by admin | Oct 12, 2019 | Dyson, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Internal Combustion Engine, Rivian, Tesla, Volkswagen
That’s part of the title of a recent article in Automotive News (subscription required) describing Dyson’s decision to stop the development of an electric vehicle. As described in a prior post as well as here on TaaS Master, the company described an...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 10, 2019 | Batteries, Dyson, Electric Vehicles
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this week to three scientists for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino are this year’s recipients of the award. Without their work, every product from...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 30, 2019 | Cox Automotive, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Rivian, Subscription
Automotive News is reporting today (subscription required) that Rivian, the electric truck and SUV startup, will utilize a subscription service as the retail model to consumers. Other automakers (mostly luxury auto brands) have tried subscription retail models...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 29, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
According to an article written by Steve LeVine at Medium, Tesla may have invented the million mile battery. Based on patents filed by Tesla and an academic paper co-authored by a respected battery researcher (Jeff Dahn) on contract with Tesla, other top battery...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 26, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Internal Combustion Engine, Porsche, Tesla
A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Porsche Taycan seems to be a “best effort car by an auto company determined to lead.” Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal seems to agree. The difference between Dan and me, however, is he has now driven the all-electric...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 19, 2019 | Amazon, Electric Vehicles, Rivian
The Amazon-led $700 million investment in Rivian last February is beginning to make sense. It seems that Amazon’s plan to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule will include the purchase of 100,000 Rivian-produced electric delivery...
