Beijing

While in China last week, I kept my eyes open for EVs in traffic. Around Beijing, Tesla was the most often-seen, but there were others. I saw none around Chongqing. The most intriguing was the caravan of three electric buses, heading northward out of Beijing, loaded on trailers. We saw one...

From a Chinese Model X forum. Bio-Defense mode cuts PM2.5 pollutants about 100 fold in Beijing Smog! This thing will be the new status symbol in world's most polluted cities.

A Mercedes S class owner from Beijing wrote a very in-depth impressions article of the P85D after driving it for two weeks. Quck google-fu highlight translation * Charging network in the Chinese market has not been perfect yet * Very recognizable front headlight. Rear more mediocre, feels...

Beijing scrapped the daily driving limits for electric vehicles. They recently enacted a rule that imposed restrictions "if there's heavy pollution forecasted for more than 72 hours, besides pure electric vehicles, cars with even- and odd-numbered license plates will be allowed on the roads on...

Just saw this hack contest scheduled at the SyScan conference in Beijing, for July 16-17. This is similar to other contests where hackers try to gain access to various systems (PC, Mac, Linux), but this is the first time I've ever seen this for a car. On the surface, it seems a little scary...

Perhaps this is why Tesla open-sourced its patents? Beijing Plans 10,000 Rapid-Charging Stations, but They Won't Support Tesla This link points out that the Beijing Charging Stations were announced as part of a Sino-German Electric Vehicle Charging Project This presentation explains what Tesla...

I spend 80% of my time in Beijing, and I happen to be in NY when Elon is in town and has a one on one interview with my friend. So much for my 15 minutes of fame... I don't have time (and not really the skill) to translate, but here is the link from 163.com, which seems to have some...

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Interesting Financial Times article: Financial Times | Error | Akamai Error And my favorite quote from the article: "A Tesla is, in a sense, not an electric vehicle. It is an expensive gadget that happens to be an electric vehicle" Cigarettes do not cause cancer, lead in fuel does not...

Pictures show that the supercharger seems to be set up soon in Beijing, Elon probably will give more details about it this afternoon at the delivery ceremony in Beijing.

Newly opened Nov. 2, 2013

When you walk into the main entrance of the mall this is what you first see ahead of you. To the immediate right is the Tesla store, fronted by this very interesting chromed sculpture of a motorcycle. The stores glass walls are covered in red with a large image of a Model S, a Go Electric...

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