Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrical vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of possessing Tesla’s fresh Model Trio, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to palm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrical vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrified buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful contraption for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Good Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrified car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a fatter role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrified vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrified vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We eventually have a fine affordable electrical cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will please Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices hops much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Three, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrified cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrified vehicles have enhanced significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a petite fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrified vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks suffers.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars: The Two-Way: NPR
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrified Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of possessing Tesla’s fresh Model Three, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to forearm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrified vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrified buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful contraption for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Fine Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrical car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a fatter role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrical vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrified vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We eventually have a superb affordable electrical cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will sate Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices leaps much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Trio, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrical cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrified vehicles have enlargened significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a petite fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrified vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks suffers.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrified Cars: The Two-Way: NPR
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrified Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of wielding Tesla’s fresh Model Three, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to forearm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrified vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrified buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful implement for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Excellent Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrical car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a fatter role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrified vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrical vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We ultimately have a good affordable electrical cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will sate Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices hops much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Trio, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrified cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrified vehicles have enlargened significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a puny fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrified vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks suffers.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars: The Two-Way: NPR
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrified Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrical vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of wielding Tesla’s fresh Model Three, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to palm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrified vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrified buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful implement for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Excellent Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrified car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a fatter role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrical vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrified vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We eventually have a excellent affordable electrified cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will please Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices leaps much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Trio, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrified cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrical vehicles have enlargened significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a puny fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrical vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks suffers.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrified Cars: The Two-Way: NPR
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrical vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of possessing Tesla’s fresh Model Three, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to palm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrical vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrified buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful contraption for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Good Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrical car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a thicker role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrical vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrified vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We ultimately have a good affordable electrified cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will please Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices hops much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Three, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrified cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrical vehicles have enlargened significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a puny fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrified vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks bears.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars: The Two-Way: NPR
Very first Customers Get Tesla Model three Electrical Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrified vehicle for a special event on Friday. Tesla/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s fresh Model three electrical vehicle for a special event on Friday.
While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of possessing Tesla’s fresh Model Three, according to the company, thirty employees were the fortunate few to receive their vehicles very first.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to palm over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.
“The entire point of Tesla is to make an affordable electrified vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electrified vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.
Let’s consider the week:
- The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation authority, the nation’s second-largest transit system with the nation’s largest bus fleet made an investment of $138 million in electrical buses. It’s the very first step in the city’s plan to make the bus fleet all-electric by 2030.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation extending the “cap-and-trade” program aimed at reducing use of fossil fuels. The state’s “cap and trade” was very first signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has been a powerful contraption for California’s already-powerful air quality agency, the California Air Resources Board. Schwarzenegger joined Brown at the signing ceremony.
- Fine Britain followed France in announcing that it would ban the sale of fresh cars fueled by gasoline or diesel fuel by 2040. It’s part of a plan to phase out petroleum-fueled cars and light trucks altogether by 2050.
- Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electrified car powered by a fresh type of battery, according to reports from Japanese paper Chunichi Shimbun. The battery is supposed to significantly increase driving range and cut charging times. The fresh battery technology is supposed to be in cars by 2022.
- Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said the company was focusing on the idea of oil prices that were “lower forever.” The company says it’s shifting its concentrate from oil to natural gas and plans on taking a fatter role in renewable energy so as not to miss out on a potential electrical vehicle boom. Van Beurden said he is switching to an electrical vehicle himself.
That’s the context in which Musk’s long-awaited affordable car comes in the market. Musk heaped praise on the Model three calling it “safer than a Volvo.” Musk has said also in unequivocal terms that the company needs the Model three to succeed: “We eventually have a good affordable electrical cars, that’s absolutely what’s needed for us.”
During a test-drive, the fully loaded version of a Model three had comparable treating and amenities of its more expensive siblings the Model X and Model S but, according to Musk, has “far fewer bells and whistles.” It’s likely a car that will please Musk/Tesla enthusiasts. However, if you want those bells and whistles such as autonomy and extended range, the prices hops much higher than the $35,000 taunt rate up to almost $60,000. Even with federal and the most generous state rebates, that is out of the range for the average driver.
The problem for Tesla, unlike other automakers, is not request, but supply. “We’ve done everything we could to unsell the car,” says Musk.
Tesla would have to dramatically increase the scale of its production to fulfill the half-million orders. In 2016, the company produced fewer than 100,000 of its two best-selling cars. The company predicts it will be able to produce 250,000 of the fresh Model Trio, eventually scaling up to a half-million vehicles annually.
As Europe turns toward electrified cars, California is doubling down and global leaders are preparing for the rise of such vehicles. Sales of electrical vehicles have enlargened significantly in the past eighteen months, but they remain a petite fraction of overall sales. Analysts say gas-powered SUV and truck sales predominate the U.S. market at more than sixty percent.
A last bit of context: Just one day before Musk took the stage, Ford’s Truck division turned one hundred years old. Its F-150 remains the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for forty years in a row. So while the nation’s flirtation with electrical vehicles is piqued, its love affair with trucks bears.
Correction Aug. 1, 2017
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Ford’s truck division turned one hundred two days before Elon Musk’s presentation. Musk spoke just one day after the anniversary.