Many Tesla Solar Roof customers currently awaiting delivery or in purchase discussions with the company have taken to Reddit after they received emails from Tesla offering them one additional Tesla Powerwall battery for their setup at no additional cost. Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed earlier this week that the Solar Roof and Solar Panels would no […]
According to CBC News, a report discussed at the Metro Vancouver Climate Action Committee on April 16 found that residents of British Columbia, Canada, are eager to purchase electric cars, but the lack of charging stations in condos and apartment buildings (and the hurdles you need to go through in order to install one from scratch) […]
Courtesy of new data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that went live in the U.S. this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing April 17, 2021 2040 California Ave, Sand City, CA 12 250 kW An official listing for this […]
According to Verge, the Washington State lawmakers have voted in favor of Clean Cars 2030, a bill amendment passed Thursday that would require all new cars sold in the state from the 2030 model year onward to be all-electric. The amendment aims to prohibit the sales of new gas cars by 2030, and will also […]
It’s been six months since SpaceX launched the public beta for its satellite constellation-powered high-speed internet service, Starlink. CNBC set out to interview early adopters of the service across the U.S. and Canada (where the service has already enjoyed rave reviews) to learn what they thought of the service after having used it for quite some […]
Seamless integration with your phone, unparalleled ease of use, a tech-heavy interior, off-the-charts quality of life features, a comfortable ride, excellent driver assistance, and no range anxiety are how Six Colors‘ Jason Snell would describe his first 1,800 miles-long trip in a Tesla. Snell is a long-time and well-known columnist covering all things Apple, and his […]
According to a press release, a $50,000 CAD investment in Toronto-based renewable energy company Ecohive from the government of Canada has facilitated the launch of Torque Network — the first social network for the electric vehicle (EV) tech community in Canada, also a first for the world. The investment was announced on Thursday by Minister […]
Courtesy of new data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Tesla Supercharger locations that have opened their stalls to Tesla owners in the U.S. this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing April 3, 2021 639 S Bernardo Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 16 250 kW An official […]
In a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), satellite services provider DISH Corporation has proposed changes the regulatory body should make to SpaceX’s license to operate a satellite-powered broadband internet service under the Starlink moniker — reports Wccftech. The proposed changes are designed to make sure that the Starlink satellite constellation does not create […]
According to Tristan Rice, a Facebook software engineer (@rice_fry),he recently obtained and shared a sample of the telemetry data gathered by Tesla Insurance, providing valuable insights on the service’s inner workings. * # of Autopilot Strikeouts* # of Forward Collision Warnings* # of Lane Departure Warnings* # of ABS activations (All & User)* Time spent […]
CNNBusiness recently took to analyzing the niche cottage industry that has sprung up around space exploration and transportation company SpaceX, which focuses on documenting progress on the company’s prototypes and plans, as well as streaming launches and developments. The industry has grown almost as exponentially as SpaceX itself, peddling content captured directly from SpaceX’s launch facilities […]
Tesla owners have been fined by traffic police for some weird shenanigans, but Calgary, Alberta-based resident Scott McKay was hit with a $373 ticket for speeding, when a Calgary police officer pulled him over after estimating he was going 120 km/h in an 80 km/h zone — reports Livewire Calgary. Issuing speeding tickets based on speed […]
According to a recent thread from Reddit user citing a conversation they had with a Tesla employee working on a new Supercharger location in Beaver, Utah, Tesla has started using ‘prefabricated’ setups to speed up Supercharger construction. A prefabricated Supercharger slab consists of Tesla Supercharger stalls already set up on concrete slabs, ready to start […]
Gabeincal has provided us with yet another bird’s eye view of Tesla’s Fremont factory in California, in a recently published flyover on YouTube on Saturday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about increasing Model S/X production at the Fremont factory in a company-wide email earlier in the year, and it looks like the factory is gearing […]
In response to a tweet showcasing a massive line of Teslas waiting at a Supercharger station in Santa Monica as substantive proof of the company’s exhilarating Q1 results, CEO Elon Musk announced a “major new Supercharger station” would be coming to Santa Monica “soon”. Major new Supercharger station coming to Santa Monica soon! Hoping to […]
