https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/26/what-changed-in-the-ev-industry-in-2018/
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"For a thorough rundown of Tesla in 2018, read this: “2018 Was A Giant, Awesome Year For Tesla — Because Elon Musk.”
Tesla supplied a ~$5.1 billion economic boost to the state of California.
The Tesla Model 3 was scored the safest vehicle ever tested by the NHTSA — by far. The Model S was #2 and Model X #3.
The Model 3 got a collision avoidance rating of “Superior” from the IIHS.
Tesla opened its 10,000th Supercharger.
Tesla invited more drivers to be beta test hardware 3’s autonomous driving features.
Tesla Autopilot hit a milestone of 1 billion miles of operation in customer vehicles.
Tesla introduced fancy new Summon features that include the ability to walk your car like a dog (have it follow you around) and control it like a little remote-controlled car.
Tesla unleashed version 9.0 of its in-car software.
Perhaps the most notable part of the software update was the addition of “Full 360 degree view” for Autopilot.
Shortly after that, Tesla rolled out Drive on Navigation for those with Enhanced Autopilot.
Tesla provided customers the option to request service from the Tesla app.
Atari games and “camper mode” came to Tesla vehicles.
Tesla introduced the Model 3 Mid Range as the Model 3 Standard Range was delayed.
Tesla passed its 200,000th US delivery, kicking in the long phaseout of the federal EV tax credit for Tesla buyers (unless that tax credit policy gets modified).
Tesla Model 3 Chinese pricing came in at 50% of the price of a lower-spec BMW M3.
Tesla cut Model S & Model X prices in China in order to try to help out with the Trump tariffs.
The Tesla Model 3 configurator opened for orders in Europe and China. (It was revealed that Tesla Model 3 deliveries would start in Europe in February and in China in March 2019, or April at the latest.)
The Tesla Model 3 made it to Japanese stores.
Tesla passed up Daimler in market cap (for a while), becoming the 3rd most valuable auto company, only behind Toyota and Volkswagen. (The company vacillates between #3 and #7.)
The Model S continued to outsell (by a wide margin) its large luxury car competitors in the States.
Investment firm Wedbush Securities started covering Tesla [TSLA] and noted: “Tesla has evolved into one of the most dynamic technology innovators over the last 30 years and, in our opinion, has put itself into an esteemed category of companies such as Apple and Amazon that have revolutionized consumer buying habits and behaviors over the last decade.”
Elon Musk dropped a little tweet indicating that Tesla and Panasonic are together producing ~60% of the world’s EV batteries (which presumably means batteries for electric cars but not electric buses, vans, and large trucks).
Tesla emphasized that it is aiming to get cobalt content in its batteries down from 3% to 0%.
Tesla revealed it would spend $3 billion a year over the next two years on gigafactories.
Tesla also announced that its Nevada Gigafactory would be 100% powered by solar by the end of 2019. The Gigafactory continued to exceed the performance targets it set with the state of Nevada.
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You have to go to the article to make the links work
"For a thorough rundown of Tesla in 2018, read this: “2018 Was A Giant, Awesome Year For Tesla — Because Elon Musk.”
Tesla supplied a ~$5.1 billion economic boost to the state of California.
The Tesla Model 3 was scored the safest vehicle ever tested by the NHTSA — by far. The Model S was #2 and Model X #3.
The Model 3 got a collision avoidance rating of “Superior” from the IIHS.
Tesla opened its 10,000th Supercharger.
Tesla invited more drivers to be beta test hardware 3’s autonomous driving features.
Tesla Autopilot hit a milestone of 1 billion miles of operation in customer vehicles.
Tesla introduced fancy new Summon features that include the ability to walk your car like a dog (have it follow you around) and control it like a little remote-controlled car.
Tesla unleashed version 9.0 of its in-car software.
Perhaps the most notable part of the software update was the addition of “Full 360 degree view” for Autopilot.
Shortly after that, Tesla rolled out Drive on Navigation for those with Enhanced Autopilot.
Tesla provided customers the option to request service from the Tesla app.
Atari games and “camper mode” came to Tesla vehicles.
Tesla introduced the Model 3 Mid Range as the Model 3 Standard Range was delayed.
Tesla passed its 200,000th US delivery, kicking in the long phaseout of the federal EV tax credit for Tesla buyers (unless that tax credit policy gets modified).
Tesla Model 3 Chinese pricing came in at 50% of the price of a lower-spec BMW M3.
Tesla cut Model S & Model X prices in China in order to try to help out with the Trump tariffs.
The Tesla Model 3 configurator opened for orders in Europe and China. (It was revealed that Tesla Model 3 deliveries would start in Europe in February and in China in March 2019, or April at the latest.)
The Tesla Model 3 made it to Japanese stores.
Tesla passed up Daimler in market cap (for a while), becoming the 3rd most valuable auto company, only behind Toyota and Volkswagen. (The company vacillates between #3 and #7.)
The Model S continued to outsell (by a wide margin) its large luxury car competitors in the States.
Investment firm Wedbush Securities started covering Tesla [TSLA] and noted: “Tesla has evolved into one of the most dynamic technology innovators over the last 30 years and, in our opinion, has put itself into an esteemed category of companies such as Apple and Amazon that have revolutionized consumer buying habits and behaviors over the last decade.”
Elon Musk dropped a little tweet indicating that Tesla and Panasonic are together producing ~60% of the world’s EV batteries (which presumably means batteries for electric cars but not electric buses, vans, and large trucks).
Tesla emphasized that it is aiming to get cobalt content in its batteries down from 3% to 0%.
Tesla revealed it would spend $3 billion a year over the next two years on gigafactories.
Tesla also announced that its Nevada Gigafactory would be 100% powered by solar by the end of 2019. The Gigafactory continued to exceed the performance targets it set with the state of Nevada.
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