The picture above of me at the wheel of an electric Tesla Model S 100D sedan was taken the other day between Stockholm and Oslo, cities around 530km apart. I’m in Scandanavia to talk to electric vehicle groups, specifically the secretary-general of the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association (NEVA). Her name is Christina Bu – and she spent a year at high school in New … [Read more...] about Norway driving the world towards electric vehicles
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Tesla urges NZ government to ‘let EV drivers use transit lanes’
Buy a Tesla and you get to use transit lanes – that’s the incentive the US electric carmaker wants city councils in New Zealand to put in place to hasten the adoption of zero-emission EVs. Tesla began negotiating with Auckland Transport administrators about such a dispensation long before it handed over the first public shipment of Tesla Model S sedans to their NZ owners … [Read more...] about Tesla urges NZ government to ‘let EV drivers use transit lanes’
Tesla’s Musk tells activist Decaprio: ‘Time for carbon tax’
Tesla's Gigafactory 1 is near Reno, Nevada, and occupies 1215 hectares (3000 acres). Gigafactory 1 itself takes up 510,000 square metres, roughly the same area 70-odd rugby fields would cover. The factory is less than 30 per cent complete and, once finished, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk, will cover between 1.3 and 1.5 million square metres. That’s 200-odd rugby fields. This video … [Read more...] about Tesla’s Musk tells activist Decaprio: ‘Time for carbon tax’
Tesla battery factory will be as big as 200 rugby fields
Electric carmaker Tesla is about to step up production of lithium-ion battery cells at its ‘Gigafactory 1’ in the US state of Nevada for use in its Model 3 cars and home energy products. Tesla says the mid-sized Model 3 will go into production later this year and be available in New Zealand in 2018-19. The company has already opened its NZ order book for its current … [Read more...] about Tesla battery factory will be as big as 200 rugby fields
Tesla plugs into NZ market: Model S starts at $113,300
US electric carmaker Tesla has opened up its order book for right-hand drive New Zealand – and those buyers who pony up with the readies for the Model S sedan or Model X SUV can expect either of them to be delivered around March/April next year. The all-wheel-drive, zero-emissions cars can now be ordered online at tesla.com, which also provides details of the company’s … [Read more...] about Tesla plugs into NZ market: Model S starts at $113,300