New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: June 20–26, 2022
Let’s take a look at all of the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 21, 2022 4 Am Leitz-Park, Wetzlar, Germany 12 250 kW Tesla June 22, 2022 1 Prästvägen, Halmstad, […]
Tesla Employees Say Fremont Doesn’t Have Enough Space for Return to Office: Report
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s almost authoritarian mandate for executive employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else” is facing a bit of a hiccup, at least at the company’s Fremont factory. According to a report from The Information, workers who have returned to the corporate offices in Tesla’s Fremont complex since […]
158 Tesla Megapacks En Route to Hawaii, Set to Replace Last Coal Power Plant
According to a report from Electrek, Hawaii is building a massive new battery energy storage system (BESS) on the island of Oahu using 158 Tesla Megapacks. The project will replace the state’s last remaining coal-burning power plant. Dubbed the Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) facility, the project will store excess solar power generated during the day […]
Elon Musk Hits 100 Million Followers on Twitter
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to grow his social media following, as his Twitter account surpassed 100 million followers on Thursday. According to a live count of his Twitter followers on Social Blade, Musk’s account is at roughly 100,017,500 as of writing, fluctuating up and down a few hundred followers at at time. […]
GMC Hummer EV ‘Extract Mode’ Raises Truck 6-inches, Coming via Software Update [VIDEO]
GMC today announced ‘Extract Mode’ is coming soon to its Hummer EV, which allows the pickup to “activate its adaptive Air Ride Suspension to raise approximately 6” and overcome tough obstacles in its path.” The automaker says Extract Mode will be arriving in an upcoming software update. There are various modes for the Hummer EV […]
Tesla Takes 61% of U.S. EVs Registered in April, Followed by Ford with 8%
Electric vehicle sales continue to surge in the United States and beyond, amid rising gas prices. Yet automakers are unable to keep up with demand given recent chip shortages and supply chain headwinds. According to monthly vehicle registration data from S&P Global Mobility (formerly IHS Market), Tesla is dominating EV registrations in the United States. Axios […]
Starlink RV Review in Europe Praised for Being 100x Faster Than Mobile Networks at Times
Image via The Verge With the recent launch of SpaceX’s Starlink for RVs service, which allows month-to-month satellite internet service where active coverage is available, Thomas Ricker writing for The Verge reviewed the latest offering and tested it in Europe. Starink and its ‘Dishy McFlatface’ satellite dish was put to the test by Ricker with […]
Tesla ‘Cyber Pride’ Model X Hits San Francisco’s Pride Parade [VIDEO]
Tesla joined the Pride Parade in San Francisco, California yesterday, showcasing a ‘Cyber Pride’ Model X in a rainbow-themed wrap. A video shared to the Tesla Motors Instagram page on Sunday detailed a refresh Model X ‘Cyber Pride’ version rolling down the parade route, with its Falcon Wing doors open with staff both inside and […]
Volkswagen Unveils ID. AERO Electric Sedan with Up to 620km Range
Volkswagen on Monday unveiled a concept for its first all-electric limousine, the ID. AERO, in China. The car will be the German automaker’s first global, fully-electric sedan and the sixth member of the ID. family after the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.6, and ID. Buzz. “With the ID. AERO show car, we are revealing a preview […]
Elon Musk Talks Tesla, SpaceX, and Minerals in Upcoming Audio Interview
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday sat down for an interview with CleanTechnica‘s Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1) at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. The interview was for Crider’s podcast, Getting Stoned, and will be released “soon.” “Getting Stoned is a podcast about gems, minerals, and fun conversations that may go off-topic,” reads the podcast’s description on […]
Tesla Apple CarPlay Hack Gets Update With Full Integration ‘For Any Tesla’
Polish developer Michał Gapiński (@mikegapinski)’s hacky workaround for bringing Apple CarPlay to a Tesla, dubbed the ‘Tesla Android Project,’ has announced a new update with improvements and support for more Tesla cars. The update, version 2022.25.1, offers “100% functional CarPlay integration for any Tesla.” According to Gapiński, version 2022.25.1 also comes with an abundance of […]
Tesla Model Y Tops Car Sales in Norway for June 2022 and Year-to-Date
According to the latest statistics from elbilstatistikk.no, Tesla’s Model Y has dominated new passenger car sales in Norway so far this month and this year (via InsideEVs). The all-electric crossover had a lull in sales for the past couple of months, but it appears to be rebounding. As of June 25, Tesla has sold nearly […]
Volkswagen Loses 2 EV Executives as ID.4 Production Ramps Up in U.S.
Volkswagen Group of America has lost two key electric vehicle executives, ahead of the company’s plans to ramp up production of its ID.4, reports Automotive News. VW Group of America’s vice president for e-mobility, Matt Renna, has departed the company. He has since become head of hardware for autonomous delivery vehicle company Nuro in March, […]
Tesla Navigation Offers ‘Rerouting to a Less Busy Supercharger’
Depending on where you live, Tesla Superchargers can be a busy place to be, especially in cities with high concentrations of the electric vehicles or busy routes during holiday travel periods. Tesla’s in-car navigation automatically calculates where you should stop to Supercharge when you enter in your destination. Upon closer arrival at a Supercharger, the […]
Tesla Including ‘Enhanced Autopilot’ with Some Existing Model Y Inventory
After re-launching Enhanced Autopilot in the U.S. (and Canada), Tesla appears to be adding in the feature for some of its Model Y existing inventory listings. According to one 2022 Model Y All-Wheel Drive Standard Range with 4680 battery from Giga Texas, the listing showed local delivery in Miami was available (as previously reported) for […]