We got a lot of reactions following our report yesterday on Tesla’s problem with long wait times for repairs and now Tesla President Jon McNeill himself is weighing in on the issue.

The executive says that they are “turning their efforts” to improving customers experience when it comes to “accident repairs in body shops” and plan to add a record number of 300 body shops to Tesla’s network in “the next few weeks”. expand full story

Tesla started taking orders for the latest versions of its Model S and X (100D) with a new 100 kWh battery pack without the performance motor almost 2 months ago. The new vehicle will become Tesla’s longest-range option.

Some early buyers were given delivery dates for the last week of February and while their vehicles have been built and some of them are even at the stores, deliveries were pushed and are still not completed two weeks later since Tesla is apparently still waiting on the greenlight from the EPA. expand full story

Audi’s upcoming quattro e-tron SUV is expected to be the first in a series of new all-electric premium vehicles from German automakers. Mercedes, Porsche, and BMW are all planning new electric vehicles to come out between 2018 and 2021.

The company has now revealed plans for two more electric vehicles to follow the SUV next year: an electric sports car and an electric compact, said CEO Rupert Stadler via AutoExpress. expand full story

50,000 distributed renewable projects coming to Mexico in 2017 – Mexico has some of the best sunlight and expensive electricity for residential customers. Not to mention a large, and wealthy population. Mexico’s northern neighbors recently hit 1,000,000 residential installations, and will double that number every few years now.

‘Development of centrally-located artificial Power Link island(s) in the North Sea to connect over ten thousand wind turbines’ – ‘Power Link will be the base for transmitting generated wind energy to future connected North Sea countries: the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Belgium.’ The gloves are coming off and the engineers are being given the opportunity to innovate. The money is there, the demand is there, the evidence over the last decade that we can manage it is there – now we build it.

Header image comment – image source is Tesla’s Kauai power plant that was launched recently. Solid state electricity generation plus solid state electricity storage placed next to each other. Looking at the image is otherworldly to me – it seems weird that these vertical cubes and flat panels can drive society after so much of my existence means burning stuff to break bonds. The feel of future in this image – like it’s a movie set – makes the energy revolution seem all the more real and magical. Good luck Elon.

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With the confidence of a well-oiled pizza shop, Elon Musk “seriously” said that Tesla could deliver a more than 100 MWh Powerpack project to Australia in 100 days – or it will be free.

The promise is a clear show of confidence from the CEO in Tesla and Panasonic’s new battery production at the Gigafactory in Nevada. expand full story

It has been months since we got a report of a Tesla Model 3 prototype in the wild. Aside from a few outings at official events, it looked like they were hiding the vehicles.

Now the silver Model 3 prototype appeared yesterday in Los Angeles – near SpaceX’s headquarters and Tesla’s Design Studio. expand full story

During the Geneva Motor Show this week, Nissan confirmed that they plan to unveil the highly anticipated next generation LEAF in September and start production/deliveries by the end of the year.

The update, which has been expected for the last 2 years, could spur the sales of the popular all-electric vehicle. expand full story

Evoke Motorcycles, an emerging electric motorcycle maker, is ready to expand its production and bring its bikes to the US through a new partnership with manufacturing giant Foxconn, the maker of the iPhone.

The company announced today that it is opening orders for its new flagship Urban S Smart motorcycle in the US and China. expand full story

While the company wouldn’t admit it, Detroit Electric’s strategy is exactly based on Tesla’s. Like Tesla’s original Roadster, the company is making an electric roadster based on the Lotus Elise. After the low-volume high-end vehicle, the startup plans to move to a higher volume luxury sedan and a SUV, not unlike Tesla with the Model S and X.

Now the company has found a partner to finance those plans. They signed today a joint venture deal with China’s Far East Smarter Energy Group for a total investment of $1.8 billion dollars. expand full story