battery storage. Since the announcement of the Gigafactory there has been a deal of speculation that Tesla would move to home storage systems as it makes perfect sense for the company to enter the energy market. He stated the home battery packs could be in production in
It's been an interesting week in Australian politics with Prime Minister Abbott hogging the limelight for all the wrong reasons. The farcical notion of an Australian Prime Minister awarding a knighthood to the Queen's husband has dominated the airwaves and rightly called into question the PM's judgement. Not being so highly reported but a story
2017 Nissan Leaf The range of electric cars has been one of the major hurdles preventing greater uptake. Unless you can afford a Tesla (range of 500kms) you're currently stuck around the 160kms range with today's production vehicles. Although today's range is more than enough for the average driver range anxiety is a definite deterrent. (According
Electric Car dreaming Androids? Move over Electric Sheep and forgive me Philip K Dick but Tesla recently came out with an update to their Model S that warrants the reference. The Tesla Model S Dual Motor P85D with Autopilot has just advanced vehicle technology into the realms of scifi. The original Model S was rightly awarded Car of
The recent announcement by Elon Musk of a 'gigafactory' battery manufacturing facility not only has meant a surge in Tesla stock (now up 634% year-over-year) but also brings the death spiral for electricity utilities that much closer. The death spiral is customer defection from the grid to run their households/businesses on solar panels plus battery storage.