First of all, for background, note that FSD was one of my top 4 reasons for buying a Tesla Model 3, and I’d be more than thrilled if FSD got to robotaxi-level capability — and the sooner, the better. I’m also a longtime TSLA shareholder, so any claims that I’d write anything negative about Tesla… Continue reading Clean Technica: Can Someone Explain To Me Why Tesla FSD Can’t Choose The Correct Lane?002238
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Cleantechnica: Sunrun and Tesla Solar Roofs & Batteries Saving The Day In California 002237
The heatwave that’s been hitting California and other states in the West has been a beast of a problem. It’s crippling grids, which even has utilities and governments asking people to not charge their electric cars, turn down their AC, and wear dirty clothes rather than do the laundry*. What’s really needed, though, is more… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Sunrun and Tesla Solar Roofs & Batteries Saving The Day In California 002237
Clean Tecnica: NIO ET5 Having HUGE “Tesla-Like” Reception At NIO Stores In China 002236
NIO has been clear with its brand identity since it launched: we sell expensive, premium-class electric vehicles that are quite large, high tech, fancy, and did we say expensive? Its sales have been quite good, considering its young age and its vehicles’ high cost, but it’s now making moves and aiming much higher. Like Tesla… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: NIO ET5 Having HUGE “Tesla-Like” Reception At NIO Stores In China 002236
Clean Technica: California Approves Tesla Plan To Add Supercharger Sites To Rural Areas002235
California wants to increase the number of EV chargers in rural areas to support its push for more electric cars. Tesla wants to expand its Supercharger network in the Golden State. Now the California Energy Commission has approved Tesla proposals to construct new Supercharger facilities in 4 rural communities. Each of those projects will receive… Continue reading Clean Technica: California Approves Tesla Plan To Add Supercharger Sites To Rural Areas002235
Cleantechnica: Tesla Megapack Factory On A Hiring Spree 002234
It seems that the components needed to produce Tesla Megapacks have been working through their supply chain struggles, as Tesla has been ramping up to produce a lot more of the energy storage behemoths. Well, we don’t have precise confirmation of that, but the company’s California Megapack factory has been on a hiring spree. Why… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Megapack Factory On A Hiring Spree 002234
Cleantechnica: Want a Tesla Supercharger Nearby? Tell Tesla to Add Your City to a Poll 002233
Tesla is adding Superchargers week after week across the world, but where should its next Superchargers go? Always a fan of crowdsourcing, Tesla is asking customers — well, customers on Twitter — for suggestions on future Supercharger locations. With those suggestions, Tesla will create a poll and have people vote on the final options. Supercharger… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Want a Tesla Supercharger Nearby? Tell Tesla to Add Your City to a Poll 002233
Clean Technica: Trying to Impress Country Folk with a Tesla Model 3002232
“Not interested — I’ve got a cruiser.” That was the answer I received as off grid exponents tramped through the mud past my low-slung sexy Model 3. Not interested. And no wonder. My Tess was probably the most inappropriate electric vehicle to have at The Goomeri Off Grid Expo in country Queensland. Many times that… Continue reading Clean Technica: Trying to Impress Country Folk with a Tesla Model 3002232
Clean Technica: Germany’s Plugin EVs Resume Growth, Tesla Model Y Leads002231
Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles take 28.5% market share in August 2022, their best result YTD, though only marginally up on August 2021’s 27.6%. Overall auto volumes were 199,183 units, fractionally up YOY, but dramatically down by some 37% from the 2018-2019 seasonal average of 315,000 units. The Tesla Model Y… Continue reading Clean Technica: Germany’s Plugin EVs Resume Growth, Tesla Model Y Leads002231
Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Is Safest Automobile In Europe — Euro NCAP 002230
Tesla has long topped the charts in the USA when it comes to detailed breakdowns of NHTSA safety analyses. The Model S became the safest car ever tested years ago, and the Model X, Model 3, and Model Y also found their way to the top tier of the safest cars in the USA. Now… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Is Safest Automobile In Europe — Euro NCAP 002230
Clean Technica: Tesla 4680 Battery Update — Scaling Up Is Hard Work002229
Three years ago, Tesla acquired Maxwell Technologies, a company that specialized in making advanced ultracapacitors. But Tesla didn’t buy the company for that. It bought Maxwell because of its dry cathode expertise, knowledge essential to manufacturing the 4680 battery cells Tesla was planning. That technology allows Tesla to eliminate the more complex and costly wet-coating… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla 4680 Battery Update — Scaling Up Is Hard Work002229