Alan Ohnsman
@aohnsman.bsky.social
Former baby, future ghost. Forbes senior editor writing about transportation & cleantech | ❤️ LA
well all right, all right, all right:
California's natural gas use drops as solar power generation rises 🌞
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
California's natural gas use drops as solar power generation rises 🌞
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
well all right, all right, all right:
California's natural gas use drops as solar power generation rises 🌞
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
California's natural gas use drops as solar power generation rises 🌞
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Tesla tops a survey of +26,000 global EV buyers of brands or countries they’d avoid for political reasons, cited by 41%. Next-highest is BYD, with just 1% saying they'd avoid it🔌🚗
globalevalliance.com/survey-2025/
globalevalliance.com/survey-2025/
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tesla tops a survey of +26,000 global EV buyers of brands or countries they’d avoid for political reasons, cited by 41%. Next-highest is BYD, with just 1% saying they'd avoid it🔌🚗
globalevalliance.com/survey-2025/
globalevalliance.com/survey-2025/
whoever told Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda that wearing a MAGA hat and Trump t-shirt would be good for the brand probably needs to be fired autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-e...
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
whoever told Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda that wearing a MAGA hat and Trump t-shirt would be good for the brand probably needs to be fired autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-e...
fresh off of winning his $1 trillion pay package from Tesla shareholders, Elon Musk is now explaining how his Optimus humanoid robots will solve health care and crime problems 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
fresh off of winning his $1 trillion pay package from Tesla shareholders, Elon Musk is now explaining how his Optimus humanoid robots will solve health care and crime problems 🤔
Ahead of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting, in which investors will likely approve a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk, some rascal was projecting this on the side of its vehicle distribution center in West Los Angeles
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ahead of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting, in which investors will likely approve a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk, some rascal was projecting this on the side of its vehicle distribution center in West Los Angeles
The end of federal EV incentives on Sept. 30 helped push California purchases of battery-powered vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen cars to a record 124,755 in Q3 www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-10...
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The end of federal EV incentives on Sept. 30 helped push California purchases of battery-powered vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen cars to a record 124,755 in Q3 www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-10...
Not surprising but still bad:
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who previously ran a gas fracking company, is killing $13 billion of funds for clean energy projects in the middle of UN Climate Week🔥
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who previously ran a gas fracking company, is killing $13 billion of funds for clean energy projects in the middle of UN Climate Week🔥
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Not surprising but still bad:
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who previously ran a gas fracking company, is killing $13 billion of funds for clean energy projects in the middle of UN Climate Week🔥
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who previously ran a gas fracking company, is killing $13 billion of funds for clean energy projects in the middle of UN Climate Week🔥
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
NEW: Trump wants to kill California’s high-speed rail project but new CEO Ian Choudri has a host of ideas to save it — including leasing land for data centers to bring in more revenue to pay for the costly project #highspeedrail www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
August 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Trump wants to kill California’s high-speed rail project but new CEO Ian Choudri has a host of ideas to save it — including leasing land for data centers to bring in more revenue to pay for the costly project #highspeedrail www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
💧Correcting Trump’s misinformation on Southern California’s water
🌝 the Moon is going nuclear
🚗 Ford is developing next-gen EVs in Long Beach #electricvehicles #water www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
💧Correcting Trump’s misinformation on Southern California’s water
🌝 the Moon is going nuclear
🚗 Ford is developing next-gen EVs in Long Beach #electricvehicles #water www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
August 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
💧Correcting Trump’s misinformation on Southern California’s water
🌝 the Moon is going nuclear
🚗 Ford is developing next-gen EVs in Long Beach #electricvehicles #water www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
💧Correcting Trump’s misinformation on Southern California’s water
🌝 the Moon is going nuclear
🚗 Ford is developing next-gen EVs in Long Beach #electricvehicles #water www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
pointing out the obvious:
if it’s “driving itself” under supervision it’s not driving itself 🤦🏽♂️
if it’s “driving itself” under supervision it’s not driving itself 🤦🏽♂️
July 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
pointing out the obvious:
if it’s “driving itself” under supervision it’s not driving itself 🤦🏽♂️
if it’s “driving itself” under supervision it’s not driving itself 🤦🏽♂️
Tesla Q2 earnings presentation celebrates the first time one of its vehicles delivered itself autonomously, driving itself to the customer's home--and parking illegally in a fire lane 😕
July 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Tesla Q2 earnings presentation celebrates the first time one of its vehicles delivered itself autonomously, driving itself to the customer's home--and parking illegally in a fire lane 😕
ahead of Tesla's Q2 earnings, we learn the brand's decline in California accelerated in the three-month period, down 18% (versus 13% across the U.S.). The Golden State remains its top domestic market, accounting for 58% of the nationwide total www.cncda.org/wp-content/u...
July 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ahead of Tesla's Q2 earnings, we learn the brand's decline in California accelerated in the three-month period, down 18% (versus 13% across the U.S.). The Golden State remains its top domestic market, accounting for 58% of the nationwide total www.cncda.org/wp-content/u...
It’s a cult. If your safety driver has to intervene to keep your automated Tesla from plowing into an oncoming train it’s not an “almost perfect” ride
July 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s a cult. If your safety driver has to intervene to keep your automated Tesla from plowing into an oncoming train it’s not an “almost perfect” ride
Tesla investors don't seem to love Elon Musk's political party plans
July 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tesla investors don't seem to love Elon Musk's political party plans
“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.”
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.”
Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
June 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
Tesla's robotaxi pilot program launches on June 22 with a human "Tesla Safety Monitor" in the front seat. So, you know, not an autonomous vehicle 🤔
June 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tesla's robotaxi pilot program launches on June 22 with a human "Tesla Safety Monitor" in the front seat. So, you know, not an autonomous vehicle 🤔
Ring’s Neighbor social media platform blowing up today with alerts about ICE raids all over Burbank, Glendale and Los Feliz. DHS flacks claim the focus is dangerous criminals but they only seem to abducting day laborers at Home Depot, workers at car washes, restaurants and landscaping crews
June 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ring’s Neighbor social media platform blowing up today with alerts about ICE raids all over Burbank, Glendale and Los Feliz. DHS flacks claim the focus is dangerous criminals but they only seem to abducting day laborers at Home Depot, workers at car washes, restaurants and landscaping crews
a disconnect between Tesla's share price and its core business. The stock has risen the past two days, up about 6% Tuesday, perhaps on excitement about the company's robotaxi plans (which won't generate much revenue soon). Meanwhile, used Teslas are losing value faster than any other brand 🤔
June 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
a disconnect between Tesla's share price and its core business. The stock has risen the past two days, up about 6% Tuesday, perhaps on excitement about the company's robotaxi plans (which won't generate much revenue soon). Meanwhile, used Teslas are losing value faster than any other brand 🤔
I ain’t gonna play Sun City
May 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I ain’t gonna play Sun City
Tesla's profit is fattened by regulatory credit sales to other carmakers--free money. Its Q1 net income of $409 million plunged 71% and the only thing that kept it out of the red was the $595 million of pollution credits it booked.
This a terrible sign for its core business 🚨
This a terrible sign for its core business 🚨
April 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tesla's profit is fattened by regulatory credit sales to other carmakers--free money. Its Q1 net income of $409 million plunged 71% and the only thing that kept it out of the red was the $595 million of pollution credits it booked.
This a terrible sign for its core business 🚨
This a terrible sign for its core business 🚨
just spitballing here but if California joined Canada as a Pacific province, you'd create a pretty cool country with 81 million people and the world's No. 3 economy with a $6.2 trillion GDP. Include Washington, Oregon and Hawaii and it's a nation of 94 million people and a $7.3 trillion economy 🤔
April 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
just spitballing here but if California joined Canada as a Pacific province, you'd create a pretty cool country with 81 million people and the world's No. 3 economy with a $6.2 trillion GDP. Include Washington, Oregon and Hawaii and it's a nation of 94 million people and a $7.3 trillion economy 🤔
Surprise: Trump's tariffs trigger a sharp uptick in anti-American sentiment globally. Big problem for US exporters pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/ame...
March 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Surprise: Trump's tariffs trigger a sharp uptick in anti-American sentiment globally. Big problem for US exporters pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/ame...
Tesla getting hammered in an up market. It’s as if investors are starting to think mass protests against its CEO might be a bad thing 🤔
March 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tesla getting hammered in an up market. It’s as if investors are starting to think mass protests against its CEO might be a bad thing 🤔
Burbank isn’t really a leftist hotbed but lots folks turned out to protest Elon as part of #TeslaTakedown efforts
March 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Burbank isn’t really a leftist hotbed but lots folks turned out to protest Elon as part of #TeslaTakedown efforts