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It may be important for readers to know that Electrek has some kind of financial interest in Tesla.

golfer 8y ago
Indeed. Electrek is a biased source, and to be taken with a large grain of salt. They openly admit it. "Some writers of Electrek maintain positions in $TSLA and other green energy stocks" Https://electrek.co/about/
- taylorhou 8y ago
  always felt there was a positive spin on anything Tesla coming from them. still a decent notifier of whatsup with Tesla regardless.
- jillesvangurp 8y ago
  Not the first time I've read this kind of dismissive tone with respect to Electrek's articles on this site. Maybe if you have better facts or articulated opinions, you could share them? Sure, they are biased, and quite openly so. It's quite obvious from looking at their site that they are not funded by the oil lobby and they are most likely somewhat concerned about such things as global warming and other tree-hugger stuff. It's not like they are being very secretive about that. However, that does not discredit their articles or mean that they are wrong about stuff. They generally do a fairly decent job of separating their opinions from facts they are reporting, linking to source materials, quoting individuals, etc. Decent journalism in other words. In this case they are reporting some simple facts, citing a few key people, and voice some opinions/interpretations that don't strike me as outrageous or unreasonable. There's no need for them to up sell/sugar coat this in any way.
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  - herewulf 8y ago
    I've read a lot of their articles. In general they are high on facts, low on fluff, and they are not afraid to criticize Tesla. It's what journalism should be. I think everyone without a vested interest in oil or short selling Tesla wants (or should want) to see them succeed. You don't need to own Tesla stock for that.
vezycash 8y ago
Do you know any other site that focuses on green tech? Should help even out the baises.
SEJeff 8y ago
Good disclosure, but as a regular reader of the site, I don't see a ton of bias in anything but the articles they publish and that they have sponsored links to amazon and whatnot. The content is overall quite good and relatively unbiased. Electrek is generally one of the first sources to post about tesla crashes or things catching fire with the facts and then their own "take" towards the bottom. The guy who runs the site (Fred Lambert) also is extremely active on the r/TeslaMotors reddit community.
durkie 8y ago
non electrek link if you're questioning the source: https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-turns-one-celebrates-50-million-in-grid-savings-95920/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-turns-one-cele...

Indeed. Electrek is a biased source, and to be taken with a large grain of salt. They openly admit it. "Some writers of Electrek maintain positions in $TSLA and other green energy stocks" Https://electrek.co/about/

taylorhou 8y ago
always felt there was a positive spin on anything Tesla coming from them. still a decent notifier of whatsup with Tesla regardless.
jillesvangurp 8y ago
Not the first time I've read this kind of dismissive tone with respect to Electrek's articles on this site. Maybe if you have better facts or articulated opinions, you could share them? Sure, they are biased, and quite openly so. It's quite obvious from looking at their site that they are not funded by the oil lobby and they are most likely somewhat concerned about such things as global warming and other tree-hugger stuff. It's not like they are being very secretive about that. However, that does not discredit their articles or mean that they are wrong about stuff. They generally do a fairly decent job of separating their opinions from facts they are reporting, linking to source materials, quoting individuals, etc. Decent journalism in other words. In this case they are reporting some simple facts, citing a few key people, and voice some opinions/interpretations that don't strike me as outrageous or unreasonable. There's no need for them to up sell/sugar coat this in any way.
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- herewulf 8y ago
  I've read a lot of their articles. In general they are high on facts, low on fluff, and they are not afraid to criticize Tesla. It's what journalism should be. I think everyone without a vested interest in oil or short selling Tesla wants (or should want) to see them succeed. You don't need to own Tesla stock for that.

vezycash 8y ago

Do you know any other site that focuses on green tech? Should help even out the baises.

SEJeff 8y ago

Good disclosure, but as a regular reader of the site, I don't see a ton of bias in anything but the articles they publish and that they have sponsored links to amazon and whatnot. The content is overall quite good and relatively unbiased. Electrek is generally one of the first sources to post about tesla crashes or things catching fire with the facts and then their own "take" towards the bottom. The guy who runs the site (Fred Lambert) also is extremely active on the r/TeslaMotors reddit community.

durkie 8y ago

non electrek link if you're questioning the source: https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-turns-one-celebrates-50-million-in-grid-savings-95920/ https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-turns-one-cele...