Retail investors interested in the electric vehicle market can be forgiven for thinking that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is the only company in the world that produces cars that run on electricity. The 24-7 Elon Musk show tends to drown out news about any other player in the industry. Musk’s latest stunt related to taking the company […]
One could be forgiven for thinking that Tesla is the only company in existence building autonomous, or self-driving, electric vehicles. The Elon Musk hype machine, fueled by the fanboys at Futurism and other tech sites, has been in overdrive lately. Now, if the billionaire tells us his secret to regrowing hair, then we might jump […]
Solar is in a peculiar position right now. While it’s an incredibly promising segment of the energy sector, short-term outlook is clouded by oversupply, dropping margins and a grim 2017 with governments axing installation incentives and the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. These circumstances have caused investment sentiment to turn bearish in Q4 2016 and […]
If you think about it, the sole reason any species is on this planet is to procreate. If procreation is the ultimate game, who is winning when it comes to humans? As it turns out, it’s the Chinese. There are 1.371 billion Chinese on this planet, and they’re living longer than anyone else. They also […]
Right after personal jetpacks, we were promised hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. The future has been slow to meet either promise, but it appears that may soon change regarding the latter. At least three of the major automobile manufacturers – Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai – have or soon will be selling hydrogen fuel vehicles commercially. Toyota […]
There’s a great deal of hype surrounding Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) no matter how you’re involved in the company. If you’re driving one of their cars, you get to experience just how cool their technology is every day. If you invested in their stock 10 years ago, you’re sitting pretty with an investment that’s appreciated over +1,000%. If […]
The universe is a massive place. We live on planet earth in a galaxy where there are between 200-400 billion stars and at least 100 billion planets. This one galaxy we live in, we call the Milky Way. So how many galaxies are there just like ours? According to the space telescope Hubble, there are an estimated 100 […]
We recently wrote an article titled “Don’t Invest in Lithium Mining Companies” and a number of our lovely readers commented that some lithium junior mining companies are of interest because “Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) needs lots of lithium for their gigafactory”. This is a fair conclusion to arrive at, but not too probable given what we know. Are […]
There’s no denying that Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has established that certain “cool factor” that companies like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have managed to attain among their consumer/investor/fan base. In an article last year on Protean Electric’s in-wheel electric motor, we expounded on just how “cool” the Tesla Model S actually is. This stylish electric all-wheel drive with a […]
If you bought into cult stock Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) exactly one year ago, you’d be up on your investment over +540% today. Equally as unique as these returns are some of the facts about the Tesla Model S. It contains a brick of 6,831 lithium-ion batteries that weigh about 1,000 pounds. It captures energy from braking and […]