Login | Register

307 online

Most Popular Choices

32

Sci Tech 4/20/2017 at 1:39 PM EDT

Elon Musk Drops an "Electric" Bomb on Auto Industry & Big Oil

Quicklink Submitted By Meryl Ann Butler No comments

Author 1820

Managing Editor
Meryl Ann Butler

Become a Fan
(81 fans)

IMG_0787.JPG
(Image by TeslaClubBE) Details DMCA

Tesla is already causing ulcers amongst auto industry executives and Big Oil sheikhs with the coming production of the Tesla Model 3 in less than three months from now, which has an estimated 400k or more pre-orders. Elon Musk’s latest announcements on Twitter revealed that Tesla would be unveiling an electric Semi-Truck in September. Not only would this be a big fuel saver in metro zone and regional trucking, it would also start the electrification of a transportation segment that is responsible for a major chunk of global oil use. HIs follow-up tweet stated that he would be unveiling a pick-up truck in 18-24 months.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.dailykos.com

Rate It | View Ratings

Meryl Ann Butler Social Media Pages:

Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)

Related Topic(s): Automobiles; Electric Cars; Electrical Power; Elon Musk; Industry-trucking; Oil; Tesla, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEd News, please become a premium member.

"The most effective ways to create a more inclusive, fair-for-all future will be from the bottom up. Rob Kall's book lays out how that would look with a hopeful, pragmatic vision that will change the way you see the world."

Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, a columnist for The Progressive, and the author of eight books on the politics of sports, including What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States and A People's History of Spo

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

The Awful Transformation of Bernie Sanders by earl ofari hutchinson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

How Israel Became the USG's Fourth Branch by David Spero ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Making It In America Posted by Robert Borosage ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

China succeeds in the Middle East while the US fails by Steven Sahiounie ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Nietzsche and the Now (interview) by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Tomgram: John Feffer, The Global Backlash Against Globalization by Tom Engelhardt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Eating Healthy is Do-able / Eating healthily on the fly (plus thoughts on hypoglycemia) by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Big Question About the UN Security Council's Gaza Ceasefire Resolution by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Eclipse as Cosmic Muse by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Cost of Attrition by David Son ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The End of Recessions in the United States? by Joel Joseph ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Poisoning Crows by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Please, I need to do my own housekeeping by Katie Singer ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Positive Visions of the Future by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Passing the Torch: Saving Democracy by Bob Passi ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Yes, Kamala Can Lead a Democratic Sweep in November! by Arlen Grossman ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump "is playing silly games with the serious, cherished beliefs of millions of Americans." by Lance Moore ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

To Beat China, Russia, India, and Japan in New Space Race, We Need Political Will to Get Back Where We Were 50 Years Ago by Robert Weiner ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

And So, This Is What? by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

IMAGINING OUR FUTURE: PERILS AND PROMISE Story 1: The Global Brain Is Waking Up by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The chasm between TB and HIV continues by Citizen News Service - CNS ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Human Rights Watch details hundreds of war crimes Posted by Scott Baker ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

An elegant solution to the American healthcare crisis that should satisfy all parties by David Moskowitz ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

US-China Relations: Analyzing the South China Sea tensions by Mark Lansvin ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Final Wisdom from Marianne Williamson by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links