Aside from other issues, setting up Tesla’s new global headquarters in Texas was always weird since Texas has always had anti-Tesla laws in place that prevent easy, convenient in-store sales for Tesla buyers. Sure, you can buy online and have a Tesla shipped to Texas, but you can’t go into a Tesla store, test drive… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Texas Relays Tesla — Excludes It From EV Rebates 002034
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Cleantechnica: ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid & Save Lives 002033
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly… Continue reading Cleantechnica: ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid & Save Lives 002033
Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032
After several sightings of Tesla Model Ys on car transporters on the highway, it looks like we may now have confirmation of their arrival in showrooms. This photo below of a suspicious looking black shape in the workshop area of the Valley Tesla showroom this morning (Friday) was taken by Majella Waterworth. Is it a… Continue reading Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032
Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031
Tesla’s Full-Self Driving is using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) for vision, Elon Musk tweeted recently. He added that the GPTs are running natively on Tesla TRIP chips versus needing to round trip to iGPU. I think it’s important to take a quick deep dive into this, because this is kind of the heart and soul… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031
Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030
Ford cracks me up. I’ve been accused of many things over the 15-ish years I’ve been writing, but being a Tesla fanboy isn’t one of them. I don’t think that’s particularly fair, to be honest — but I did chuckle when I read about the new F-150 Lightning’s Tesla charging adapter. To understand what’s happening… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030
Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029
Ford F-150 Lightning owners are doubling down on the Ford pride. They’re comfortable with the familiar F-150 body and cabin yet intrigued by the swap from gasoline-powered V-6 and V-8 engine options for a pair of electric motors and one of two different battery packs. The pickup is winning hearts and minds not with messages… Continue reading Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029
Cleantechnica: Tesla Has Over 3 Years’ Worth of Cybertruck Orders — Maybe 002028
Demand for electric vehicles is higher than ever, and orders for Tesla’s EVs are piling on relentlessly. Even the Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup, which has yet to begin production at all, has more orders than Tesla can possibly produce in one year, according to statements from the company’s CEO. Tesla has over three years’ worth… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Has Over 3 Years’ Worth of Cybertruck Orders — Maybe 002028
Clean Technica: Tesla Registers New High-Res Radar Unit With FCC002027
Tesla has registered a new high-resolution radar unit with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its Office of Engineering and Technology Authorization and Evaluation Divisions, Drive Tesla Canada has reported. Although the registration will allow Tesla to sell vehicles that have the units installed in the U.S., the documents don’t reveal how Tesla plans… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Registers New High-Res Radar Unit With FCC002027
Clean Tecnica: “No Room At The Inn” (For Your Tesla)002026
Part 3 of Tess’ adventures in the land of coal. Driving an electric vehicle means that you have to plan ahead. One day, high-speed chargers will be ubiquitous, but we aren’t there yet. We were invited to display our Tesla Model 3 at the upcoming Gladstone Ecofest and thought that it might be nice to… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: “No Room At The Inn” (For Your Tesla)002026
Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3/Y’s Excellent Voice Recognition Control 002025
Background If you are old enough, you probably remember the early computer voice recognition efforts on company phone trees which were really terrible. The technology is vastly improved and is now very useful in many situations. On my Apple smartphone, I can select the microphone ikon and speak instead of type to enter text for… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3/Y’s Excellent Voice Recognition Control 002025