Let’s take a look at all of the new Tesla Superchargers that have opened up across the globe in the last week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 14, 2021 The Cheung Sha Wan Plaza at 4/F, 833 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Cheung […]
To appease customers who had filed lawsuits after Tesla substantially hiked the prices of its solar power generation and storage products (by at least 45%) earlier this year, the company has now offered to revert prices back to the originally quoted ones for select customers — reports CNBC. When Tesla significantly increased the prices it […]
After the long-awaited Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10 started rolling out last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that FSD would be moving into public beta around September 24, with a ‘Request’ button for the beta becoming available to Tesla owners who have purchased the Full Self-Driving upgrade. Musk has been hinting at […]
On Friday, veteran automaker Ford announced that it would be dispatching a purpose-built police interceptor prototype of its all-electric SUV, the Mach-E, to the Michigan State Police for real-world testing — reports Engadget. Under its Police Interceptor program, Ford modifies its vehicles for law enforcement use, often retrofitting them with better brakes, improved suspension, and additional […]
According to the Tesla Owners Online forum, Tesla may be working on new Performance models for both the Model 3 and the Model Y, if code references are said to be true. The evidence in question consists of references to both new vehicles found in the latest iteration of Tesla’s firmware for its vehicles. The discovered […]
In a recent tweet, SpaceX CEO and celebrated visionary Elon Musk asked his supporters and the public to “please add” their voice to the comments (open to everyone) on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for SpaceX’s proposed Starship/Super Heavy project in Boca Chica, Texas. The space exploration pioneer said […]
TV host, comedian, and avid car enthusiast Jay Leno appeared as a guest on a recent episode of CNBC‘s The News with Sheperd Smith to talk about electric vehicles (EVs), plus tout the upcoming new season of his show ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’. During the show, Leno said he believes “the electric car is here to stay.” […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s an overview of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 6, 2021 The Classic Burgers at 6525 West Inyokern Road, Inyokern, CA, USA 12 250 kW Tesla Sept. 8, 2021 […]
According to the National Post, U.S. Democrats have recently proposed an increase in tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) that will offer much higher incentives to union-made zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) assembled locally. The beefed up tax credits will serve to further President Joe Biden’s ambition of EVs making up 50% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. by […]
According to a tweet from @SpaceXthe Crew Dragon vessel that is supposed to embark on the Inspiration4 mission on September 15 has been successfully stacked atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket. The assembled spacecraft now rests, vertical, at historic Launch Complex 39A at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9 and Dragon […]
According to CBC News, the École de Conduite Taauchiiwaatin – Driving School in Chisasibi — a village in northern Quebec located some 1,700 km north of Montreal, recently installed its first electric vehicle (EV) charger. Not only that, the institution even scored government funding to supplement the purchase and modification of its first-ever all-electric car. […]
According to a recent tweet from SpaceX (@SpaceX), the space exploration company is currently targeting Monday, September 13, at 8:55 p.m. PDT for its next launch of Starlink satellites from its home state of California. These are V1.5 Starlinks with laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes & mid ocean coverage — Elon […]
In this week’s edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman talks about how Apple and Tesla are a clear synergistic match on paper, but their products don’t integrate into each other as well as they theoretically should. Gurman says Tesla and Apple should be working more closely (or at all) with each other to make […]
Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, has just unveiled the 2022 AMG EQS (branded as the EQS53 in Europe) — its first all-electric production car. The EQS is designed as a luxury sedan, with an electric motor at each axle for a dual-motor powertrain. The AMG EQS doesn’t look terribly different as compared to the Mercedes-Benz […]
In a recently published video, YouTuber Bjørn Nyland puts the Tesla Model Y Long Range through his custom-designed 1,000 km challenge during a trip from Norway to Sweden and back. Tesla’s Long Range Model Y is equipped with a 75 kWh battery and has an estimated EPA range of 525 km (326 miles) on a […]
