2018 was the year Tesla took over. Tesla commanded ~65% of the plugin market in December: For the full year 2018, Tesla had 53% market share. GM, with the second largest market share was at only 10%: The Model 3 similarly took over the US Compact Luxury sedan market: In fact, Tesla sold so many…
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In June 2018, we got R3V – our Tesla Model 3. A few months later we sold our gas car. Now we are fully electric with a Model 3 and a Leaf. All powered by 100% renewable energy from Dominion Green Power (we sell our solar power to Dominion and buy back green power). In…
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Here are some pictures from Grand Caverns in Grottoes, VA. The caverns are great, the closest ones to Charlottesville and the pictures don’t really do it justice. Cavers, according to our guide this is one of the few caves in the world where you can see a shield formation and the only one with a…
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Since my last EV market share update for July, things have changed a lot. I heard rumors that the competition will kill Tesla, nobody would possibly want to buy a Tesla when much better cars like the iPace and the eTron and EQC are coming. Instead we got this: Tesla market share went up from…
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Here is a recent tweet from Nikola Motor Company: Analyzing this tweet for just a minute with a little mental math made me realize just how bad fuel cells are. A Tesla Electric Semi is expected to have at most a 1MWh battery for a range over 500 miles. Assuming Nikola trucks are refueling about…
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When you think of a successful alternative fuel (hybrid, electric, fuel cell or whatever) vehicle, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a Prius. Tesla comes next because their cars are successful but unlike other companies, they seem to have major trouble ramping their vehicle production up. At least that is the impression…
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In our last trip to Europe in July, we spent a day in Innsbruck, Austria. Surprisingly it turned out to be everyone’s favorite destination during the trip and I wish we had allocated more time here. There is a lot to see and do in Innsbruck and a day is just not enough. Also, Innsbruck…
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As predicted last month, Tesla outsold Audi in August: And it looks like Mercedes and BMW are next. Most of this is thanks to the Model 3 which outsold all the competition from all brands significantly, not just the Germans. (Chart Credit: Vladimir Grinshpun) Here is a comparison with BMW, Mercedes and Audi vehicles in the same…
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Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Switzerland: On our last trip, Switzerland was next after Iceland. Weather was perfect after the miserable biting cold in Iceland and one more destination in Asphalt 8 was checked off. I highly recommend visiting Glacier 3000. We had a Eurail pass and that got us a…
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Asphalt 8 used to be my son’s favorite game to play a few years ago and we spent many hours racing each other. And sometimes we still do. One of the things we like to do is travel and Asphalt 8 races are all over the globe. So what better way to choose places to…
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