A Canadian national residing in China was detained in New York under accusations of attempting to illicitly sell Tesla’s proprietary battery manufacturing technology. Klaus Pflugbeil faced arrest in Long Island after federal prosecutors charged him with the theft of trade secrets, following a sting operation involving undercover agents. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern […]
Tesla has unveiled plans to establish a sales and delivery center with service facilities and expanded charging stations in Madison County, adjacent to the New York State Thruway. This ambitious move marks the automaker’s first foray into New York State beyond the NYC area. The proposed 25,000-square-foot showroom will be located on a plot owned […]
Tesla is set to open a 50,000-square-foot fulfillment and service center in Westbury, New York, as reported by Long Island Business News (via Reddit), earlier this summer. The center is set to be located in a former Toys R Us building, located at the Roosevelt Raceway Center at 1350 Corporate Drive. Although the space has […]
Another state is targeting a major shift to electric vehicles (EVs) by the mid-2030s, following California’s mandate on going emission-free. New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) said on Thursday that the state will need to shift to selling only zero-emission vehicles by 2035, as reported by The Hill. “We’re really putting our foot down on […]
NineDot launched a new community-scale energy storage site in the Bronx, New York City, using Tesla Megapacks, as announced on Tuesday. The large battery system will have a 3.08 Megawatts/12.32 Megawatt-hours capacity, as well as a solar canopy and built-in infrastructure to create bi-directional electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the future. This is the first […]
General Motors (GM) has announced yet a second renovation project, which the company will use to create an electric vehicle (EV) hardware supply facility. GM plans to invest almost $154 million USD into its Western New York Lockport Components plant, in order to outfit the facility to produce the company’s stator modules, a key piece […]
Due to a law passed in 2014, automakers are barred from directly selling vehicles in the State of New York and Tesla is limited to only having 5 stores or Sales Centers in the entire state as a result, inconveniencing its customers hampering electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the region. As things stand, many New […]
New York joined a slew of states and countries attempting to slash greenhouse emissions with targeted gas car sales ban goals this week, with a new law seeking to help transition consumers to emission-free vehicles. On Wednesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law setting a target for the state to make […]
New York has announced changes to the state’s electric vehicle (EV) rebate program last week, that would effectively lower eligible vehicle MSRP to $42,000 beginning June 30, 2021. The program says, “Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Charge NY initiative is offering electric car buyers the Drive Clean Rebate of up to $2,000 for new car purchases […]
The City of Yonkers in New York unveiled its first fully-electric vehicle today, a Tesla Model 3 Long Range now part of its police fleet’s traffic unit. According to Mid Hudson News, the city already has a growing fleet of more environmentally friendly vehicles, such as 33 hybrid police cars. Image credit: Joseph Panella/City of […]
Delays are a fairly regular occurrence for Tesla, and in a new update, the company has been granted the chance to extend its building deadline for one of its facilities. Tesla has been granted an extension to its plans of bringing 1,460 workers to its South Buffalo factory by New York state development officials, […]
A Tesla Model S brought out New York’s bomb squad on Monday, as hundreds were forced to evacuate Queens Place Mall. The car, as reported by the Gothamist, was connected to a hoax bomb device which included a propane tank. After being reported to the police at about 9 am on Monday, Queens Place Mall […]
Image via The Buffalo News Tesla has donated a solar roof to the Buffalo Heritage Carousel, reports The Buffalo News. The solar tiles are being made at Tesla’s factory in RiverBend in South Buffalo, New York. “With the support of Tesla, this rare and historic carousel will be powered by the sun and offer a […]
