EV News Archives – Page 2 of 3 – Electric Speed Shop

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Early this week we shared a post about Chevrolet announcement for the 2019 eCOPO Camaro. “e” being that part that gets us excited. The COPO is a limited edition release every year from the bowtie brand, and is specifically designed for the drag strip. For reference, the 2017 COPO Camaro had 470 hp and a 1/4 mile time of 9.2 seconds. Not to be taken lightly and certainly not the standard daily driver. The prototype…

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In Part 1 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-electric-speed-shop/i-guess-we-need-to-talk-about-elon-musk-and-tesla-motors-part-1/531100153982037/) we left of in early 2007 with zero Roadsters shipped and the company toying with the idea of shipping “non-perfect” Roadsters or delivering on time and less than what was promised. Elon Musk pushed for perfection, which caused stress to the production team. In short order, Martin Eberhard resigned as CEO, then left the company, filing several lawsuits against Tesla and Musk. And then we churn all the way until October…

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Given the recent shocking news that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued and settled Elon Musk over is tweets in August about securing funding to take Tesla private and causing their stock to soar. The SEC, claimed this was false and Musk mislead the public. We will never know the truth, but Musk has now agreed to a fine and to be removed as chairman of the board for at least three years.…

If you found this article, we don’t need to explain what an electric vehicle is, or how they work. It’s becoming more clear that electric vehicles are the future. Everyone has a different reason for wanting one however: Clean transportation, the thought of very little maintenance and no more gas station visits, the speed and torque output of electric motors; whatever your reason we will look at a few of the most popular options available…

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It comes as no surprise (at least to TESS) that Porsche is making a commitment to providing fully electric cars in the future. They have not made a commitment to being fully (despite what we tweeted earlier, our mistake) electric, despite what some places are reporting. But they are publicly committed to roughly 50% EV sales by 2025. Still, it’s an impressive goal,  especially for an automaker with deep history and love for a lot…