Tesla Model 3 SR+ is rated at 250 miles (402K’s) but in ideal conditions gets no more than 155 miles (250 kilometers) of driving range. In this test we show that at freezing (0 Celsius – 32 Fahrenheit) the Model 3 Standard Range Plus range is about 240 kilometers (150 […]
Well, what can we say about Elon Musk that you don’t already know. South African born serial entrepreneur that made his first hundred million with PayPal ($165 million to be exact). Here is our two minute biography brief bio of Elon Musk: There are a few things: Musk only owns […]
We show how our Tesla Model 3 Standard Plus with the factory all season tires handles in serious snow conditions. This is in Calgary Alberta Canada a few hours after a serious snow blizzard that dumped about 25 centimeters (10 inches) overnight. This is real world winter driving the two […]
Put simply, LiDAR is just radar using a laser light instead of radio waves to scan what is in front of it. LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging and was the next big iteration in remote sensing and imaging thirty years ago. Today it is everything from airplanes, to […]
If you have a Tesla EV or are thinking about buying one, you may want to learn about how they operate. Tesla does not do a good job of explaining Tesla features to their owners. We decided to create a series of Tesla #shorts, all less than one minute and […]
If you have heard the nonsense put out by blind Tesla fanboys that Range Anxiety is a thing of the past, watch this video to get the real information. I recently had to do a loop from Calgary to Lethbridge, Alberta and back. Because Lethbridge has only 1 charger and […]
To say that the Tesla CyberTruck is unorthodox is like saying cheese is not metal; it’s a bit of an obvious understatement. Most people think that the CyberTruck is incredibly ugly but others see it as bold step.However, a business analysis of Elon Musks latest creation went something like this: […]
I have a relative that is quite literally the biggest Tesla fanboy I have ever conversed with. He correctly points to how far ahead Tesla is on battery technology and how the big manufacturers like GM, Mercedes, BMW, and FCA have just let him take the market. Simply pointing out […]
It has been noted that during the gold rush most miners did not get rich, but the people who sold them their pick axes and dynamite certainty did. In the same vein Google has said it is not those with the most powerful computers that will win in the future, […]
In a word, China! And that exclamation is not accidental thanks to US government protectionism. Many consumers are completely unaware of contract automotive manufacturing. They think that Mercedes builds all of its own vehicles and that startups will have to raise the enormous amounts of capital and then implement new […]
In this short video, three time Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman explains political failings and “Woke Green Energy” lobby (note that this author drives a Tesla and has solar panels) is going to freeze Europe while giving Russia and Saudi Arabia more power. Green Energy with storage is the future, […]
In an age of acronym fatigue you would think that marketers would avoid nebulous terms like “Software Defined Vehicle” aka SDV. But Software Defined Vehicle is an industry term that will never be used with consumers; it will only be discussed in engineering teams. At first glance SDV’s seem like […]
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What […]
This is the story of how Western automakers are inviting the Chinese to take their US & Canadian market share. Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last two years you already know that the price of everything has gone through the roof. Cars have been no exception. The […]