Grant Gerke

"Grant Gerke wears his Model S on his sleeve and has been writing about Tesla for the last five years on numerous media sites. He has a bias towards plug-in vehicles and also writes about manufacturing software for Automation World magazine in Chicago. Find him at Teslarati

Tesla China sees an opening with manufacturing rule change

Tesla Motors could be building a new automotive plant in China without a domestic joint venture if the Ministry of…

Social media and Musk’s vision continues to upend the automotive business model

There is a thin line between success and failure in the automotive business, which is especially the case when your…

The Tesla Blockade Coming from Legacy Automakers and Trump

Look, as the great Hunter S. Thompson used to write, the “fat is in the fire.” The auto industry is…

Tesla’s march to mainstream Model 3 consumers

Some great books of literature involve traveling down a road or up a river, and can provide great insight on…

No universal charging standards, Tesla wins

After writing about industrial networking and device standardization in the manufacturing automation space for ten years, I feel quite confident…

Tesla record-breaking deliveries will mean more service centers

Tesla Q3 deliveries announcement kicked off a great day for the stock on Monday and now it seems a equity…

Tesla doesn’t advertise but its marketing strategy is top-notch

Tesla looks to seize the moment with its marketing strategy after a recent survey by the Union of Concerned Scientist…

Hyperloop Competition Receives a Big Lift from SpaceX

If you did a timeline of all the major Elon Musk announcements in the last five years, it would have…

Strange Bedfellows for Tesla Motors in Michigan

There seems to be some action brewing to combat the direct-to-consumer ban in Michigan by Tesla Motors and some friends.…

Tesla’s Battery Strategy Receives Little Discussion, But It Should

Tesla released news last month that its new Roadster battery pack upgrade would use cells manufactured by South Korea-based LG Chem, instead of Panasonic,…

Tesla P90D Owner Reveals 0 to 60 Speed Details

Elon Musk has quite the touch with the luxury car market and is ruthless when he sees a competitive advantage…

Luxury Automakers Target Tesla’s Electric Car Success

There’s a reason why Tesla is an electric car success, Musk and company dismissed conventional wisdom and released a luxury…

Model X Expectations Lowered for 2015

Those aren’t boos from the crowd, they’re saying Muuuuuusk where is my Model X vehicle. Sorry, I’m having some fun…

Does China Reveal Tesla’s 2015 Vehicle Delivery Number?

After Wednesday, investors and analysts may know that whether 55,000 electric vehicles will be delivered in 2015 by Tesla.

Tesla Model S in Insane Mode on German Autobahn

  Tesla owners like to go fast, to state the obvious, and traveling the German Autobahn is probably on everyone’s…

Tesla Model X Will Stimulate Luxury SUV Plug-In Market

With the anticipated fall arrival of the Model X, the SUV luxury plug-in battles could finally commence. Tesla's all-electric crossover SUV…

Why are Tesla Superchargers Only for Long-distance Travel?

Before going on vacation around July 4th holiday, PlugInsights sent a short survey to me with questions about Tesla supercharging…

Tesla Battery Swaps and Model X Reservations Rising

Tesla’s Harris Ranch Battery Swap Station in Coalinga, Calf., is running at full-capacity according to a recent post on Tesla…

Automakers Take Aim at Tesla’s Model 3

At last year’s EV Roadmap conference in Portland, John Voelcker of Green Car Reports kicked off the conference with an…

Battery Pack to Have Huge Influence on Model 3 Design

The Model 3 is garnering more attention these days, as the Model X hits its stride on the streets of…